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OUR COMMITTEE
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Library Aid International has a volunteer Committee which meets regularly to oversee current activities and plan future progress.
LEONI READ
PRESIDENT
Leoni Read (M Ed, B. A., Grad. Diploma of Education (language and Literacy) – is a retired Teacher who specialised in adult literacy and teaching English to students of other languages. She has taught overseas in a school for poor Pakistani students in Oman.
Leoni is a Lay Preacher for the Uniting Church of Australia.
JOHN PACKHAM
VICE PRESIDENT
John Packham – is a retired third-generation bread manufacturer, having worked in Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania and India. He is a member of the Burnie Uniting Church, and a Church Councillor. He was a Life Member of Lions Clubs International, and is a current member of Rotary International and Life Member of the Burnie Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
ROBERT READ
TREASURER
Robert Read (B. Sc.) – is a Hydrogeologist working with water supplies in arid areas. He has experience working in diverse cultural settings in central Australia and overseas in Oman.
IAN HUBBLE
SECRETARY
Ian Hubble (Dip Agr Sci, M Ag Sci, Cert IV Assessment and Workplace Training) – is a retired agricultural scientist having worked in Victoria and Tasmania. He was President of the Burnie Refugee Support Committee under the Federal Government Migrant Resource Centre to facilitate the effective settlement of migrants and refugees in the northwest region of Tasmania.
PETER CUNNINGHAM
MEMBER
Peter Cunningham (Dip Teach) – is a retired Educator, having taught in various schools in Tasmania. He is a Church Deacon and Treasurer.
KAYE KINGHAM
MEMBER
Kaye Kingham – is a retired Home Tutor for the Remote School of the Air (now School of Distance Education) and was the Representative for Far North Queensland. She has been a co-owner of a large cleaning business and among other things established and ran a playgroup for young children.
PETER DONNELLY
MEMBER
Peter Donnelly (Plumber and Gas Fitter, Certificate, City and Guilds, UK) – is a retired plumber and gas fitter, having worked on new houses and repairs during his career.
DEBORAH BELL
MEMBER
Deborah Bell (B. Ed., BAppSc(Physio)) – now retired, Deborah was a primary school teacher with a particular interest in working with students with reading difficulties. She then undertook further studies and worked as a physio for 19 years.
