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Melbourne 2009 Highlights
Welcome to Melbourne
What is the Parliament?
About Melbourne & Australia
Key Topics
Venue
Parliament Staff
Melbourne Board of Management

Melbourne Board of Management and Patrons

Melbourne Board of Management

Chair

Professor Gary D. Bouma
UNESCO Chair of Interfaith and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University

Melbourne Program Director

Professor Desmond Cahill
Chair Religions for Peace (Australia), RMIT University

 

Board Members

Nina Bassat AM
Former President Jewish Community Council of Victoria
Former President Executive Council of Australian Jewry

Orhan Cicek
Founder and Executive Advisor
Australian Intercultural Society

Hass Dellal OAM
Executive Director
Australian Multicultural Foundation

Alan Mauger
Ex corporate executive
Member of the Church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Archdeacon Philip Newman OAM
Vice President
Victorian Council of Churches

Maureen Postma
General Secretary
Victorian Council of Churches

Yasser Soliman
Executive Director
Diversity Connect International & former President Islamic Council of Victoria
VMC Member

Janetta Stones
Local Director

Reverend Helen Summers
Interfaith Minister, Founder and Director
The Interfaith Centre of Melbourne

Patrons

Patrons

Tim Costello
Chief Executive Officer
World Vision

Ibrahim Dellal AM
President of Selimiye Foundation

Sheikh Fehmi Naji El-Imam, AM
Islamic Society of Victoria

The Most Reverend Dr. Philip Freier
Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne

Rabbi Ralph Genende
Executive Member
Rabbinical Council of Victoria
Caulfield Hebrew Congregation

The Hon Sir James Gobbo, AC, CVO, QC
Chairman
Australian Multicultural Foundation

Reverend Professor James Haire, AM, DD
Executive Director
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture

The Most Reverend Denis Hart
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne

Rabbi John Levi, AM, DD, LLD, PHD
Deputy President
Executive Council of Australian Jewry

Simon McKeon
Executive Chairman,
Macquarie Bank - Melbourne Office

Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, AC, DBE

Prof Joy Murphy Wandin, AO
Senior Woman of the Wurundjeri People

Susan Pascoe, AM
Chair
Australian National Commission for UNESCO

Senior Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan, AM
Abbot Quang Minh Buddhist Temple

Youth Patrons

Tristan Mungatopi
Rinchen Norbu
Demetrio Zema
Azmeena Hussain