Suzanna Sheed

Suzanna has been a practising lawyer throughout her professional career. She has worked for the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, the Northern Territory Department of Law, city and country law firms, and has operated her own legal practice in Shepparton since 1997.

She is an accredited Family Law Specialist with the Law Institute of Victoria and also practices in Native Title law throughout south-eastern Australia. 

Suzanna is drawn to her rural background (southern Riverina 'the family farm' and northern Victoria). She has an intense interest in the future for rural Australia and was a joint author of the Rural Agenda, a policy statement for regional Victoria prepared in 1999.

• Director RACV
• Trustee of Goulburn Valley Hospital Foundation.
• Chair, Goulburn Murray Leadership Program
• Member of the FoodBowl Unlimited

Glenn Bewicke (FF’05) (Chair)

Glenn was born and bred in Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula, has two teenage children and is married to Diane.

Having graduated from the Fairley Leadership Program in 2005, he joined the Fairley Board in February 2006, and is the present Chairman of the Fairley Fellows Networking Committee.

Glenn completed a Bachelor of Engineering at Monash University in 1981, a Graduate Certificate of Engineering (Water Engineering) at Deakin University in 1993 and a Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (Technology Management) at Deakin in 1999.

Glenn’s career has seen him employed in the water industry for the past 23 years, including 15 years at Goulburn Valley Water where he currently  holds the position of Manager, Asset/Project Delivery.

Glenn’s community interests lie with supporting aged groups, youth issues and sport.

Simon Law (Treasurer)

Paddy Turner (Executive Director)

Emma Dalton (FF’08) (Deputy Chair)

Emma is a qualified Civil Engineer and has experience in the civil construction industry, having worked in project management and operational roles in Local Government for almost ten years.  She spent 8 years as the Major Projects Co-ordinator with City of Greater Shepparton before taking on the role of the Manager of Public Works for Campaspe Shire in April 2008.

In the past Emma has been heavily involved with the Goulburn Valley Equestrian Club, including taking on the role of President for 2 years. The Tatura Rotary Club sponsored Emma to participate in the Rotary International Group Study Exchange in 2007 and she intends to further support the club in the future.  On the recommendation of colleagues, Emma completed the Fairley Leadership Program in 2008.  

Emma hopes to help community groups put together submissions for infrastructure projects including dealing with funding bodies, Councils to get concepts on the table, providing advice when preparing to build, assistance with project management, etc.

Joanne McGregor (FF’08)

Joanne McGregor is a Health Information Manager and is currently employed as the Chief Health Information Manager at Benalla and District Memorial Hospital.  Joanne also works at Goulburn Valley Health and Cobram District Health as a Health Information Manager.

Since moving to the Goulburn Valley in 1998 Joanne has been involved in a number of community groups, including the Shepparton Triathlon Club in various roles since 2004 and the GV Health Murray to Moyne Cycle relay Team Coordinator from 2003 – 2008. 

Mary-Jane Taylor (FF’09)