In recent times, the Board has been reinvigorated with new Members joining the Board and appointing a new President.
Alexandra Finley has been elected President of the Board, with Rob Lloyd taking on the position of Vice President (Philip Holt will remain as Vice President as well).
Ron and Lily Siddons have announced that they will be stepping down from the Board, but both will remain involved with Rainbow Club Australia in their capacity as Founders.
The Board are pleased to announce that Martyn Downs joins the Board in December 2011.
our patrons
Our Patron is Mark Speakman.
James Pittar
James Pittar (Ambassador)
James is our Clubs Ambassador, he is a blind marathon swimmer who has completed swims all around the world. In 2010 he was the 9th Australian to be inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
James says being a disabled athlete he hopes he may be of some inspiration to children. He likes to know that Rainbow Club children are allowed to learn, be safe and to have fun in the
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Ethan Harvey (Youth Ambassador)
Ethan is our Youth Ambassador.
• Alexandra Finley – President – Alexandra is General Counsel & Company Secretary for Spark Infrastructure.
• Philip Holt – Vice President – Philip is the Company Director of Holt Group of Companies and a long time supporter of Rainbow Club.
• Robert Lloyd – Vice President – Property developer.
• Suzanne Stanton – Immediate Past President – Suzanne is Legal Counsel for the Mawland Group and her commitment to Rainbow Club has often gone above and beyond.
• Murray Rose AM – swimming legend and Patron of Rainbow Club. – Murray is also the moving force behind our latest fundraising endeavour, the annual Malabar Magic Ocean Swim.
• John Taplin – Retired Investment Banker. John’s son Michael first introduced John to Rainbow Club at Cronulla in 1983.
• Mark McCormack – Managing Director, Koppers Australia Pty Limited.
• Jane Couchman – Divisional Director, Risk Management at Macquarie Private Wealth.
• Martyn Downs – Director of Childcare Developments Australia
The following special individuals hold Life Membership to Rainbow Club.
Gary Bradshaw
Phillip Holt
Malcolm Kerr
Tony Williams
Each of these individual’s bring varied skills and commitment to Rainbow Club.
• Gary Bradshaw “the Teflon Man”, always enthusiastic, the one with the plan, running, golf, “Bertha”. Gary is a man of action.
• Tony Williams “the bower bird” of the board. Bower birds have two characteristics, tireless in building and they collect “stuff”. This is Tony! He chipped away at South Australia until a club was formed and never gave up. His ‘collection’ skills are renowned and provides our ball guests with lots of ‘goodies’ to purchase.
• Philip Holt “the sand man”. The first Rainbow Club president and the man who gave Rainbow Club direction and guidance from day 1. We ask Philip and he says “yes”. His generosity is legendry. He asks all the hard questions and then finds the answers.
• Malcolm Kerr “the pride of the Shire”. Malcolm is the arranger, he lends us his secretary, his meeting rooms and his valuable time. Malcolm is a quiet achiever who works towards finding answers.
