Commissioners

Stepan Kerkyasharian AO, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer

• President, Anti-Discrimination Board
• Member, Migration Heritage Advisory Board of the Power House Museum
• Member, Clinical Examination Appeals Board of the Australian Medical Council
• Member, Commissioner’s Advisory Council on Culturally Responsive Policing

Cav. Felice Montrone OAM, Deputy Chairperson

• CEO of public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
• Chairman, Father Atanasio Gonelli Charitable Fund
• Secretary General for Australia, Confederation of Italians in the World
• Chairman, Centre for Australian Studies in the Mediterranean Foundation
• Trustee in Australia for the John Paul II Foundation for Youth Photographic Exhibition
• Chairman, Apulian Business Association of Australia
• Chairperson, Nepean Blacktown Regional Advisory Council
  

Mr Michael Christodoulou, AM, DO

• Board Member of:
  
  • Community Languages Schools Board of NSW Education Department
  • Medical Council of NSW
  • Medical Council of NSW Health Committee
  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, NSW Registration Committee of the Medical Board of Australia
    
  • Stanmore Hawks Football Club
    
• Chairperson, Hellenic Emergency Relief Fund
• Chairperson, Illawarra Regional Advisory Council
• Coordinator, United Nations Human Rights Day Committee
• President, Cyprus Community of NSW
• President, Federation of Cyprus Communities of Australia and NZ
• Treasurer, World Council for Hellenes Abroad
• Trustee, NSW University Greek Studies Trust
• 2015 AFC Asian Cup – Steering Committee
• ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 – NSW Steering Committee
• World Cypriots Bi-Communal Rapprochement Committee
• Vice-President World Federation of Cyprus Communities

Mr Jihad Dib

• High school principal
• Member of NSW Australian of the Year Judging Panel (2012, 2013)
• Member of the NSW Police Force Multicultural Council
• Member of the SBS Community Advisory Committee
  
• Chairperson, Griffith Regional Advisory Council

Ms Ozlem Huseyin

• Member/Director, Australian Turkish Mutual Alliance
• Member, Turkish Student Society Macquarie University

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Mr David D. Knoll AM

• Barrister and Mediator
  
• Chairperson, Central West Regional Advisory Council
• Ministerial Nominee, Interim Cemeteries and Crematoria Board
  
• Councillor, Executive Council of Australian Jewry
• Director, Council for Jewish Community Security (NSW)

Ms Dai Le

• Councillor, Fairfield City Council
• Deputy Chair, Ethnic Communities Council of NSW
• Director, STARTTS
• Ambassador, NSW Cricket Mosaic Program
• Member, Ministerial Consultative Committee
• Justice of the Peace
• Vincent Fairfax Ethics and Leadership Fellow
  

Mr Anthony Pang

• Director, CASS CARE Ltd
• Chairperson, Hornsby/Central Coast Regional Advisory Council
• Member, Sydney Water's Customer Council
  
• Past President, Chinese Australian Forum
• Member, NSW Bar Association Professional Conduct Committee
• Past President, Institute of Internal Auditors
• Certified Practising Accountant
• Justice of the Peace

Mr George Pappas, Youth Commissioner

• Co-Chairperson, Multicultural Youth Network (MYN)
• Chairperson, Hunter Regional Advisory Council
• Creative Director, G Squared Digital Marketing Pty Ltd
• Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Graduate
• Student at the University of Technology, Sydney
• Studying a Bachelor of Laws

Mrs Angelique Ristwej

• Multicultural Communications and Ethnic Media Consultant
• Partner, Marque Property
• Trustee, Alina Galasso Trust
• Member, Ethnic Communities Council NSW
• Chairperson, Northern Regional Advisory Council
  

Mr Lalli Sethuram

• Leadership roles in various multicultural organisations
• Past Chairman Blacktown Migrant Resource Centre (5 years)
• Past President and past Assistant District Governor for Rotary District 9690
• Member Blacktown Rotary Club

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Dr Eman Sharobeem PHD

• Manager, Immigrant Women's Health Service (IWHS)
• Statutory Board Members, Anti-Discrimination Board NSW 
• Convener, Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network (IRWN)
• Chairwoman, Non English Speaking Housing for Women (NESH)
• Member, Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS/UN)
• Chairperson, Macarthur/Liverpool Regional Advisory Council
  

Ms Adol Takpiny

• Emerging Communities Liaison Officer, Department of Attorney General and Justice
  
• Student, University of Western Sydney studying Bachelor of Communication Studies & Bachelor of Laws
  
• Chairperson, Albury Regional Advisory Council