Meet our team
Toby Sullivan
Business Manager
Justyn Koh
Educational advisor
Mahmoud A. Rabo
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Ez Eldin Deng
Film Director
Meet Our Talented Storytellers
Abdul Hammoud
Artist and Facilitator
Rania Ahmed
Artists and Facilitator
Florence Folole Tupuola
Artist and Facilitator
Meena Shamaly
Artist and Facilitator
Sasha Leong
Artist and Facilitator
José-Pepe Inostroza Aqueveque
Artist and facilitator
Our Advisory Group
Farida Fleming
Farida Fleming is an evaluator committed to supporting positive change and social justice. She has over 20 years experience working with international donors, NGOs and government departments to monitor programs and design and
implement evaluations and evaluative systems .
Maria Dimopoulos
Maria Dimopoulos AM is a nationally and internationally
recognised executive leader and expert on multicultural affairs. Maria has over 25 years of experience in cultural diversity, gender equity justice and human
rights.
John Smithies
John is an arts manager with a background of arts
programming, research and policy development.
At CDN John works with the Board
and a skilled team to support stronger planning and evaluation of cultural development activities
and integration of regional
and national cultural policy
Lidia Thorpe
She is a Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman Australian politician. She was the member for Northcote in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and is a member of the Victorian Greens.
Eveyln Tadros
She is a barrister practicing primarily in commercial and public law. she founded and co-directed the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival and is currently Chair of the board.
Sandeep Varma
He is the CEO of media startup SAARI Collective, Chair of the Board of 100 Story Building, a former speechwriter and lawyer, and child safety expert.