Our Board

The board of Courage to Care NSW brings together diverse skills and experience.

Our four functional sub-committees all report to our board. Each has their own agreed Terms of Reference and members who are experts in their respective subjects. The four sub-committees are:

Education sub-committee: responsible for the integrity of our Upstander Program delivery
Volunteer and Survivor sub-committee: responsible for relationships with our volunteers and Survivor Speakers
Finance and fundraising sub-committee: responsible for raising much-needed funds and monitoring our financial performance
Executive Committee: responsible for financial and legal governance

Kathy Sharp (Chair)
Born in Sydney and educated at Macquarie University, Kathy Sharp has held a variety of professional roles – including board member of the Crows Nest Centre and serving as Manager of Ku-ring-gai & Hornsby Meals on Wheels for 16 years. A proud mother and grandmother, Kathy has a strong commitment to social justice issues and a keen interest in politics and world affairs.

Juliane Michaels (1st Vice-Chair) Born in Budapest, Hungary as the child of Holocaust survivors, Juliane Michaels arrived in Australia with her brother and parents in 1959. Based in Canberra with her own young family in the 70s, she led the Human Resources department of the Australian Bureau of Statistics before returning to Sydney. Completing a Masters in Adult Education, Juliane spent 25 plus years in Executive Recruitment, Executive Search and Leadership Development.

Tom Curtis (2nd Vice Chair)
Throughout his 40-year professional career, Tom has worked as a commercial and property lawyer; in operational business management in importing, manufacturing, brand development, retail and private label bottling in the liquor industry; equities funds management; and commercial real estate investment for both privately owned and ASX listed companies. Born and educated in Sydney, the child of two Holocaust survivors, Tom is currently the Managing Director of Crown Capital Investments.

David Taylor (Secretary)
Born in London and educated at Sydney University and the University of London, David Taylor practised as a lawyer for 40 years, including 20 years as a partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques, one of the Big Six law firms in Australia. In his personal life, David has been an active member of B’nai B’rith for many years. David has also been active in the Maccabi Triathlon Club having held the positions of both Secretary and President.

Abi Greengarten (Treasurer)
Born and educated in Sydney,
Abie Greengarten is an accountant and business advisor who worked for many years for respected accounting and advisory firm William Buck. Abie’s passion lies with assisting SMEs and their operators grow and reach their potential. His goal as Treasurer of C2C is to ensure the sustainability of the organisation and to help lay the foundations for growth and outreach.

Faye Radom (Head of Education Committee)
Born in Tanganyika, East Africa after her parents escaped from Poland at the outbreak of WWII, Faye Radom grew up in Perth and completed her degree at the University of Western Australia. After working as a school teacher – including three years of teaching in Pittsburgh, USA – Faye undertook further study and started a second career as a psychologist and counsellor. Combining these two professional streams, she has worked extensively as a school psychologist.

James Altman
Born in Sydney and educated at Sydney University, James Altman was the child of Austrian immigrants who escaped to Australia in 1938. Jim has had a long association with our organisation; he was President of B’nai B’rith Australia / New Zealand from 2002 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2013, he was the first Vice–President for Courage to Care, and subsequently the Chairman for several years. In January 2008, he was honoured with the award of Medal in the Order of Australia for service to the Jewish community

Mel Braun
Born and educated in Sydney,
and the child of Holocaust survivors, Mel’s professional background and experiences includes Marketing and PR roles with major corporations, museums, public programs, and tertiary education. She has also lectured and tutored extensively at University level. Mel works as a Courage to Care facilitator and exhibition guide and is currently involved in the development of our workplace program.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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Entrants must be permanent residents of Victoria with a valid residential address, email address, and phone number.

There is no cost to enter.

There are two categories of Entries:

Victorian School Students Competition – which is open to any currently enrolled student in a Victorian Primary or Secondary School (including VCAL or equivalent); and
Open Competition – which is open to all Victorian residents of any age.

Each Entrant may enter only one photograph.

By entering this Competition, you confirm that:

you are the creator and owner of the entered photograph;
you grant Courage to Care (Vic) (“C2C”) at no charge, a perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use, sell and reproduce your photograph in print and digital media, for use in and promotion:
- of C2C’s 30^th Birthday Exhibition; and
- by C2C for any purpose.
the exhibition and promotion of your photograph does not infringe copyright or moral rights; and
you have obtained all relevant permissions of persons shown in photograph.

Your entry for this Competition must include:
A digital image file in jpeg format with a file size of at least 4 MB and no greater than 10 MB
A title for your photograph; and
A written explanation in no more than 50 words that explains why your photograph is relevant to the theme of “Being an Upstander.” For Further information on this theme, refer to couragetocare.org.au
Digital manipulation and alternative post-capture image processing methods of photographs are permitted.

No entries will be accepted after 11:59 pm on 31 March 2022
C2C will acknowledge receipt of all entries. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within fourteen days, please contact C2C competition@couragetocare.org.au.
Entries will not be accepted or judged if:

under normally accepted standards, the photograph could be considered offensive in terms of pornographic content, character denigration, racial or religious prejudice. The Judge’s decision and discretion will be final; or

The Judges will decide and notify the finalists and also the Competition winners. The Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence concerning the Judges’ decision will be considered.

All finalist photographs will be exhibited at the C2C 30^th Birthday Exhibition and will remain for the duration of this period.
C2C reserves the right to curate the exhibition as it sees fit. C2C will determine whether the photograph will be displayed digitally or as a printed photograph. The costs of printing and display of the photographs will be paid by C2C.
The Competition winners will be announced during the C2C 30^th Anniversary Exhibition.
For the duration of the Exhibition, all Photographs must be available for sale. All proceeds of sales will go to C2C as a fundraising initiative to support their charitable purpose.

Photographs will be sold via a “silent auction”. All photographs will be delivered to the purchaser as a printed photograph at C2C’s expense.
The Prizes for the winning Entrants in the Competition are …TBD

C2C will not be responsible for any loss or damage of the submitted digital image files or printed photographs, however caused.
Please note that this Exhibition is separate from the annual Art Show run by B’nai B’rith Victoria.