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  1. Anona Armstrong

    Expertise:
    Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics, Evaluation, Governance, Leadership

    Anona Armstrong

    Professor Anona Armstrong is an expert in corporate governance, evaluation and ethics. She has a PhD in evaluation, policy analysis and applied organisation psychology. Anona has 10 years experience consulting to public and private sector clients, industry and teaching experience, as well as research supervision. She is Director of Sir Zelman Cowen Centre in the Victoria Law School.
  2. Rob Aughey

    Expertise:
    Altitude training, Australian Rules Football (AFL), fitness and injury, sports physiology

    Rob Aughey

    Dr Rob Aughey is the senior sport scientist at the Western Bulldogs Football Club. He undertakes research into the physiology of football, including optimising warm-ups, measuring physical performance through micro-technology, enhanced recovery practices, measuring fatigue after matches, and interventions such as altitude or supplement use.
  3. Richard Baka

    Expertise:

    Richard Baka

    Dr Richard Baka specialises in sport and culture, especially Olympic studies, comparative/international sport, sport management and sport history. His area of expertise includes mega sports events, international sport and fitness. Richard has had major public speaking engagements, lectured around the world and was previously a fitness columnist for the Melbourne Age and Herald-Sun newspapers.
  4. Kevin Ball

    Expertise:
    Australian Rules Football (AFL), biomechanics, Skill acquisition

    Dr Kevin Ball

    Dr Kevin Ball's areas of expertise and research interests include kicking biomechanics/skill acquisition, golf and feedback of biomechanical data to athletes. Kevin was previously a bio-mechanist at the Australian Institute of Sport, assistant coach at Fremantle Football Club and currently consults as a specialist kick coach internationally.
  5. Elleni Bereded-Samuel

    Expertise:
    community capacity building and engagement, cultural diversity, education training and employment of migrant and refugees in Australia, multiculturalism, partnerships, refugee issues, settlement issues, social Inclusion

    Elleni Bereded-Samuel

    Elleni's areas of expertise include refugee issues, education, training and employment of migrant and refugees in Australia, settlement issues, community capacity building and engagement, partnerships, cultural diversity, social inclusion and multiculturalism. Her focus is on strengthening education, training and employment for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities.

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