Our Office Bearers for 2024 - 2025
Canh-Vinh Nguyen
President
Passionate in giving back and helping the less fortunate in Vietnam, she runs her own charity, Canh-Vinh and You Incorporated. Aside from that, she is also a Consumer Adviser for Western Health, is a lecturer for Bio-med in university and was a Miss World Australia State Finalist in 2023.
She was a member of our Brimbank Leo's club prior to joining us and was awarded 'Best Public Speaker' at the Youth of the Year state event as a student at Marian College.
Her theme as President for this term is Gratitude.
Pam Green
Vice President
She's our long running 'Tail Twister' lady for her fantastic sense of humor and has held various positions in the club such as President and is one of our longest serving members. Her and her best mate, Jean (passed), were the club's representative at conventions having the opportunity to show their wonderful sense of style.
In her own time, she loves photography and traveling.
Frank Pearce
Secretary
A.k.a Quiet Frank is one of our newer members, a past Rotarian whom brings a wealth of knowledge to our club from Tasmania; having held positions in government and other organizations, he is a great asset to our club.
Hailing to Victoria, he enjoys his retired life traveling with his wife and spending time with family.
Robyn Douglas
Treasurer
The moment our previous long-serving Treasurer moved interstate, she was made Treasurer from 2019 and is stuck in that role for the long haul (jokes). Being an assertive woman, she has taken the initiative to contribute tremendously towards the club since joining a few years ago with Gary as an excellent duo.
Was an Accountant pre-retirement as well as a Unionist and is currently also a mentor for the L2P program.
Alan Dash
Membership Director
A very active member of our club, a past Zone Chairman and Club President, the main organiser of our Youth of the Year Zone event and part of several Non-Profit boards (too many to list), he continues to contribute actively in society.
Spent many years in primary education and finished up as School Principal in Sunshine. He is a true humanitarian and very dedicated towards assisting youth.
Frank Dri
International Projects Lead
Past Rotarian now Lion, also a past Club President and Zone Chairman. His passion goes towards our Samoan project and volunteering for Donations-In-Kind (DIK) outside of Lions.
Was a Primary School Principal in Sunshine before retirement and loves going on long motorcycle trips with the International Fellowship of Motorcycling Rotarians.
P.S. He is also a major Collingwood Magpies supporter.
Kylie Luu
Marketing Chairperson
When she first joined in 2016 as the youngest member of the club at the age of 22, she brought the average age of the members down from 65 to 63.
She was given responsibility of looking after the club's website and Facebook page. Previously was the ad-hoc then voted Club Secretary and also President for 2 terms during the COVID pandemic.
Currently working in Logistics for a building materials company and is a health and well-being fanatic.
Gary Douglas
BBQ Captain
Known as Robyn's other half and the face of our Bunnings and Harvey Norman events. He leads our BBQ events with a passion and ensures the sausages are cooked to perfection.