Four new members have been elected to the Board of the Central Conservatorium of Music, bringing a new wealth of experience.
They are former Chief Media and Digital Officer of New York’s Lincoln Centre for Performing Arts Elizabeth Scott, digital transformation leader Janet Attwood, magazine founder Catharine Retter and corporate finance expert Douglas Wallace.
They join the following members who were re-elected; Claire Braund (President), Hilary Day, Rob Kitchen, Penny Lee, Bettina Pidcock, Kate McCallum and Paul A Murnane.
Board President Braund, who is co-founder of Women on Boards, said both the new and re-elected Board members were a showcase of the depth of director talent now available on the Central Coast.
“This highly experienced and skills-based board will work closely with our new CEO Lisa Barnes in our newly refurbished building to bring music education and performance opportunities to students across all walks of life,” she said.
Elizabeth Scott, who is also the former Executive Director of Create NSW, has been appointed Board Vice-President.
She also serves as Board member of the US’s largest artist peak body, Fractured Atlas, and as a Director of the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra.
An accomplished performing artist who has freelanced as a conductor with opera companies, choruses and festivals across New York, her recent work in Australia includes conducting the Orange Symphony Orchestra and the East Sydney Chamber Orchestra.
She recently assumed the role of music director with the Central Coast’s VERVE Voices.
Prior to her arts sector executive work, she ran the business of Major League Baseball’s film and television production for more than a decade.
Douglas Wallace is highly experienced in the fields of investment management and corporate finance.
Based on the Central Coast, he works remotely as a senior executive of an asset management firm in South Africa.
Prior to his move into investment management, he held various corporate finance roles, participating in numerous M&A and capital markets transactions.
He strongly believes in the long-term value of education in all spheres of life and that music education in particular provides unique benefits and transferable life skills.
Janet Attwood is an accomplished transformation leader with more than 20 years’ experience in the public sector.
She specialises in digital transformation, strategic planning, regulatory policy, compliance, governance, and risk and has a deep understanding of work health and safety.
She is a Non-Executive Director and on the finance committee of the Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre.
A born-and-bred Coastie, Attwood said she understood the key role the Conservatorium played in bringing music and the arts to the local community and was grateful to be contributing to the Conservatorium’s next steps.
Catharine Retter is the publisher of Coast magazine and an experienced board director and CEO with a strong career background in management, marketing, tourism and publishing.
She has been a senior marketer of some of Australia’s major events, including the bicentennial celebrations, Sydney 2000 Olympic Bid and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
Retter has been a member of the Central Coast Tourism Advisory Committee for Central Coast Council and similarly for the Gosford-Erina Business Chamber.
She is also the author of nine published non-fiction books, as well as being a closet novel writer.
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Central Coast Conservatorium