Harvard Club of Victoria

HCV AGM and Annual Dinner - SOLD OUT

Why RECOGNISE? The people’s movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution

Tanya Hosch is the Joint Campaign director for Recognise, the movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our Constitution. She was a key contributor in the creation of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, and a foundation director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. She is a director of the Australian Red Cross, Bangarra Dance Theatre, the Australian Centre for Social Innovation and Ninti One (a not-for-profit creating opportunities for people in remote Australia). She is deputy chair of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality Council. In 2012, Tanya was one of the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence. She is a Torres Strait Islander woman who lives in Adelaide. 

Prof. Marilyn Lake is a historian known for her work on the effects of the military and war on Australian civil society, the political history of Australian women, and Australian racism including the White Australia Policy and the movement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander human rights. She grew up in Tasmania, where she completed her undergraduate and Master's degrees in History. After completing a PhD degree in History at Monash University, she has held academic positions at Monash University, The University of Melbourne and La Trobe University, where she also served as Associate Dean Research and was appointed Charles La Trobe Professor in History in 2010. Between 2001 and 2002 she held the Chair in Australian Studies at Harvard University. She is currently President of the Australian Historical Association. 

Tim Goodwin is member of the Victorian Bar. Before joining the Bar, Tim worked at Allens as a solicitor. His practice included commercial arbitration, class actions, securities litigation, constitutional law and disability discrimination. Prior to joining Allens, Tim served as Associate to Justices North and Bromberg of the Federal Court of Australia. He also served as Foreign Law Clerk to Justice Skweyiya of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Tim has a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School and was the first Harvard Club of Australia Roberta Sykes Scholar. Tim is a member of the Yuin people of the South East Coast of New South Wales. He is a Board Member of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth and a Trustee of the Reichstein Foundation and the Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation.  He also serves on the Editorial Board of the Australian Indigenous Law Review. 

We will also hear from Dr Stefan Gruenert, CEO of Odyssey House and a recipient of this year’s HCV Non-Profit Fellowship to attend Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management course. He’ll share his experience at HBS and that of the other recipients, Michaela Cronin of MacKillop Family Services and Tony Keenan of Hanover, and how they plan to use it to increase the impact of their organisations. 

Date: Friday 10th of October 2014
Address: Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10/Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton 
Times: AGM 6.30pm, Dinner 6.45pm for 7.15pm
Bookings: SOLD OUT
Enquiries: Mandy Croker - mandy@harvardclubofvictoria.org.au or Alice Hill - aehill@ozemail.com.au

Please Note: Tables at the dinner will seat 10.  If you are organising a whole table or part of a table with people who will be booking separately, please send the names of all of the parties to Mandy Croker, email address above, to ensure that you will be seated together.