Name: Alicia Curtis

  Position: Chair Young BPW Board and Young BPW Representative, BPW Australia Executive

  Club: BPW Kalamunda, WA

Career/Occupation: Professional Speaker/Leadership Trainer

Personal Goals:

My personal goals include building my youth leadership development business – Alicia Curtis Leadership (www.aliciacurtis.com) which exists to help young people make a difference in the community that they live in.

I am also hoping to finish my Masters in Leadership and Management course at Curtin University of Technology this year.

Hopes for Young BPW:

I hope to develop a number of exciting events and programs to involve young women into BPW.  These would include scholarships, training events and business support programs.

I look forward to seeing the number of young women increase in BPW and supporting other young women to their personal and professional potential.

 Name: Jennifer Lemon

Position on the Board: Director of Administration

Club: Hobart, Tasmania

Career/Occupation: Chiropractor

Personal Goals:

My main personal goal is to support my young growing family in their school and after school activities. I have a very strong health and fitness lifestyle so this carries through to promoting health and fitness goals to my patients to encourage them to have a healthier lifestyle. I also wish to pursue my postgraduate Masters in Paediatrics degree and increase the ability of my fruit and vege garden to provide my family with all we need.

Hopes for Young BPW:

BPW has marvelous potential for all women and it would be great to see it better known. Young BPW has the dedicated young women with enthusiasm and spirit to see this happen. They are representative of young women today and I am excited to be a part of that.

  Name: Heather Hunter

  Position: Director of Finance

  Club: President of BPW Tamworth, NSW

  Career: Administration

  Personal Goals: To make a difference in my community and have a positive impact on the lives of people around me.

Hopes for Young BPW:

To see Young BPW members develop new skills and friendships.

I would like to see the BPW National Executive one day consist of all

women who have been through the Young BPW Board.

Director of Membership is VACANT.

This is past Director of Membership, Megan Holbrook.

  Name: Dorsa Nazemi

  Position: Director of External Policy

  Club: BPW Canberra, ACT

Career: Public Service

  Hopes for Young BPW:

“Be the Voice” of the Young women in corporate and Governmental agencie.s

Create an environment where young women can express their views not only Nationally but Internationall.y

Be an instrument of help for those who are ready to make a difference.

2004-2008       Marketing Communications Manager

  Personal Goals:

To experience Marketing of BPW as an association in contrast to a product.

To learn more about the various roles within the board in the hope of then becoming involved in another board within my area.

To make the working lives of women as practical and flexible as need be, with room for growth and a greater percentage of employment at the top level of the corporate world.

Hopes for Young BPW:

That the group can be a progressive unit that strategically tackles the important issues of women today, pinpoints key objectives then actively pursues results in those areas.

To raise the profile of the group in the wider community in the hope of increasing memberships and having more people working towards the interests of women in the community – offering leadership, nurturing and a sense of community.

Director of Communications is VACANT  

This is past Director of Communications, Lisa Pititto.

  Name: Mio Seamder

  Position: Director of Business Development

  Club: BPW Geelong, Vic

  Career: Chief Happiness Officer at Recipe

For Happiness www.recipeforhappiness.com.au,

making positive changes in people’s lives and within organisations to make people happier and more successful.

  Personal Goals: Mio has been elected for the second term on the Business and Professional Women (BPW),Young BPW National Board. She looks forward to making positive changes in support for young professional women.

  Club: BPW Darwin, Northern Terrority

Name: Pat Harrison

  Position: Young BPW Board Mentor

  Club: BPW Central Coast, NSW

Career Highlights:

1985 – 1987 Vice President – Membership, BPW Australia
1991 – 1996 Asia Pacific Regional Co-ordinator
1996 – 1999 First Vice President – UN Chair, BPW International

1999 – 2002 President – BPW International