our crew
Meet the team
Dr Susan Palmer
founder, CLINCIAL LEAD &
COMMUNITY EDUCATOR
COMMUNITY EDUCATOR
Lauren Smith
PARTNER Engagement &
COMMUNITY EDUCATOR
COMMUNITY EDUCATOR
Annabel McLean
Social Media &
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMUNICATIONS
Amanda Nolan
Strategic
Advisor
Advisor
Ben Davidson
Board Member
Ben, a Partner with Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers, chairs the Gather My Crew Board. Throughout his career as a lawyer, Ben has stood out for his ability to understand the commercial impacts to his clients’ operations and tailor solutions that lead to favourable outcomes. Ben’s expertise in managing negotiations and disputes has seen him act for a number of Corrs’ major clients across a range of industries.
Dr Susan Palmer
Board Member
Susan, the founder of Gather My Crew, is a registered psychologist and health consultant. She has worked in public health and the not-for-profit sector for the past 20 years and has significant experience working with those suffering trauma. A passion to build healthier and stronger communities has been combined with this clinical, research and consulting experience to create the foundation of this unique project.
Andrea McNamara
Board Member
Andrea is a founding partner of Alp McNamara, specialist accountants for business owners and private clients. A qualified Chartered Accountant with a Masters of Taxation and 30 years of providing trusted advice. Working with business owners across numerous industries including private hospitals, retirement villages, childcare, importing, manufacture and investment. This has provided Andrea the opportunity to learn and challenge, focusing on assisting clients to minimise their business, economic, investment risks.
Kate Siebert
Board Member
Kate is an experienced leader in non-profit, government and community development sectors. She is highly skilled in crisis management, government, policy and strategy development, emergency management, and business administration. More recently, Kate led Australian Red Cross Emergency Services staff and volunteers through a planned transformational change, in time to then lead the response to the devastating 2019/20 bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic; the largest peacetime operations since World War Two.
Trent Peterson
Board Member
Trent is the Managing Director at Catalyst Investment Managers, a leading Australian mid-market private equity manager. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Director of Cirrus Media, Max and Home & Decor Holdings (Adairs & Dusk businesses) and a director of the SkyBus parent company. Trent has previously worked with the Corporate Advisory Division of NM Rothschild & Sons and the Taxation and Corporate Finance practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Dr Amy Timoshanko
Board Member
Amy has extensive leadership experience in the not for profit sector. She is passionate about helping to drive social change for positive community outcomes. Amy holds a doctoral qualification from the University of Melbourne and MBA from Melbourne Business School.
