Mr Barry Harvey AM

Independent Chairman

Barry Harvey AM, a long standing member of the Western Melbourne Regional Development Australia Committee, is also currently Chair of the Wyndham Industrial Laverton Development Committee and Chair of WynBay LLEN, a COAG initiative under the National Partnership on Youth Attainment & Transition agreement. He has been Chair of WynBay LLEN since 2001 and in that time the LLEN has helped broker positive outcomes for thousands of young people in Wyndham and Hobsons Bay.

Barry was closely involved in the development of the New Geelong Freeway and the Mambourin Sensory Gardens for children with a disability.

Barry was founder and then Managing Director of Austco Polar Enterprises, one of the largest cold storage logistics operations in Melbourne and based in Laverton. Originally a butcher by trade, he is nationally recognised as one of the foremost experts in meat refrigeration and also pork processing.

Ms Anne Barker

City West Water Ltd

Anne Barker was appointed Managing Director of City West Water Ltd in November 2002. Her earlier career spanned diverse areas including law, retail, banking and energy industries. Anne is also currently a member of Victoria’s Plumbing Industry Advisory Council.

City West Water supplies water, trade waste and sewerage services to Melbourne’s west.  The company is also working hard to develop recycled water as a major component of the water supply to the west.

Cr Sarah Carter

Maribyrnong City Council

Cr Sarah Carter, the Mayor of the City of Maribyrnong in 2011, was first elected to Council in November 2008 representing Ironbark Ward.  She is a committee member of the Victorian Local Governance Association, the Youth Leadership and Advisory Committee, the Western Melbourne Tourism Board, and the Roadsafe Westgate Community Road Safety Committee.

Cr Jim Cusack

Moonee Valley City Council

Cr Jim Cusack, currently the Mayor of the City of Moonee Valley, holds a Masters in Education and works in the field of problem gambling. 

His interests vary but include an involvement with community radio - 3CR, arts in all forms, current affairs, detective fiction, most sports, playing bowls, gardening, all matters Irish, community stories and tinkering in his shed. 

Jim sees that Moonee Valley’s strength lies within its citizens, neighbourhoods, heritage and diversity from the city fringe to middle suburbia. He values the fact that Moonee Valley is the gateway to Melbourne’s north west.  

Mr Peter Lewinsky

Brimbank City Council

Peter Lewinsky is the Chair of the Panel of Administrators for Brimbank City Council.  Peter provides consultancy services to the private and public sector on corporate governance, business planning, auditing and risk management.  He has worked with all tiers of government on major projects and strategic plans in a range of portfolios from human services, to major utilities and sport.

He has particular experience as an Administrator in reforming troubled organisations such as the Cheltenham and Regional Cemetries Trust and the Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park. Over the last 15 years Mr Lewinsky has been a member of public company boards and chair of Government audit committees.

Mr Brian Masters

Mooney Valley Racing Club

Mr Brian Masters is a Senior Manager responsible for Operations at the Moonee Valley Racing Club, an organisation which is a proud and active participant in Melbourne's west and hosts many racing events, corporate functions and the world renowned Cox Plate 
 
A former Company Secretary with a varied business background along with specific interest in community and strategic planning, Brian is actively involved in local government issues in the Moonee Ponds area as a member of the Moonee Ponds Activity Centre (MPAC) working group.
 
Brian is a resident of Point Cook in the Wyndham City Council.

Cr John Menegazzo

Wyndham City Council

A lifelong resident of Werribee, Cr John Menegazzo was Mayor  of the City of Wyndham in 2011. He was first elected a councillor in December 2008 and represents the Iramoo Ward. 

Cr Menegazzo is a representative of the following committees:

• Audit & Finance Advisory Committee
• Committee of Wyndham
• Expert Reference Group - Werribee Town Centre Project (AOC)
• Interface Councils Forum
• Municipal Strategic Statement Review Steering Committee
• Quality Community Plan Taskforce
• Werribee South Steering Committee
• Wyndham Harbour Committee

Professor Linda Rosenman

Victoria University

Professor Linda Rosenman is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Knowledge Exchange) at Victoria University.  She was previously Head of School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Queensland, where she also served as President of the University of Queensland Academic Board and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Professor Rosenman has a PhD in Economics and Social Work from Washington University, with extensive experience in research, both in the United States and Australia.

She has a long history of community engagement within and beyond the tertiary sector, and was awarded an Australian Centenary medal for her services to education and the community.

Professor Rosenman is President of the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS), an organisation she has served since its foundation.

She is the former President of the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities; the Association for Social Work and Welfare Education, and a number of other Boards, Commissions and advisory councils in education and human and community services sectors.

Mr Glen Smith

Powercor Australia

Mr Glen Smith is Powercor Australia's  Regional Asset Manager in the western metropolitan region. 

Glenn's working career commenced in Victoria's Western District as an apprentice electrician. After establishing a multidimensional service company, which initially supplied skilled labour resources to the Alcoa smelter in Portland, Glen moved his family to Geelong.   He   worked as an Operations Manager and Project Manager for Melbourne Water, joining Powercor Australia in 2005. 

Glen believes that it is important to be involved in the communities where you work and live, so he has sat on many committees in Melbourne's western suburbs, including the Commitee for Wyndham.

Cr Garry Stock

A councillor of the Shire of Melton since 2001 and a past Mayor, Cr Garry Stock resides in Caroline Springs.  He chairs the Melton Learning Board and the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Advisory Committee to Council.

Issues around jobs, learning, youth, transport and recycled water are high on his agenda.  He has a vision that through rapid growth of the west, aligned with appropriate jobs, services, transport and facilities that 'the west will be best!'

Cr Stock, a long-term public servant, is also responsible for employment strategies in the Department of Sustainability and Environment.