Voiceless co-founders and 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).

BRIAN SHERMAN AM  Businessman and philanthropist

Voiceless Ambassador - HUGO WEAVING: The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Matrix Trilogy, Lord of the Rings Trilogy

VAA Ambassador - Lindsay McDougall: The Doctor co-hosts Triple J’s Breakfast Show and stars in ABC’s Triple J TV

The team

BRIAN SHERMAN AM - Co-founder and Director

• Brian is President of the Board of Trustees of the Australian Museum.
• He was director of Network TEN from 1994 - 2007. He is Chairman of Sonic Communications Pty Limited and Pulse International Pty Limited and a number of listed investment companies in the USA, Canada and Australia.
• 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 has worked for a range of non-profit organisations including World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service (WIRES) and Kids Earth Fund and recently taught an undergraduate university class in Environmental Education
• Ondine has a BA in Communications from UTS and MA in Environmental Education from Macquarie University
  

• 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
  
• Katrina has spoken about animal law at a number of Australian and American conferences, including the first international animal law conference. She has also published papers on various animal law topics
  
• In 2006, Katrina was short-listed for the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association In-house Lawyer Young Achiever of the Year.
  
• 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).

CYBELE STOCKLEY – Grants Administrator and Media Liaison

• Cybele recently moved from Melbourne, where she worked as a lawyer with the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office.
• She is Vice-President of Lawyers for Animals Inc, a Melbourne-based non-profit association, which aims to strengthen protection of animals through education and law reform.  She has also volunteered over the years for several animal protection organisations.
• Cybele has a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Monash University.

SARAH KOSSEW - Lawyer

• Sarah previously worked as a solicitor at the Australian commercial law firm TressCox Lawyers.    
• Sarah has a long standing interest in animal protection and is a member of the NSW Young Lawyers Animal Law Committee. She also worked as a student volunteer at Macquarie Legal Centre and as a media volunteer at Oxfam Ireland.
• Sarah has a Bachelor of Media and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) from Macquarie University

ELIZABETH USHER - Administration Manager

• 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.

SARAH WADE - Administrative Assistant

• Sarah moved to Australia from England in August 2007 where she previously worked in Customer Support Management for several years.
• She has been interested in animal welfare since childhood and was a member of many animal protection organisations in the UK.  Sarah is now a member of the Vegan Society NSW committee.
• She has a BA in European Business Studies and French from the University of Sunderland, UK and a Cordon Vert Diploma in Vegetarian Cookery.
  

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