Voiceless co-founders and managing directors, father and daughter team Brian and Ondine Sherman.

 PATRONS  

J.M. COETZEE Nobel Prize for Literature Winner 2003, author of The Lives of Animals and Elizabeth Costello.  In 2005, J.M. Coetzee was awarded an honorary doctorate from Adelaide University for his contribution to Literature (for the full story, please click here).  To read a recently published article "Coetzee in Oxford" by Matthew Simpson (first published in the Oxford Magazine no. 289, Trinity Term, 2009), please download the pdf here. 

 BRIAN SHERMAN AM  Businessman and philanthropist

HUGO WEAVING: Last Ride, Little Fish, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Matrix Trilogy, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert

ABBIE CORNISH: Bright Star, Stop Loss, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Candy, A Good Year, Somersault    

EMILY BARCLAY: Prime Mover, Piece of my Heart, Suburban Mayhem, In My Fathers Den

Lindsay McDougall: (aka 'The Doctor' from the Triple J Breakfast Show and Triple J TV)

The team

BRIAN SHERMAN AM - Co-founder and Managing Director

• Brian was director of Network TEN from 1994 - 2007.
• He is a Director of a number of investment companies listed on the American stock exchange and is Chairman of Aberdeen Leaders Limited listed on the Australian stock exchange.
• Brian was Chairman and Joint Managing Director of the EquitiLink Group from its inception in 1981 to December 2000. EquitiLink was one of the largest independent funds management groups in Australia, with $6 billion in funds under management.
• He was also a board member of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG).
• Brian was appointed as a member of the Order of Australia 2004 for his service to the community as a philanthropist and benefactor to arts, education and sporting organisations, and to business and commerce.

• Ondine Sherman founded Voiceless in partnership with her father Brian Sherman AM. In the space of 5 years, Voiceless has become renowned as one of Australia’s leading, influential and cutting-edge animal protection groups.
  
• In 2009 Ondine was nominated by News Limited and Microsoft as one of Australia’s top 10 Community Leaders and featured in The Australian. Ondine and her family have been profiled on numerous occasions including ABC Television’s Australian Story, cover story of The Australian Financial Review Magazine, and The Weekend Australian Magazine’s Double Take.
• Ondine has a BA in Communications from UTS and MA in Environmental Education from Macquarie University.
  
• Ondine had previously worked in a range of non-profit organisations including WWF Australia, NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES) and Kids Earth Fund. She has also held positions with environmental consultancy, Molino Stewart and Kogarah Council. Ondine has developed course material and taught environmental education to high school students in Australia and at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in Israel.

• Katrina previously worked as a Senior Associate at a leading Australian law firm, Minter Ellison Lawyers.
• She is a former Chair of NSW Young Lawyers Animal Rights Committee - one of the Committees that constitute NSW Young Lawyers - a professional organisation and a division of the Law Society of New South Wales. She is also a former Councillor of NSW Young Lawyers Executive Council.
• Katrina is a former member of the Animal Research Review Panel (NSW) and the National Health & Medical Research Council, Animal Welfare Committee.
• In 2009, Katrina was included in Australasian Legal Business Magazine's showcase of top 20 in-house lawyers
• Katrina has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales .
  

ELAINE MORRIS - General Manager

• Elaine has worked for a range of non profit organisations in the fields of environmental conservation, peace and animal rights including Anonymous for Animal Rights (Israel).
• Elaine holds a BA in International Relations from UCT (South Africa) and an MA in Environmental Studies from Haifa University (Israel).

KELLY BLAINEY LYELL – Communications/Supporter Relations Officer

• Kelly is in the process of completing a BA in Professional Writing at Deakin University. 
  

• She has more than five years’ experience in professional writing, and has contributed to a range of blogs, magazines, journals and anthologies. 
• Kelly joined the Voiceless team in 2009 bringing her writing, web design and project management skills to the organisation.  She has previously worked in government communications and as an editor for a non-profit women’s organisation.
  

• After completing a degree in Physics, Elizabeth spent five years working for two non-profits: the Australian Association for Humane Research Inc. and the World League for Protection of Animals Inc.    
• Her first collection of poetry, The VOCAL Project: A Vision Of Compassion for All Life, explores issues such as animal protection, social justice and the environment.
• Elizabeth's primary interest is in the burgeoning field of humane education and in 2006 she completed a Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of New South Wales.

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