BOARD
Andrew Gunstone
Professor Andrew Gunstone is a leading international authority in reconciliation. He is Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation and Professor Indigenous Studies at Federation University, where he leads all reconciliation matters, including the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice, which he established in 2023, and is the leading national academic think-tank on reconciliation. His current research, funded by academic, industry, government, and philanthropic funding, explores a broad range of areas, including substantive and performative reconciliation, community attitudes to reconciliation, multicultural engagements with reconciliation, national and regional truth-telling, effectiveness of RAPs, place-based reconciliation, and international reconciliation movements. He is also Co-Chair of Reconciliation Victoria, Foundation Editor of the Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, an Advisory Board member with the Canadian National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, and a member of several national and regional reconciliation committees. He regularly provides advice on reconciliation and RAPs to corporates, industry, community, governments, and academia.
Keith Gove
Keith has been a member of his local reconciliation group for 18 years, 17 of which he has been President. He was elected to the Reconciliation Victoria Council in 2006 and served as Co-Chair from 2008 until 2016.
He sees that reconciliation has two major outcomes: one is to overcome the unacceptable disadvantage that Aboriginal people experience due to the arrival of Europeans to the land now called Australia.
The second is for non-Aboriginal Australians to embrace, recognise and value Aboriginal culture, identity and history; to build it into a new Australian identity. This respect and recognition will strengthen Aboriginal people and communities.
Tony Stephen
Tony currently works with a range of community organizations as a director and finance executive. He has worked over three decades with private and public organisations, in finance, legal, and consulting on strategy, operational excellence, and best practice. At Reconciliation Victoria, he works closely with the Board and operational team to ensure financial sustainability and governance.
Tony founded AW Stephen & Associates in 2008 and continued providing boutique strategic tax advisory support until July 2020. Prior to this, he was a Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Australia and Asia. Tony is also a Director of Kooyong Independent Limited, and Hawthorn Independents Pty Ltd supporting community independent campaigns. He has extensive experience in operating private businesses, and fundraising. Outside of this, he is also a qualified Yoga teacher and Yoga Therapist.
Tony’s passion for reconciliation stems from years as an ally and significant involvement in the Kooyong Votes Yes campaign. He is consistently learning, asking questions, and showing up for First Nations Peoples across Victoria. As a more recent edition to Reconciliation Victoria’s Board Executive, Tony’s fresh perspective and strategic vision is highly valued.
Tom Cazaly
Tom is a proud Noongar man and school leader with the Victorian Department of Education. Originally from country Victoria, Tom gained undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications in Politics and Education at the University of Melbourne prior to embarking on a career in the education and political arenas.
Tom has worked as a political advisor and campaign manager in both Federal and State Election contexts, as well as providing specialist advice on the growth and recruitment of members to a major political party. Outside of politics, Tom has worked in a number of schools as both a classroom teacher and school leader, including time spent in Western Australia and the United Kingdom.
Tom is passionate about working alongside Koori students to achieve the highest standard of education possible and to provide a learning environment that allows each student the opportunity to work towards their individual goals. Tom is humbled to have been appointed to the board of Reconciliation Victoria and looks forward to making a contribution to the strategic direction of the organisation.
Fiona Machin
Dr Fiona Machin grew up in regional Victoria and currently lives and works in Bendigo. Her work for the past 8 years has focused on driving reconciliation within local government and the public sector and working in partnership with Traditional Owners and local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across central and northern Victoria.
She has been the reconciliation officer for both the City of Greater Bendigo and the City of Ballarat, and is currently working in reconciliation at the North Central Catchment Management Authority. Previous roles include working in cultural diversity with multicultural youth and CALD communities, and in international development both in Australia and Cambodia. Her qualifications include a PhD in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Melbourne.
Fiona has a passion for driving reconciliation in local government and looks forward to better supporting local councils and communities, particularly within rural and regional Victoria, on their reconciliation journeys.
Nicole Bloomfield
Nicole is a proud Wiradjuri woman with exceptional leadership, financial management and change management skills. Her wide experience across local government, community health, education and sport sectors has enabled Nicole to hone her exceptional negotiating and influencing skills. Her expert knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia has been an invaluable asset for bodies including indigenous networks, RAP committees, advisory councils and project teams.
CULTURAL COUNCIL
OF FIRST PEOPLES
Reconciliation Victoria’s Cultural Council of First Peoples was established in 2019, following the identified need to establish a formal structure for the accountability and guidance of Reconciliation Victoria with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
The Cultural Council ensures that our Board and our work are guided by the diverse range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples voices, knowledges, and backgrounds in Victoria. They keep us accountable to this guidance, and to our commitment to truth-telling, justice and self-determination under our guiding principles.
Meetings between the Council, Board, and CEO are held as needed to provide direction and advice on a range of contextual issues.
STAFF
Alistair King
Alistair has 30 years’ experience in the management of communications, public relations and stakeholder engagement in the government and not-for-profit sectors. He has a Bachelor of Economics degree, a Grad Dip in Marketing and is a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors course.
His roles have included Executive Director Corporate Services at the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing at the Department of State Development, and Communications Manager at the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Alistair has a long-standing commitment to social justice and First Nations issues. He mentored Aboriginal students as part of the Dulin Project and led a Yes campaign team in the 2023 Voice Referendum.
Alistair is on currently on leave from the Reconciliation Victoria Board while acting in the role of CEO.
Vicky Grosser
Living on Wadawurrung Country in Djilang/Geelong, Vicky has been an active leader and organiser of allies on the Board of her local reconciliation group for over 15 years. She believes in bold community led action for substantive reconciliation, always guided by Traditional Custodians and broader First Nations people.
Through work, volunteering and personal roles Vicky’s relevant experiences include: past Working Group member at Reconciliation Victoria, non-Indigenous Kilangitj First Nations Advisory Committee representative at Geelong Council, Geelong Constitutional Recognition Project co-ordinator, local Land Back participant, On Country learning, and volunteer co-ordinating at the annual Reconciliation in the Park event in Geelong.
Training in energy efficiency/carbon management and welfare sector past roles have taught Vicky to connect care of environment to everything in these key times of change. Vicky is honoured to have the support role for the Reconciliation Victoria Local Reconciliation Group network.
Clare Corbet
Clare has been Involved in the community sector throughout her working life. She deeply values communities built on respect, inclusion and meaningful opportunities for anyone to contribute.
Clare is inspired to be working for the first time in a First Nations ally organisation at Rec Vic and is seizing the opportunity to learn and strengthen her commitment to social justice in this context.
In her position as Sector Development Officer for Neighborhood Houses Victoria and subsequent Volunteer Engagement roles for large and small community organisations, Clare has amassed extensive experience in volunteer engagement, teamwork, project management, community development and partnership building.
Clare also has long standing expertise in working with multiple statewide stakeholders with a focus on the needs of organisations serving diverse communities. She sees working at Rec Vic as a return to her professional roots working in a small state peak body advocating for empowered communities forging change.
Daniel Devlin
Daniel is an experienced storyteller with a working background in Communications, Marketing, and Content Writing.
Since graduating from Swinburne University with a Bachelor of Media and Communications (Journalism) in 2021, Daniel has worked for the grassroots music publication Trouble Juice as a Content Writer and as a Communications Coordinator at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
Daniel's skills include Copywriting, SEO strategy, Cross-Channel Marketing, Web design, Internal Communications and Graphic Design.
Most recently, Daniel has worked as a Communications Coordinator at Amaze - a leading autism organisation driving change so that Autistic people and their families can live their best lives.
Daniel is excited to start his next chapter with Reconciliation Victoria to help the organisation achieve genuine and meaningful reconciliation in Victoria.
Emily Hui
Wurundjeri Woiwurrung Country
Emily is an avid learner and passionate educator with experience in primary, secondary, tertiary, consultation, International Baccalaureate (IB), Positive Education, sustainability and First Nations areas. With 20 years in the education sector, Emily has been gratefully listening, learning and working with First Peoples in allyship.
In recent years, her connection has deepened in her roles as the school’s Marrung Lead, establishing a teachers network with the Inner East Koorie Education Workforce, a Campfire Convenor for the Department of Education's Self Determination in Aboriginal Education Reform, on the Reconciliation Stakeholders Network for local council, volunteer at Murnong First Peoples Gathering Place and part of the planning team for Our Songlines' Our Survival Day.
Emily is honoured to be working with the collective community to empower educators in leading the way in reconciliation with our future generations with heart, hands and head.
VOLUNTEERS
We rely strongly on the support of our amazing volunteers who assist us in a range of roles across the organisation.
If you would like to speak to us about volunteering opportunities please see our page on volunteering or email us, and include a bit about yourself, your areas of interest and skills/experience.
