At the Gala Dinner for the 2026 DEA Conference this week, we honoured the following people for their long service in disability employment:
25 YEARS
Brian Park & Liz Zidich – Bizlink
Lisa Luxford – CBS
Wendy Todd – Deaf Children Australia
Nicholas Bolto – Full Support
Shane McHarg – JobMatch Employment
Brendan Howard & Carol Tozer – Mylestones Employment
Fiona Quilkey – OCTEC
Liane Neale – The Personnel Group
Colin Entwistle – NDS
20 YEARS
Deaf Children Australia
Rachelle Knoche
JobMatch Employment
Siobhan Ablett
Key Community Group
Jodi Wood
Mylestones Employment
Leanne Bell
Ray Morgan
Renae Minett
Roz Fullagar
Sandra Newell-Courtney
Tony Cameron
Wendy Lavelle
SYC
Melany Kerr
The Personnel Group
Lisa Goodman
Maria Griffin
Nicole Mattsson
15 YEARS
Bizlink
Julie Needham
Debbie Finn
embarc
Chiara Shultz
Heather Shaw
Jackson Taylor
Myra Kara
Peter Chapman
Sheree Owen
Simone Bale
JobMatch Employment
Rechelle Morgans
Key Community Group
Adam Wood
Jasmine Keenes
Kellie Reeve
Matthew Whyte
Michelle Worboys
Nick Collett
Patrick Bower
Steven Keenes
Trudie McKibbin
Mylestones Employment
David Cornish
Greg Diaz
James McLeod
Julie Wahry
Katie Gordon
Margaret Gale
Martin Rowley
Nicholas Kruger
Paul Hamson
Paul Lord
Samantha McGill
Stephanie Carlo
Stewart Haigh-Eite
Toru Pumati
Sureway Employment & Training
Meghan Osborne
Teresa Klaassen
SYC
Paul Nassif
10 YEARS
Asuria Australia
Rhia Vines
Best Lives
Dianne Anderson
Jessica Parker
Tammy Hanke
Teeny Lane
CBS
Craig Love
Kathryn Cawthorne
Mervyn Chapman
Trevor Love
CVGT
Michael Hepper
embarc
Aaron Fraser
Deborah Collins
Rebecca McIntyre
Shane Hunt
Shirley Venables
Tiana Dippel
Key Community Group
Gillian Worthy
Lisa Reed
Margaret Lloyd
Michelle Kadwell
Nathan Wills
Matchworks
Adriana Spinelli
Angelo Zacchei
Fanoula Mouratidis
Holly Byrne
Jerome Killelea
Joanne Falcone
Milena Young
Rachel Malzac
Sophia Furda
Tanya Levick
Mylestones Employment
Belinda Farrow
Chris Bingham
Danelle Falcon Green
Elizabeth Blinco
Harold Eman
Helen Angus
Jacqueline Rino
Katrina Jennings
Kirsten Powell
Lisa Clark
Luisa Pitt
Michelle Jessen
Rebecca Relf
Sabene Beck
Sonia Tonin
Tabatha Pettitte
Zandreen Hoeter-Jones
Sureway Employment & Training
Delveen Waltho
Jason Catanzariti
Samantha Purcell
Tanya McCallum
SYC
David Turner
Janelle Flynn
Nigel Mighall-Salmon
Sheryl Griffin
Tyson Hack
Vangie Marito-Llamas
The Personnel Group
Aida Kassis
Joellen Clifton
Sandra Andronicos
Our thanks and warmest congratulations to all the recipients for their long service to the disability employment sector.
