Belinda Rodman (President / Chair – Fundraising & Marketing committee, Finance & Governance committee) Board since 2018

Belinda has a Master’s Degree and many years’ experience in Human Resource Management, including previously as the Training & Development Manager at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.

\Belinda has been running her own consulting business for a number of years, as well as fulfilling a number of volunteer roles for SPCS, including Chair the Fundraising and Marketing Board Sub-Committee. She also represents SPCS as Governance Secretary on the core committee of Repower, a volunteer community organisation, which is working to make renewable energy initiatives accessible to everyone living on the Mornington Peninsula. LinkedIn profile

Marion van Rooden (Vice President / Projects committee) Board since 2021

Marion joined the Board in June 2021 after many years as a senior executive in the public sector in roles including economic development, child protection and the court system. Currently self employed she specialises in strategy, governance and program implementation.

Marion has a Master’s Degree and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Public Administration. LinkedIn profile

Jan Getson (Secretary) Board since 2024

Jan has had a long career in records and archives management in the University sector, for which she has postgraduate qualifications.  This role also included an involvement with Public Record Office of Victoria working parties formed to develop Retention and Disposal Authorities for government departments.

Jan has lived on the Mornington Peninsula for more than 40 years and has served as Secretary to the Management Committee of the local Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society since 2020.

Graeme Rocke (Treasurer / Finance & Governance committee) Board since 2023

Before retiring Graeme worked as a financial accountant and brings his financial knowledge and skills to the Board in the role of Treasurer.  He has continued to remain active within the community and has been the tutor of the U3A Mornington Leisure Riding group for a number of years.

In 2018 Graeme formed a community group, Monington SafeLink Group (SafeLink), to focus on the development of a shared pathway from the end of the Peninsula Link Trail (near the Moorooduc Station) into Mornington. SafeLink works with the Mornington Peninsula Shire on the wider Peninsula Trail project and support Active Transport within our community.

Rev Murray Morton AM (Projects committee) Board since 1996

Murray has been a Reverend for over 50 years and believes the church cannot stand alone from the community but be a servant to the community.

A number of years ago while Murray was working with Southern Peninsula Food For All, Habitat For Humanity and the NILS program there was an opportunity to bring these groups together which led to his involvement with SPCS as a Board member commencing about 26 years ago.

Vicky Davison (Fundraising & Marketing committee) Board since 2024

Vicky joined the Board in April 2024 after a diverse career in local government.  She initially joined the MAV to develop the local government component of a Federal Government housing program.  Other roles included advocacy to Federal and State Governments, public relations and policy development.   Vicky then joined the City of Monash as Manager Economic Development, and subsequently headed up the unit at the City of Boroondara, to facilitate business investment and development.

Vicky’s work with the wider community included introducing a new model for charity clothing collection bins to create funding for Foundation Boroondara.  She was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Club of Hawthorn for establishing the Boroondara Farmers’ Market.  After moving to the Peninsula, she joined the management committee of the local Australian Design and Fine Arts Society and is currently Vice Chair.  In 2022 Vicky joined the Committee of the Peninsula Advisory Committee for Elders (PACE) and is Vice Chair and Convenor of the Housing Working Group.

Caroline Gibson (Fundraising & Marketing committee) Board since 2025

Caroline joined the Board in April this year. Her family have been living on the Peninsula since the late 1980’s.  Caroline holds a Bachelor of Education, (Monash) and a Post Graduate Diploma Counselling.  She currently works at the University of Melbourne overseeing capability and culture in the Advancement (fundraising) team and designs and facilitates leadership programs.

Caroline has over 20 years of business development and fundraising experience and has developed a specialist expertise in identifying commercial partnerships and collaborations across business, NFP and the government sector.  She cares deeply about human rights and has worked with some of the most senior leaders in the country to lead ethically and morally.

Jeremy Maxwell (Chief Executive Officer/Member of all committees) since Aug 2019

Jeremy has been the CEO of Southern Peninsula Community Support for over three years. Originally, he started work with SPCS as a consultant he was so impressed with the level of commitment by staff and volunteers to helping others that he stayed.

An accomplished not-for-profit leader, corporate adviser, senior fundraiser and executive manager with a broad experience in not-for-profit income generation including all major fundraising disciplines. Comprehensive experience includes strategic planning, innovative campaign initiatives, executive management, leading, managing and growing teams.

Volunteered in a multitude of leadership roles in not-for-profit, charity and community organisations for the last 47 years and have had active paid roles as a not-for-profit executive since 1990. LinkedIn profile

Tracey Byrne (Board Staff Representative) Board since 2020

Tracey has been the Family Support Service worker at SPCS since the program’s inception in 2017. Tracey emigrated from the UK in 1987 and has lived on the Mornington Peninsula since. She has a long background in finances and bookkeeping, managing her husband’s business in building and construction. Whilst studying BA Criminology at Monash in 2008, she volunteered at a local community support centre, which eventually led to the offer of paid casework positions.

Tracey is passionate about supporting vulnerable families on the Southern Peninsula through practical targeted casework interventions that can improve and transform a family’s ability to move beyond the barriers they often face.

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