2010

Kim McKay AO
Bachelor of Arts in Communication (1981)

Kim's international career in media, social marketing and communications spans over 25 years. She is currently a director of Momentum 2, a Sydney based social and sustainability marketing consultancy, and is a regular media commentator on environmental issues.

In 1989, Kim co-founded Clean Up Australia and later Clean Up the World, a project held in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Clean Up the World now operates in over 120 countries and annually attracts more than 30 million volunteers. Kim served as Deputy Chairwoman of Clean Up Australia/Clean Up the World for 20 years, stepping down from the role in 2009.

More recently, Kim co-created, with population geneticist, Dr Spencer Wells, The Genographic Project, which aims to chart new knowledge about the migratory history of the human species. Kim is an executive member of the team and serves on the Genographic Project Legacy Fund – which to date contributed over $6 million for cultural and education projects to indigenous communities.

She is the co-author of five books and serves as an unpaid board member for a variety of organisations including, The Sydney Institute of Marine Science Foundation, The Eye Foundation, The National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development and The Australian and New Zealand Studies Centre at Georgetown University (Washington  DC). She is also an Ambassador for the 1 Million Women campaign.

Adjunct Professor John Kelly AM
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (1992)

Before leaving the health care industry to practice law in 1992, John had been involved in health care for more than 16 years as a nurse, psychologist and a health care manager. As well as teaching and management experience in nursing, John has worked in health industry strategic planning roles at both national and state levels. Before starting his own law firm, John G Kelly & Associates, John was a partner at a law firm for 10 years.

John is Chairman of The Smith Family, Director of Catholic Healthcare and the Manly-Warringah Division of General Practitioners, a Member of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council Ethics Committee and Chairperson of the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct Committee; he is passionate about building capacity in the non-for-profit sector and supporting those at risk in our community. Since May 2010 he has held the role of Acting Aged Care Commissioner.

John is an Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is also a member of the Nursing, Midwifery & Health Faculty Advisory Board.

In 2009, John was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his service to the community in the areas of nursing and aged care policy development, and to healthcare management.

Sharon Rundle
Bachelor of Education in Adult Education (2002)

Sharon is a writer, editor and academic and has taught at UTS, Nottingham Trent University (UK), James Cook University in North Queensland and the University of Delhi (lndia). Her numerous contributions to the writing community span across a number of areas and include encouraging international understanding and discourse, and nurturing new writing talent.

Sharon is coordinator of the UTS Alumni Writers’ Network and editor of the quarterly UTS Alumni Writers’ Network Journal - Writers Connect.
She has been particularly active in building bridges between Australia and India over the past decade. She has organized writing workshops and presented at a variety of Indian institutions, introducing opportunities in Australia to Indian academics and promoting Australian literature in India.

Sharon gives tirelessly of her time and skills in mentoring future writers from all over the world, including China, Iran and Sweden.

Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms
Graduate Certificate in Bioethics (1993)

Debra has had an incredibly varied nursing and midwifery career, encompassing cardiothoracic nursing, midwifery, remote area nursing, nursing education and health management. She has worked in both metropolitan and remote health settings in New South Wales, the Northern Territory and South Australia.

She is currently the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for NSW Health where she acts as a link between the nursing and midwifery workforce and the Department of Health. She is also the Chief Executive of Caring Together: The Health Action Plan for NSW, which is the NSW Government's response to the Garling Inquiry's recommendations.

In 2002 she was made an Adjunct Professor at UTS.

Adjunct Professor Peter Fritz AM
Diploma in Technology (Science) (1971), Diploma in Technology (Commerce) (1979), Master of Dispute Resolution (1994)

Peter Fritz is the Group Managing Director of TCG - a diverse group of companies which over the last 39 years has produced many breakthrough discoveries in computer and communication technologies

He has also founded the non-profit group Global Access Partners, a network focused on finding innovative solutions to the challenges faced by the global community and translating them into practical ways to support social progress and drive economic efficiency.

Peter Fritz's innovative management style and corporate structuring has led to the creation of a business model that is being copied by many successful entrepreneurs, and has become part of university undergraduate and masters programs in business management in Australia and around the world .

Peter also chairs a number of influential government and private enterprise boards and is active in the international arena, including having represented Australia on the OECD Small and Medium Size Enterprise Committee

He is the holder of six degrees and professional qualifications, and is a recipient of the Order of Australia.

Andrew McMillan
Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Business (2006)

A long term volunteer, Andrew has worked for the St Vincent de Paul Society since 2004; as a Night Patrol Group Coordinator leading a team offering food services to Sydney's homeless; and in the Home Visit team. Since the age of 22 he has also volunteered as a telephone counsellor for Lifeline Australia.

In 2009 he offered his engineering skills to Engineers Without Borders, an organisation that brings together engineering students, young graduates, experienced engineers and non-engineers as a team, to help solve basic, small scale engineering problems faced by many people in need both here in Australia and internationally .

Andrew's first placement was in Cambodia in 2009. In January 2010, Andrew took extended leave from his role as an engineer at WorleyParsons and went to work for six months in Andhra Pradesh, India, building drinking water filtration plants in rural villages. He is currently on a six month placement with Nepal Water for Health, developing a water safety plan for rural villages in the Chitwan region of Nepal.

Dixie Link-Gordon
Diploma in Adult Education in Aboriginal Education (1992), Bachelor of Arts in Adult Education and Community Management (2010)

In 2004, a violent sexual assault by a known heroin dealer took place in Redfern which prompted the local community to take a stand. A rally drew 100 people who set about publicly shaming those responsible. Not only did this result in the alleged rapist leaving the area but it also created the Blackout Violence Campaign conceptualised by Dixie Link-Gordon. This campaign is designed to inform assault victims of their rights but also to educate offenders.

This is just one of the many campaigns that Dixie has been involved in that address the issue of violence in Aboriginal communities in inner-Sydney and throughout NSW. Others include The Redfern Waterloo Family Violence Taskforce,

The Inner-City Domestic Violence Action Group, as well as a NSW state-wide campaign entitled "Tackling Violence" - an initiative raising awareness of the problem of domestic violence through sport.

As a survivor of violence herself, Dixie has worked tirelessly to protect families affected by violence and to help ensure that everyone in her community can feel safe.