Our People
Peter has returned to the University of New South Wales to head CSI after 20 years during which he scaled the heights of Australian government administration, most recently as Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the nation's most senior public servant (2003-2008). With a PhD from the London School of Economics, he moved to Australia from the US, joining the University of NSW in 1972 as a lecturer in economics. He became head of the school of economic history in 1985. He began working for the Federal government in 1987, first as head of the newly established Office of Multicultural Affairs, and went on to hold senior posts including CEO, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission (1992-95), Public Service Commissioner (1995-98), Secretary of the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business (1998-2002) and Secretary of the Department of Education, Science and Training (2002-03). He was previously chair of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. He is on the Board of the publicly listed company, AMP Ltd, and is chair of the not-for-profit organisation, the Australia Rural Leadership Foundation. He is a Member of the Order of Australia and was made a Companion of the Order in 2007.
Mark pioneered the study of nonprofit organisations and philanthropy in Australia. He has been a member of several government committees and director of several nonprofit organisations and is a former executive director of the Australian Council of Social Service. Mark was on the staff of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) for thirty years, retiring in 2004 as Professor of Social Economy. While there, he was foundation director of the Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM). After retiring from UTS he was appointed Adjunct Professor in the Business Faculty and remained an active researcher. He has a first class honours degree from the UNSW and a PhD from the Australian National University.
Cheryl joins the Centre as its first Director of Teaching and Learning. Following her distinguished political career, Cheryl has spent the last five years working in the UK as a Programme Director at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurs at the Said Business School at Oxford University and as the Director of Learning at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in London. Her specialist role at the Skoll Centre was to assist and mentor start-up social businesses particularly in the delivery of innovative health services.
Anne was previously General Manager at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. Prior to that she was Director of the MBA (Executive) Program at the Australian Graduate School of Management and Manager of the Centre for Continuing Legal Education at the University of New South Wales. Anne has an LL.B. from the University of Adelaide, the LL.M. from Harvard University, and the MLMEd. from the University of Newcastle. Gianni Zappala, Associate Professor Gianni has held teaching and research appointments at the Universities of Sydney, Cambridge, Wollongong and the Australian National University. He holds a position as Executive Officer at the Westpac Foundation. Before establishing his own research consultancy assisting companies to develop corporate citizenship strategies, he was research manager for the Smith Family. He has a First Class Honours degree in Economics & Industrial Relations from the University of Sydney, a Masters (with Distinction) in Political Science from the University of London and a Doctorate from the Faculty of Economics & Politics at the University of Cambridge. In 2004 he was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Sydney.
Debbie gained her MA and Ph.D. in the management of nonprofit organisations from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her doctoral dissertation focused on organisational socialisation of volunteers, and she has studied and published widely on different aspects of volunteerism. Her post-doctoral year was spent at Penn University in Philadelphia, with Prof. Ram Cnaan and Prof. Femida Handy. She has twice gained the Emerging Scholar Award from ARNOVA, and was appointed member of the committee on the Israeli President's Volunteer Award in 2008, as well as being part of the establishing committee of third sector scholars in Israel.
 Catherine Armitage, Writer
 Esther Lefas, Events Manager Esther gained her BA in Business and Events management from the London Metropolitan University. She has a background in events management and administration supporting the Cyprus Studies Centre at LMU, which aimed to promote general, tourist, political, cultural as well as academic issues. Esther also has experience in the travel and tourism industry as well as experience teaching EFL for business purposes.
 Michael Liffman, Swinburne University of Technology Co-ordinator tel + 61 3 9214 4405 | email mliffman@groupw Michael is the Director of Swinburne University's Asia-Pacific Centre for Philanthropy and Social Investment, established the Centre in 2001. Michael has a background in philanthropy, social policy, research, and community work, and was CEO of one of Australia's leading private foundations, The Myer Foundation, and President of the Australian Association of Philanthropy. Michael has a PhD from the University of Melbourne, MSc (Social Admin) from the London School of Economics and a BA (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.
Jan is Director of Strategic Marketing and Partnerships at the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership for Social Impact at Melbourne Business School, where she has worked since 2005. Jan's prior experience has included 10 years in government (Housing, Community Services and Tourism), 10 years in the community sector, and 10 years in the private sector (the final five as Head of Philanthropic Foundations at Perpetual). Jan chairs a philanthropic foundation and is a director of the Melbourne Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation. She has an MBA from the University of Melbourne.
 Lisa Lusthaus, Council Secretariat Lisa works part time as the Centre's Secretariat Officer. She has completed a Bachelor of Science, Applied Psychology (Honours) from the University of New South Wales. She began her career as a research psychologist at The Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, working in the Child Safety Centre on child accident prevention. She also worked with the Helping Hand Child Safety health program and has published articles on child safety. She founded MicroPress, a news bulletin specially written for children to encourage them to read about current affairs.
Penny Mack, Accountant Penny Mack is the Accountant for the Centre and works part time. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from Curtin University of Technology and a Postgraduate Diploma in IT for Business from the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. Penny is a member of CPA Australia. She has a wealth of prior experience at UNSW, including as Senior Management Accountant in Accounting Services and as Finance Manager at the Australian School of Business.
Barbara Merz, Editor of Knowledge Connect Barbara holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School. She is a Fulbright scholar, an M.A in Political Science from Victoria University, and earned her B.A from Princeton University. She has previously worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company and in law firms, before joining the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as a fellow. She was the Director of the Philanthropy Program at Harvard's Global Equity Initiative and is now an independent consultant in the not-for-profit sector in Sydney. Barbara joins the Centre as the Editor of Knowledge Connect. Knowledge Connect will be a new quarterly journal review of information on social innovation to be launched later in the year.
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