The Board
Chairman — Greg Hartung OAM, BA, Dip Journ, MA
Greg Hartung has had an extensive career in sports administration, spanning 25 years.
In 1983, he was appointed as a member of the Australian Sports Commission’s Interim Committee and then as inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the ASC, from 1984 to 1988.
Greg was re-appointed to the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Board in July 2007. He is also Chair of the Australian Sports Foundation Board and is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
From 1989 to 1995 Greg was President of the Confederation of Australian Sport, and is now a life member of that organisation. He was also Deputy President of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games Organising Committee and has held a number of directorships with sporting organisations, including the Australian Coaching Council.
Greg also serves in the following positions:
- President of the Australian Paralympic Committee
- member of the International Paralympic Committee’s Governing Board
- Chair of the International Paralympic Committee’s Paralympic Games Commission
- member of the International Olympic Committee’s Radio and Television Commission.
Outside of his work for sport, Greg has pursued a successful career in business and media.
Deputy Chair — Alisa Camplin OAM, BIT
Alisa Camplin won the gold medal for aerial skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She went on to become two-time World Cup Grand Prix Champion, a world record holder, world champion, and only the second person in history to hold the Triple Crown for aerial skiing. At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Alisa was the Australian team’s flag bearer during the opening ceremony. She claimed a bronze medal at the Games, becoming the first person in history to win back-to-back Olympic medals for aerial skiing.
She retired from competitive skiing in 2006 with 19 World Cup podium medals (ten gold, five silver and four bronze) and a Sir Donald Bradman Award.
Holding an information technology degree, Alisa is now in her twelfth year working for IBM, where she is Manager of Multi-Vendor Maintenance and Technical Services delivery. With her strong background in sports psychology, Alisa provides high performance coaching in the corporate sector, and mixes her sport and business knowledge in regular keynote speeches.
Alisa currently sits on the boards of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia and Sport for the Environment, and was previously a member of the board of Melbourne’s Methodist Ladies’ College from 2005 to 2008.
Alisa was appointed to the ASC Board on 23 March 2007. She is Chair of the ASC Audit Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Board of the Australian Sports Foundation.
Sally Carbon OAM, BA, BEd, GAICD
Sally represented Australia in hockey at two Olympic Games, two World Cups and 125 internationals in her eight year sporting career. She trained at the Western Australian Institute of Sport for 11 years and at the Australian Institute of Sport for nine.
She has served on the board of the Western Australia Sports Council for four years and continues to be an active member of many Western Australian sport and health boards.
Sally has a Bachelor of Arts with majors in physical education and mathematics and has studied strategic marketing. She has worked in many fields, including advertising, marketing and sponsorship, and teaching physical education. She was a writer for Perth’s Sunday Times newspaper for over ten years and has written several children’s books about sport.
On 7 May 2008, Sally was appointed to the ASC and Australian Sports Foundation Boards. She is also Chair of the Sponsorship Committee and a member of the Active After-School Communities Committee.
Liz Ellis OAM, BA, LLB
Liz Ellis is a former captain of the Australian national netball team. A three-time World Netball Champion (1995, 1999 and 2007) and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist (1998 and 2002), Liz is the most capped Australian netballer ever, and third most-capped netballer of all time, having represented Australia on 122 occasions. Liz is also the most successful leader in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, having captained the Sydney Swifts to four league titles in 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007. In 2007, after leading Australia to win the Netball World Championship in Auckland, Liz retired from netball.
Holding a Bachelor of Arts/Law from Macquarie University, Liz was a practicing solicitor in property and infrastructure for four years. In 2000, realising that law was not her passion, she started her own business, conducting netball coaching clinics at various locations around New South Wales. Liz is an ambassador for Macquarie Sports, coaching netball at schools and clubs nationally.
Liz is a board member of the Sydney Olympic Park Authority, the NSW Institute of Sport and the Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. She is a popular keynote speaker as well as a regular guest on radio and television programs.
Liz was appointed to the ASC Board on 7 May 2008. She is a member of the ASC Audit Committee, the Anti-Doping Committee and the Sponsorship Committee.
David Gallop BA, LLB
David Gallop has been Chief Executive Officer of the National Rugby League since February 2002. Under his direction, the game has gained increased financial stability at club level, closer on-field competition through effective policing of the salary cap, strong commercial growth and record attendance figures.
David holds a Bachelor of Arts from The Australian National University and a law degree from the University of Sydney. After working as a solicitor at Holman Webb in Sydney he became the General Counsel for Super League at News Limited from 1995 to 1997.
At the inception of the National Rugby League in 1997 Mr Gallop commenced as Director of Legal and Business Affairs. Since then he has been closely involved in all key decisions involving the game and, in 1998, he was appointed Secretary of the Rugby League International Federation, a position he still retains.
In 2002, David was voted NSW Sports Administrator of the Year and, in 2006, was named Australian Sports Administrator of the Year at the Confederation of Australian Sport awards.
David was appointed to the ASC Board on 7 May 2008. He is Chair of the Active After-School Communities Committee, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the ASC Audit Committee.
Kyle Vander-Kuyp
Mr Vander-Kuyp is the fastest sprint hurdler in Australian history. Early in his career, Kyle won a bronze medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships. He went on to be part of the 4 x 100-metre relay team that won a silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, and he was a finalist in the 110-metre hurdles at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Kyle represented Australia at four Commonwealth Games, including the Melbourne 2006 Games, and four world championships, and is the current Australian record holder for the 110-metre and 60-metre hurdles and has been National Champion on 12 occasions.
He has received many honours, particularly for his contributions to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sport. In 2003 he won the prestigious Charles Perkins Award.
Kyle spends a great deal of his time in ambassador and mentoring roles for both government and private enterprises, including:
- Indigenous ambassador for the Australian Department of Human Services, working to build awareness of Government services
- ambassador for the Red Dust Role Models program, delivering healthy lifestyle messages in remote Indigenous communities
- Olympic ambassador for BHP Billiton, visiting communities all over Australia to promote Olympic values
- mentor for Athletics Australia’s Jump Start to London 2012 program, helping to identify talented Indigenous athletes
- ambassador for Elmore Oil’s Future Champions Program, to provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people.
Kyle was appointed to the ASC Board on 6 May 2008. He is a member of the Anti-Doping Committee, the Sponsorship Committee and the Active After-School Communities Committee.
Ex-officio Member — Jane Halton PSM
Jane Halton is Secretary of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing.
She holds an honours degree in psychology from The Australian National University, is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and an honorary fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives. She was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2002, and the Centenary Medal in 2003.
Jane was the Executive Coordinator of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, responsible for providing advice on all aspects of Australian Government social policy, including the status of women. Prior to this, she was the national program manager of the Australian Government’s Aged and Community Care Program, with responsibilities for long-term care. In January 2002 she was appointed Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing.
In the past, Jane has served as:
- Chair of the OECD’s Health Committee
- Executive Board Member of the World Health Organization
- President of the World Health Assembly
- Vice-Chair of the Executive Board
- Chair of the World Health Organization’s Program, Budget and Administration Committee
- Commissioner of the Health Insurance Commission
- Chair of the Australian Obesity Taskforce.
Ms Halton currently chairs the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Council, is a member of the boards of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the National E-Health Transition Authority, and is a Commissioner of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Jane became an ex-officio Member of the Board when the ASC moved to the Health and Ageing portfolio, following the 2007 Federal Election.
Margy Osmond
Ms Osmond is the inaugural CEO of the Australian National Retailers Association [ANRA]. This organisation was established in 2006 as a lobby and research organisation to be the voice of the large national retailers in Australia. The ANRA Board is chaired by Michael Luscombe [Woolworths CEO] and includes the CEOs of Coles, David Jones, Bunnings, Harvey Norman and Best and Less. The member companies of this organisation represent over 400,000 Australians employed in the retail sector.
Prior to this appointment Ms Osmond was the CEO of the State and Sydney Chambers of Commerce in NSW for five years and founder of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Commerce Centre and the Sydney First projects. Her Board appointments include the Bell Shakespeare Company and the NSW Major Events Board. Ms Osmond chaired the NSW bid for the 2009 World Masters Games and is now Chair of the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Organising Committee.
Her previous Board appointments include the NSW State Transit Authority, the NSW Policy Minister’s Advisory Board, Volunteers NSW and the NSW State Chamber of Commerce.
Ms Osmond was appointed to the ASC Board for a period of 3 months from 6 November 2009.
