Dr Susan (Sue) Alberti AC HonLLD (Chair)
Sue is a highly respected and successful business-woman, generous and active philanthropist and passionate supporter of AFL.
She is the former Vice President of the Western Bulldogs Football Club and was appointed the inaugural ambassador for the Australian Football League's women's competition in 2017. Sue is the past President of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and through the Susan Alberti Medical Research Foundation has raised in excess of $6million towards finding a cure for type 1 diabetes.
Mr Paul Constantinou (Deputy Chair)
Paul Constantinou is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Quest Serviced Apartments. He is a respected industry leader with more than 30 years’ experience in accommodation and hospitality.
In July 2012, Quest Serviced Apartments won the Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Hotel Investment Conferences (ANZPHIC) Innovators Award.
Paul was presented the HM Magazine Australasian Hotelier of the Year Award in September 2012, and was inducted into the HM Magazine Hall of Fame in 2014.
Paul is a VU alumnus.
Mr Peter Bartels
Peter Bartels is a former Executive Director of KPMG’s mergers and acquisitions advisory in the industrial markets practice area.
He is co-founder of Portunus, an independent corporate advisory firm in Australia.
As a corporate advisory specialist Peter has worked on global mining and resources and industrial transactions providing operational expertise on major growth projects.
Ms Patricia Burke
Pat has 25 years’ experience across the banking, humans resources, not-for-profit and philanthropic sectors in Australia and the United States.
She is currently State Manager for Victoria and Tasmania at Philanthropy Australia. Pat has previously held leadership positions with not-for-profit boards and has experience in policy and program development, grants, fundraising, and board governance.
Pat is a community leader in the philanthropic sector and co-founded the Melbourne Women’s Fund, and completed her Masters in Social Investment & Philanthropy in 2011.
Professor Peter Dawkins AO
Professor Dawkins became the third Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University in 2011.
He was Curtin University’s first Professor of Economics from 1990 to 1995 and the Ronald Henderson Professor and Director of the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne from 1996 to 2005.
From 2005 to 2010 he held senior positions in the Victorian Public Service, including Deputy Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance and Secretary of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Ms Helen Kroger
Helen Kroger has an extensive background in the philanthropic, small business, education and corporate sectors.
She currently provides corporate advisory services to Australian business and is a Senior Counsel with Civic Creative. From 2008 to 2014 she was a Coalition Senator for Victoria.
During her time in the Senate, Helen served as the Chief Government and Opposition Whip, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, and as a member of numerous Senate and Joint Parliamentary Committees.
Mr George Pappas AO
George Pappas AO is the Chancellor of Victoria University, a position he has held for the last 5 years.
George has over 30 years' commercial experience in consulting in the United States, Japan, Asia and Australia. He co-founded the business strategy consultancy, Pappas Carter Evans and Koop (PCEK) in 1979 and later became Managing Partner of Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG’s) Australasian offices following BCG’s acquisition of PCEK in 1990.
He was the Chairman of the Committee for Melbourne from 2005 until 2013. George served as Under Secretary in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.
He has occupied the role of Chair on government and higher education boards and has served on private sector and not for profit boards, including the Western Bulldogs Football Club and Energy Matters Pty Ltd.
Dr Campbell Rose AM
Campbell (Cam) Rose has been Chief Executive Officer of VicTrack since February 2013. VicTrack, a $22 billion entity, is a Victorian Government agency with custodial responsibility for public transport infrastructure and land.
Cam is a seasoned senior executive, with experience across major events, infrastructure development and business transformation.
His previous experience includes Chief Executive of the Melbourne Major Events Company, the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Bid, the 2001 Brisbane Goodwill Games, the Western Bulldogs and Stralliance Developments. Cam is a VU alumnus.
The Hon Dr Ralph Willis AO
Ralph Willis served as the Federal Member for Gellibrand from 1972 until 1998.
During that period he served on a number of occasions as the Minister of Finance and as Federal Treasurer and he also held other senior positions as a Cabinet Minister.
He is a former Chair of CBus, the Mietta Foundation, Western Health Foundation and LeadWest and has been a director of a number of boards and foundations.
