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KAREN HAYNES
Appointed August 2011
SOPHIE KOWALD
Appointed August 2006
GINA LEE
Appointed September 2014
Karen is from Brisbane and since 2008 she
has been a Queensland Baptist Pastor. She
is Associate Pastor at Windsor Road Baptist
Church, a Brisbane city congregation. Her
ministry primarily focuses on multi-cultural
young adults, youth and mission.
Sophie works at the Australian Communications
and Media Authority (ACMA) and recently
completed a Master of Laws at the University
of Melbourne. Previously Sophie has worked
as a research fellow on cross-border tobacco
advertising control at the Centre for Media
and Communications Law, a judicial associate
and as a casual university academic in law and
media studies.
Gina was born and grew up in Sydney but some
years ago underwent a tree-change and moved
to central western NSW with her husband and
family. Prior to her move, Gina worked as an
intellectual property lawyer in a top tier Sydney
corporate law firm. Since then, she has worked as
a legal editor and as a government lawyer. She also
spent some time working with the community as
a criminal lawyer with Legal Aid. She is currently
completing her Masters of Laws.
She also works for Australian Baptist’s CrossCultural Agency, Global Interaction. As “Young
Adults Consultant” for Queensland, she works
across the state to increase awareness and
involvement in cross-cultural work. As part of
this work Karen meets with young adults from
across Queensland, helping them to contribute to
mission and community work in countries with
the greatest need.
Karen has worked with young people and their
families since she was teenager. She began her
working career in administration and business
roles, after completing a Bachelor of Business,
but then changed direction and completed a
Master of Divinity. She is currently enjoying
learning through the Arrow Leadership program,
developing emerging leaders in the Australian
Evangelical sector.
In her spare time Karen enjoys being a part of
her local community. Libraries and parks are her
destination of choice, while she is on a first name
basis with the coffee shop owners in the area. She
hopes to continue to find ways to contribute to
the well-being of her city and local area.
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For many years, Sophie has been a singer
in choirs around the country, including The
Australian Voices, Canticum, The Melbourne
Chorale and, most recently, the Sydney
Philharmonia Choirs. As the mother of two
young children, she currently holds memberships
with her local playgroup, toy library and
breastfeeding association.
Born in Canberra and raised in Brisbane, Sophie
is now Sydney-based, but has spent significant
amounts of time in Melbourne and on the Gold
Coast in recent years.
Gina is involved in many aspects of life in the
central west—work, school, church and the arts,
particularly with the local music conservatorium
of which she is an active member and avid
supporter. She particularly enjoys playing cello
with her local orchestra. She has taught scripture
in a local public school, is an involved member of
her church and has been active in a local resident
action group.
As a second-generation Korean-Australian,
Gina has a particular interest in questions of
displacement—spiritual, cultural and physical—
and completed her undergraduate English
Literature Honours thesis on this area.
She is the mother of three children and loves a
good cup of coffee with friends, training in Tae
Kwon Do and going on long drives.
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