The Trinh Foundation board and volunteers have a shared commitment to improving the quality of life of people with communication and swallowing disorders in Vietnam.

Each member of the board brings extensive professional experience and expertise from a variety of backgrounds to achieve our goals.

Our sources of funding are from grants, fund-raising activities, philanthropic donations and through collaboration with other Australian Aid organisations. All Directors and the Secretary are fully self-funded in all their activities associated with Trinh Foundation Australia.

Trinh Foundation Australia Ltd abides by the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) Code of Conduct, which provides standards on management, communication with the public and, most importantly, how funds are spent.

We are registered with the Australian Government Charities and Not-for-profit Commission – having received the Registered Charity tick.

Please email info@trinhfoundation.org to request a consolidated financial statement from the Secretary.

Organisational Structure

PATRON:

• Mr Graeme Swift Australian Consul-General, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2009 – 2011
  Graeme has served in Australia’s foreign service for many years, completing 10 postings. He found working in Ho Chi Minh City among the most professionally rewarding, gaining enormous satisfaction seeing at first-hand how people and organisations working together can achieve sometimes quite extraordinary outcomes.
  Graeme now holds a senior position with DFAT in Canberra.

DIRECTORS:

• Professor Emerita Lindy McAllister
  PhD, MA (Hons) (Sp Path), BSpThy, Life Member SPAA
  Professor and Associate Dean of Work Integrated Learning Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney and founding director of TFA.
• Mrs Sue Woodward
  DipSpThy, Speech Pathologist
  Private Practice, Central Coast, NSW. Conjoint Fellow in Speech Pathology, University of Newcastle and founding director of TFA.
• Dr Sally Hewat
  PhD, BAppSci (Sp Path) CPSP
  Assistant Dean International, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, NSW.
• Ms Bronwyn Coop
  BA(Hons)
  Private consultant.
• Dr Sarah Verdon
  PhD, BHthSci(Sp Path)(Hons)
  Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology, Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Albury NSW.
• Katie Walker-Smith
  B Sp Path, Grad Cert Dysphagia, Grad Cert Health Management, MBA
  Director of Speech Pathology, Children’s Health Queensland.
• Ms Joanne Walters
  BAppSci (Sp Path),Grad Cert Applied Management (Health Promotion),CPSP
  Speech Pathology Lecturer and Clinical Education Coordinator, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, NSW.
• Gwendalyn Webb
  PhD, MA (Ling), BAppSci (Sp Path), CPSP
  Speech Pathology Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, NSW.
• Dr Marie Atherton
  PhD, BAppSci (Sp Path), CPSP
  Senior Advisor, Professional Standards, Speech Pathology Australia; Lecturer (Speech Pathology) Australian Catholic University.

SECRETARY:

• Ms Bronwyn Coop

VOLUNTARY EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:

• Dr Peter Woodward BDS, MDS, MRACDS(Orth), Orthodontist – Management Advisor
  Dr Woodward, as a member of the Founding Executive of TFA, has been the recipient of the Sydney University Alumni Award from the Faculty of Health Sciences and in 2014 was awarded a medal from the Peoples Committee in Ho Chi Minh City because of TFA’s work to develop Speech Therapy Services in Vietnam.
• Ms Huyen Nguyen BA – Translator / Interpreter and Advisor in Cultural Affairs