RBMS Committee Roles

The River Basin Management Society (RBMS) comprises an elected volunteer Committee made up of an Executive Committee and General Committee member base. Elections are held on an annual basis with nominations received via an expression of interest advertised in May and announced at the Special General Meeting held in mid to late June each year.

The structure of the committee is flexible, but it provides ease of responsibility to have some designated roles to lead actions. This can be determined by each committee, led by the decision of the RBMS Executive. All committee members are trained in the programs and processes required to deliver communications and event management, to share the workload across the year.

The structure, roles and responsibilities are summarised in the image below:

RBMS Committee Structure - roles

Join the RBMS Committee

We are now inviting nominations for the 2024/25 RBMS Committee to deliver exciting new programs and events to the RBMS community and guests. As a committee member, you will help bring together a community of professionals and students to engage in new discussions, share knowledge and advance practice in catchment and river management.

To learn more about the committee roles and responsibilities, please see here.

To join the 2024/25 RBMS Committee, please nominate your interest before 10 June 2024 and register for the Special General Meeting held on 17 June 2024.

 

Executive Committee

We are proud to have been well served by an entirely volunteer committee since our establishment in 1986/87.

The current RBMS Executive Committee are shown below, along with a list representing those who have served since 2012/13:

President

Janice Taylor

Vice president

Ben Pearson

Secretary

Josie McGushin

Treasurer

Apanie Wood

Year President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Past President
2023/24 Janice Taylor Ben Pearson Josie McGushin Apanie Wood -
2022/23 Janice Taylor Kathy Russell Josie McGushin Apanie Wood Myles Coker
2021/22 Janice Taylor Kathy Russell Genevieve Smith Apanie Wood Myles Coker
2020/21 Myles Coker Jess Walker Apanie Wood Lisa Duncan Alison Miller
2019/20 Myles Coker Jess Walker Apanie Wood Lisa Duncan Alison Miller
2018/19 Alison Miller Myles Coker Jacqui Lloyd Josh Hale Mark Stacey
2017/18 Alison Miller Myles Coker Rebecca Schwarzman Josh Hale Mark Stacey
2016/17 Mark Stacey Myles Coker Alison Miller Josh Hale Jesse Barrett
2015/16 Mark Stacey Myles Coker Johanna Slijkerman Marty Hillemacher Jesse Barrett
2014/15 Jesse Barrett Mark Stacey Johanna Slijkerman Marty Hillemacher -
2013/14 Jesse Barrett Mark Stacey Johanna Slijkerman Marty Hillemacher Geoff Vietz
2012/13 Geoff Vietz Jesse Barrett Johanna Slijkerman Marty Hillemacher Joanne Andrews, nee Hand

Committee Members

The RBMS Executive has been supported by many other dedicated Committee members during our history.

The current RBMS General Committee members are shown below, along with a list of all previous Committee members of the Society and their total length of service:

Rhiannon Hughes

Tori Vincent

Tiana Preston

Adelina Lawrence

Zoe Samson

Marnina Tozer

Claire Fitzpatrick

Louis North

Edward McDonald

Michael Cheetham

5+ Years 3 Years 2 Years 1 Year
Ron Hodges (20 yrs) Brad Clingin (4 yrs) Barrie Richardson (2 yrs) Adam Hood (1 yrs)
John Senior (14 yrs) Geoff Vietz (4 yrs) Bill Johnsen (2 yrs) Adelina Lawrence (1 yrs)
Lance Lloyd (14 yrs) Ian Rutherfurd (4 yrs) Bronwyn Gwyther (2 yrs) Alanna Main (1 yrs)
Bob Rau (13 yrs) Jamie Kaye (4 yrs) Christian Borovac (2 yrs) Andrew Cameron (1 yrs)
John Tilleard (11 yrs) Janice Taylor (4 yrs) Dan Borg (2 yrs) Ben Tate (1 yrs)
Sandra Brizga (11 yrs) Lisa Duncan (4 yrs) Dean Judd (2 yrs) Brad Dalrymple (1 yrs)
Don Thompson (9 yrs) Peter Rankin (4 yrs) Emily Renshaw (2 yrs) Chris Gippel (1 yrs)
Myles Coker (9 yrs) Rebecca Schwarzman (4 yrs) Fiona Gilbert (2 yrs) Chris Irons (1 yrs)
Clarke Ballard (8 yrs) Rhiannon Hughes (4 yrs) Geoff Denans (2 yrs) Colin Creighton (1 yrs)
Mark Stacey (8 yrs) Ashley Roberts (3 yrs) Jacqui Lloyd (2 yrs) Colin Leitch (1 yrs)
Alison Miller (7 yrs) Chris Dwyer (3 yrs) Jess Walker (2 yrs) David Jones (1 yrs)
Colin Turbull (7 yrs) Ed Thexton (3 yrs) John Riddiford (2 yrs) Greg Peters (1 yrs)
Jesse Barrett (7 yrs) Edwina Manifold (3 yrs) Josie McGushin (2 yrs) Jarod Lyon (1 yrs)
Joanne Andrews, nee Hand (7 yrs) Genevieve Smith (3 yrs) Marnie Ireland (2 yrs) Jasmine Errey (1 yrs)
Keiran Croker (7 yrs) James Rennie (3 yrs) Matt Crawford (2 yrs) John Oats (1 yrs)
Marty Hillemacher (7 yrs) Julian O'Mara (3 yrs) Matt Curtis (2 yrs) Justin Sheed (1 yrs)
Amanda Wealands (6 yrs) Kathy Russell (3 yrs) Mike Willis (2 yrs) Les Tate (1 yrs)
Barry Lewis (6 yrs) Kelly O'Shannasy (3 yrs) Penny Rogers (2 yrs) Lisa Walpole (1 yrs)
Chris Chesterfield (6 yrs) Michael Papworth (3 yrs) Peter Jackson (2 yrs) Matt Jackson (1 yrs)
Jane Bateson (6 yrs) Pamela Brook (3 yrs) Russell Hawken (2 yrs) Michael Smith (1 yrs)
Johanna Slijkerman (6 yrs) Patricia Geraghty (3 yrs) Russell Wealands (2 yrs) Nick O'Connor (1 yrs)
Josh Hale (6 yrs) Peter Rogan (3 yrs) Sarah Greenwood-Smith (2 yrs) Nick Ronan (1 yrs)
Kimberly James (6 yrs) Peter Sandercock (3 yrs) Scott Seymour (2 yrs) Pat Condina (1 yrs)
Ross Hardie (6 yrs) Rob Patrick (3 yrs) Solvej Patschke (2 yrs) Pauline Clancy (1 yrs)
Sam Marwood (6 yrs) Stephen Perriss (3 yrs) Thomas Bell (2 yrs) Phillip Smith (1 yrs)
Apanie Wood (5 yrs) Wayne Tennant (3 yrs) Toni Furlonge (2 yrs) Rob Skinner (1 yrs)
Ben Pearson (5 yrs) Tori Vincent (2 yrs) Ruth Cockerton (1 yrs)
Clare Ferguson (5 yrs) Steve Page (1 yrs)
Jean Rau (5 yrs) Tanya Wansbrough (1 yrs)
Jennifer Davis (5 yrs) Tiana Preston (1 yrs)
Misko Ivezich (5 yrs) Trevor Dando (1 yrs)
Susan Watson, nee Burns (5 yrs) Yi-Ming Ma (1 yrs)
Zoe Samson (1 yrs)

Life Members

To reflect their significant contribution to the RBMS, the Committee has appointed the following eight life (honorary) members since our establishment in 1986/87:
  • Ian Rutherfurd (appointed 2016)
  • Sandra Brizga (appointed 2014)
  • Lance Lloyd (appointed 2014)
  • John Senior (appointed 2001)
  • Don Thompson (appointed pre-1996)
  • John Tilleard (appointed 1998)
  • Colin Turnbull (appointed pre-1996; now deceased)
  • Ron Hodges (appointed pre-1996; now deceased)

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