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BOARD PROFILES | | | | Brian Putt - Chairperson | 
| Kaira Marsh –Vice Chair Kaira joined NSCSS in March 2008. She is the Manager of North Shore Women’s Centre in Glenfield. She has a background in parenting education and facilitated “Stopping Violence Groups for Women”. She is a mother of four children and is involved in many community activities around this. Kaira recently was elected on to the National Board of New Zealand Council of Social Services. She currently is studying towards the Graduate Diploma in Not for Profit Management at Unitec. | | | Lisa Easte - Treasurer | 
| Marilyn Glover- Secretary
Marilyn has been married to Lew for 41 years has 2 adult sons, a lovely daughter-in-law and four grandchildren.
She has been involved in the voluntary sector since she was 14 years old in youth activities. Between her late 20's into her 40's years her volunteering as a mum has included the usual things one can get involved with as a parent (Plunket, Kindergarten, sports teams, scouts, PTA, School Committee, and Boards of Trustees etc). Her involvement in the disability sector includes time with the Disabled Persons Assembly (locally and nationally), 16 years as Chair of the Disability Advisory Group to the North Shore City Council and a current member of the North Shore Disability Strategy Steering Committee. She was also Chair of the Wilson School Board of Trustees for 15 years. Marilyn has been a Rotarian since 1996 and treasurer of the Friends of the Takapuna Library for a number of years.
She is going to be a recipient of the "Gold Card" very soon – she says “hopefully my passion and commitment to working in the community will continue for some time yet”.
| | | Anthony Wilson - Board Member | | | Professor Michael Belgrave- Board Member
Professor Michael Belgrave joined North Shore Community & Social Services in July 2009. Michael is a Professor in History in the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Massey University in Albany. Michael has expertise in history, social policy and social service research and publishing. He has published in a range of different areas, including, social service and health delivery, social policy, the history of health and medicine and race relations history using methods that range from quantitative (Counting the Hectares) to oral (The Mater).
Michael has also been the research manager for the Waitangi Treaty Tribunal and was responsible for all the research, hearing and reporting of all claims from 1987 to 1993. Some other of his key appointments include: Visiting Fellow, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge; Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge; Member of the Centres of Research Excellence (CORE) panel considering applications in the humanities, social sciences, education and public policy fields; Consultant to the New Zealand Law Commission on the legal recognition of Maori customary rights; Appointed to a group to advise the Secretary of Justice on constitutional reform and the Treaty of Waitangi. | 
| Terry Hoskins- Board Member
Terry Hoskins is the Chief Executive of Enterprise North Shore, which is the economic development agency for North Shore City. He has operated in that role for over eight years. Terry was educated and brought up in England where he managed and lead a range of enterprises. He has an MBA from Henley, England, and is a member the Institute of Accredited Business Consultants NZ, the Institute of Directors and the NZ Institute of Management. He is a Trustee of the Independent Business Foundation and North Shore Community and Social Services Inc.Since arriving in New Zealand 18 years ago, he has run his own business, worked with a variety of enterprises as a business consultant, and was the Chief Executive of a medium sized business, prior to joining Enterprise North Shore. Terry has helped many enterprises to succeed and grow by taking a strategic view of their enterprises and building on their strengths.
| | | | STAFF PROFILES | |  | Yvonne Powley- Executive Officer
Yvonne joined NSCSS in May 2009. Yvonne has a B.Soc.Sc. and has completed all the papers towards a M.Soc.Sc. and Dip.Com.Psych. from the University of Waikato. Moving to Auckland in the early 1980’s Yvonne has held numerous management positions including General Manager of Auckland New Ventures from 1994-2001, a charitable Trust providing business support services, employment and vocational training, migrant services and economic development in Auckland City. Since moving to the North Shore, Yvonne became the Director of Northcote College Community English School and Campus Manager of Sir George Seymour National College of Travel & Tourism.
In 2006 Yvonne set up her own business Pacific Research & Development. She has been working for the last three years on various projects in the Pacific. She undertook a disaster assessment mission in the Solomon Islands after a tsunami and earthquake; worked with the Caritas Office of Justice and Peace in PNG; made a risk analysis for Oxfam of going into West Papua, and worked on a UNICEF project looking at the preparation for Avian Influenza in Samoa. Yvonne is a Board member of RedR NZ and EWPANZ.
Yvonne has an extensive background in consultancy research working as a Research Manager with Dialogue Consultants, carrying out a social impact assessment of the energy development in Taranaki and various other research consultancies.
Yvonne has been awarded honours; APSNZ (Associate of the Photographic Society of NZ); has a Diploma in Photojournalism and studied Entrepreneurship at the University of Auckland Graduate School of Business. Yvonne lives in Birkenhead, is married, and has two children and three grandchildren. | 
| Melinda Greshoft – Community Resource & Funding Directory
Melinda has worked with NSCSS since April 2005. Melinda has a long time interest in community and has had varied roles in community organisations in New Zealand and overseas. She has had several Programme Administrator positions over the years and has also worked as a documentation specialist, involved in technical writing. She has good computer skills and offers tutoring in Microsoft Office applications. Melinda has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.
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| Leanne Royden- Financial Administrator
Leanne has a strong background in accounting spending the last 14 years working in the accounting field as a financial controller and Office Manager. She began her career in the clerical area becoming a senior clerk and training officer with Social welfare in New Plymouth. Leanne has excelled at competitive sports competing in Duathalon Champs and Cycle races around New Zealand. She has two children and lives and works on the North Shore.
| | | Kerry-Ann Stevenson
Kerry-Ann brings to our team experience in not for profit, local government and business organisations. She has extensive experience working with Maori and Pasifika groups and as an independent consultant has undertaken numerous organisational reviews - assisting organisations in: strategic planning, policy development, service effectiveness auditing and stakeholder consultation processes and systems development.
She has a strong background in education and training and has run training programmes for boards and management teams across a broad range of organisations.
Kerry-Ann has a MBA from Auckland University and over the last two years has undertaken Te Ara Reo Maori Level 2 certificate programme with Te Wananga o Aotearoa.
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