Board of Management
MCWH is an incorporated association that represents a membership of women committed to improving migrant and refugee women’s rights and opportunities to health and wellbeing across Australia. MCWH is governed by a skills based Board that works to ensure MCWH is a strategic, responsive, accountable and sustainable.
Kalpana Raj GAICD CPA
Department: Board of Management
Treasurer
Associate Professor Soma Pillay
Department: Board of Management
Board Member
Anna Storti
Department: Board of Management
Board Member
Dr Mandy Truong
Department: Board of Management
Board Member
Dr Nisha Khot
Department: Board of Management
Chair Person
2023 – Present
2023 – Present
Agata Bober
Department: Board of Management
Deputy Chair
Dr Tamara Kwarteng
Department: Board of Management
Board Member
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Adele Murdolo
Department: Staff
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Team
Cho Cho Mya
Department: Staff
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Dr Monisha Vaid Sandhu
Department: Staff
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Parisa Shiran PhD
Department: Staff
Executive Assistant
Operations
Director of Operations
Joanne Yim
Department: Staff
Director of Operations
Operations Team
Irina Sharfagalieva
Department: Staff
Program Support Officer
Purvi Tanna
Department: Staff
Accounting and Administration Officer
Valery Zeng
Department: Staff
Accounting & Administration Officer
Veronica Tan
Department: Staff
Payroll and Administration Officer
Programs
Director of Programs
Dr Regina Torres-Quiazon
Department: Staff
Director of Programs
Program Engagement Team
Dr Yue Gao
Department: Staff
Program Officer
Vahideh Eisaei
Department: Staff
Program Officer
Nalika Unantenne
Department: Staff
Program Officer
Health Education Team
Shana Liem
Department: Staff
Multilingual Health Education Resource Officer
Trishula Nagarajan
Department: Staff
Multilingual Health Education Resource Officer
Alexandra Rijavec
Department: Staff
Health Education Manager
Eman Al-Dasuqi
Department: Staff
Health Educator Support Officer
Farhana Kuthupdeen
Department: Staff
Health Educator Support Officer
Felicia Belagia
Department: Staff
Bilingual Health Educator
Sheena Maxwell
Department: Staff
Bilingual Health Educator
Training and Capacity Building Team
Feifei Liao
Department: Staff
Capacity Building Officer
Alexandria Somirs
Department: Staff
Training Officer
Vanessa Stathopoulos
Department: Staff
Training Officer
Nasra Muse
Department: Staff
Capacity Building Officer
Desiree Bensley
Department: Staff
Training and Capacity Building Manager
Andrea Shepherd
Department: Staff
Capacity Building Officer
Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement
Director of Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement
Dr Maria Hach
Department: Staff
Director of Advocacy and Stakeholder Engagement
Business Development Manager
Manon Dolet
Department: Staff
Business Development Manager
Research, Advocacy and Policy Team
Delaram Ansari
Department: Staff
Research, Advocacy and Policy Manager
Giang Tran
Department: Staff
Research, Advocacy and Policy Officer
Catalina Labra Odde
Department: Staff
Research, Advocacy and Policy Officer
Arundhathi Lekshmi
Department: Staff
Research, Advocacy and Policy Officer
Communications Team
Maggie Garcia Pena
Department: Staff
Communications Officer
Anne Johnston
Department: Staff
Communications Manger