On the Board, there are currently 13 judicial members, including the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson, four full-time members, and 15 community members. The Secretary to the Department of Justice and Regulation is also a member of the Board.
Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson
Full-time members
Judicial members
Community members
Secretary, Department of Justice and Regulation
Chairperson
His Honour Peter Couzens
- Retired Judge of the County Court, President of the Children’s Court of Victoria
- Appointed to the Board as Chairperson from 9 June 2015
Deputy Chairperson
His Honour Frank Shelton
- Retired Judge of the County Court
- Appointed to the Board as Deputy Chairperson from 17 December 2013
Full-time members
Stephen Farrow
- Appointed to the Board from 11 November 2013
Dr David Curnow
- Appointed to the Board from 18 May 2014
Nafsika Sahinidis
- Appointed to the Board from 30 January 2017
Colleen Bell
- Appointed to the Board from 19 December 2017
Judicial members
Her Honour Judge Susan Pullen
- Judge of the County Court
- Appointed to the Board from 6 November 2013
His Honour Gregory Connellan
- Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 10 December 2013
His Honour David Fanning
- Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 10 December 2013
His Honour Franz Holzer
- Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 10 December 2013
His Honour Gregory MacNamara
- Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 10 December 2013
His Honour Ronald Saines
- Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 10 December 2013
His Honour John Doherty
- Retired Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 29 October 2014
His Honour Alan Spillane
- Retired Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 25 November 2013
Her Honour Jacinta Heffey
- Retired Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 22 November 2017
Her Honour Michelle Hodgson
- Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 22 November 2017
Her Honour Catherine Lamble
- Retired Magistrate
- Appointed to the Board from 17 April 2018
Community members
Kieran Walshe APM
- Former Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police
- Appointed to the Board from 5 February 2013
Glenda Frost
- President of Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices, experienced in company and tax law and accounting
- Appointed to the Board from 17 December 2013
Peter Harvey
- Former Detective Inspector of Victoria Police - Crime Department
- Appointed to the Board from 17 December 2013
Pamela White PSM
- Retired public servant with extensive experience in human services
- Appointed to the Board from 29 April 2014
Dr Patricia Mehegan
- Member of the Mental Health Tribunal, cross-cultural consultant
- Appointed to the Board from 16 September 2014
Claude Minisini
- Chief Executive of a corporate issues management consultancy, former member of Victoria Police
- Appointed to the Board from 16 September 2014
Aunty Pam Pedersen OAM
- Aboriginal community Elder from the Yorta Yorta nation, Elder representative for the Children’s Koori Court
- Appointed to the Board from 16 September 2014
Geoff Wilkinson OAM
- Retired senior crime journalist, member of the Sentencing Advisory Council, founder of Crime Stoppers Victoria
- Appointed to the Board from 16 September 2014
Nicole Burns
- Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Migration and Refugee Division, DFAT consultant
- Appointed to the Board from 23 September 2014
Rosemary Lever
- Former Deputy Chancellor of RMIT University, former CEO of the Children’s Protection Society
- Appointed to the Board from 23 September 2014
Mary Malone
- A senior health administrator from South Australia and regional Victoria
- Appointed to the Board from 23 September 2014
Kristy McKellar
- Family Violence and Social Change Consultant
- Appointed to the Board from 19 December 2017
Charlene Micallef
- Former manager of the Victims Strategy and Services Directorate at the Office of Public Prosecutions
- Appointed to the Board from 19 December 2017
Chris Trotter
- Professor in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Director of the Monash Criminal Justice Research Consortium
- Appointed to the Board from 19 December 2017
Heidi Tucker
- Chief Executive Officer of Anchor Inc, an independent not-for-profit organisation providing housing and support services for children, young persons, and families in the outer east region of Melbourne
- Appointed to the Board from 19 December 2017
Secretary, Department of Justice and Regulation
Rebecca Falkingham
