Meet our leadership team...
The VacSeen Project was founded and is lead by a team of 7 university peers, with backgrounds in medicine, law and commerce; a diverse team with a common passion for health advocacy and a shared vision of health care as a fundamental human right.
Jeremy Hunt
Chief Executive Officer
Lili Wackwitz
Chief Finance Officer
Varun Karnik
Co-Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Research Officer
Pele Toussaint
Head of Partnerships
Hannah Bates
Co-Chief Operating Officer and
Head of Toowoomba Operations
Jack Kelso-Ribbe
Chief Media Officer
Michael Fielding
Chief Compliance Officer
Meet the people who make it happen...
The VacSeen Project is entirely volunteer run, and without our amazing team, none of the work we do would happen. If you need to get in touch with someone from a specific part of the organisation, please find them below!
Local Operations
Max Brennan
Head of Brisbane and Ipswich Operations
Chandira Gardiyehewa
Brisbane Operations Consultant and Immediate Past Head
Kat Balis
Co-Head of Wide Bay Operations
Jevin Gunawardana
Co-Head of Sunshine Coast Operations
Ishara Wijesinghe
Co-Head of Gold Coast Operations
Elliot Hunt
Co-Head of Sunshine Coast Operations
Mira Prashar
Co-Head of Gold Coast Operations
Tor Demmers
Head of Western Australian Operations
Oliver Wightman
Co-Head of Wide Bay Operations
Sanjay Yapabandara
Head of New South Wales Operations
Allison Midson
Immunisation Nurse and Advisor
We Give A Rat
Julia Bradford
Program Director, We Give A RAT
Sharlene Yap
Program Director, We Give A RAT
Pharmacy Pilot
Lachlan Sperling
Chief Pharmacist
Media and Marketing Team
Becky Davies
Head of Social Media
Sam Benjamin
Head of Design
And a massive thanks to all of our volunteers on the ground in communities every week helping people access healthcare through our programs.
The VacSeen Project (ABN:13459158163) is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. All donations over $2 are fully tax deductible as a Deductible Gift Recipient by the Australian Tax Office.
The VacSeen Project acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the Turrbal and Jagera/Yuggera Peoples, the traditional custodians of the lands across which we work. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.
