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MARIA COSMIDIS
Appointed August 2011

PAUL DOORN
Appointed September 2014

FIONA GILES
Appointed August 2013

Maria Cosmidis is currently employed by the
South West Sydney Community Legal Centre as
the Executive Officer. The Legal Centre provides
free legal advice to those unable to afford a lawyer,
and supports many hundreds of women affected
by domestic violence every year.

Paul is Executive Director of Sport and
Recreation in the NSW Office for Sport. In this
position, he leads the development of strategic
directions for sport and recreation in NSW
linked to government priorities and NSW
2021 outcomes.

She has a long history of working in the field
of multicultural affairs, being the current
Chairperson of the Metro Migrant Resource
Centre and sitting on that board for over 12 years.
Maria is actively involved in many multicultural
events and programs in Sydney.

He was Chief Executive Officer of Institute of
Public Administration (NSW) between 2009
and 2012.

A well-known writer and editor, Fiona is Senior
Lecturer and Chair of the Department of Media
and Communications at the University of
Sydney, where she has worked since 2005. Fiona
is on the editorial advisory board of Australian
Feminist Studies and Outskirts: Feminisms Along
the Edge.

Maria has a Bachelor of Arts/Social Work, and
a Masters of Management from UTS, having
been granted a scholarship with the Australian
Sports Commission’s “Sports Leadership Grants
and Scholarships for Women” to undertake this
further study.
A passionate sport participant and fan, Maria
enjoys watching and playing sport and spending
time with her young daughter. Being of
Greek heritage, Maria and her family travel to
Greece regularly.

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Paul spent two years working in the Abu Dhabi
Education Council managing a major public
private partnership program for schools in the
Emirate and providing leadership to ensure the
delivery of high quality educational support to
schools in the Emirate.
He has also worked in curriculum development
and as a classroom teacher in the NSW
government system. He has a Bachelor of
Education, Master of Education and most
recently was awarded a Graduate Diploma of
Public Administration.
A passionate sport participant and fan, when he’s
not at work Paul likes to spend time supporting
his wife and two daughters in their sporting
endeavours, and when time permits you will often
find him out in the early morning riding his bike
with friends and thousands of other MAMILs.

Since graduating in English Literature from
Oxford University Fiona has worked in
publishing, editing and print journalism and
has published six books, 11 book chapters, and
numerous journal, magazine and newspaper
articles. Her books include Fresh Milk: The
Secret Life of Breasts (2003) with her most recent
publication, “The Magazine that Isn’t”: The Future
of Features Online published in TEXT in April
2014.
Fiona’s current research interests include creative
non-fiction, long-form journalism, and feature
writing, together with health communications and
the role of pleasure in health promotion. She has
featured in two documentaries on breastfeeding,
Milk Men: Can We Deliver? (2003) and Breast
Milk (2012) and is interested in representations of
breastfeeding and maternal sexuality.
Fiona lives in Sydney with her two teenage sons.

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