The Queensland Committee

Acting President Jane Frawley Manager, Community Services, Logan City Council Ph 07 34125322 Email: Jane Frawley

Jane Frawley is the Manager of Community Services Branch at Logan City Council and has worked in five of South East Queensland fastest growing local government authorities over the past ten years. Jane has a background in social and strategic planning, social policy and community service delivery. Her current role focuses on leading of team to professionals to provide quality services and planning to the community of Logan City across four key program areas: Sport and Recreation, Social Planning, Community Development and Safety and Leasing and Facility Management.

Jane is also the QLD Convenor of the Social Planning Chapter for Planning Institute of Australia and is passionate about combining great planning with excellent services to achieve community outcomes and is motivated by making a difference to communities that she works in. Jane is hoping that through her role as Vice President she can help work with the committee to create a QLGCSA with renewed energy that delivers the right mix of training, sector development, tools and support required by everyone who works in the Local Government Community Service Sector in QLD.

Treasurer Bruce Green Community Development Bundaberg Regional Council Ph (07) 4130 4151 Email: Bruce Green

Committee Members

Jan Kilbourne Manager Community Development and Libraries Mackay City Council Ph 07 4961 9330 Email: Jan Kilbourne

Jan has 20 years experience in local government. She has worked at Mackay Regional Council, and previously Mackay City Council, for 11 years and was at Coffs Harbour City Council for 8 years prior to that.   Jan's strengths are in management, organisational change and community engagement. Jan has held various executive positions on the QLGCSA since 1999 and was President until 2010 when she decided to opt for a well deserved break and is now on the Committee.

Luke is the Principal Social Planner with Logan City Council and currently supervises the areas of Community Planning, Community Renewal, Crime Prevention and Community Centres Partnrships. He has experience working in the United Kingdom on organisational development strategies with a Local Authority, and previously to this worked with Queensland Health in both  community capacity building roles and contract management with the Home And Community Care (HACC) program. Luke also has extensive experience in the youth sector having facilitated camps programs and social justice awareness programs in schools for several years.

John has worked as Moreton Bay Regional Council's Community Planner since June 2009, where he has portfolio responsibilities for affordable housing, social impact assessments, community facility planning and liaison with Council's Strategic Planning Department on a range of initiatives. On completion of a Masters degree in Social Planning and Development in 2006, John worked as a project officer assisting in Brisbane City Council's inaugural Homeless Connect initiative. He then worked as Social Planner for the Maroochy Shire, and subsequently, the Sunshine Coast Regional Council where his focus was community policy development

Kent Stroud Branch Manager Community Services Families & Community Services Division, Brisbane City Council

Kent has been employed in Local Government for 9 years with a background in the community and youth sector. His work experience includes managing a diverse range of community, cultural and recreation services in some of the fastest growing Councils in South East Queensland.

Currently the Branch Manager of Community Services at Brisbane City Council with responsibilities including a Program budget of $150m and 260 staff in various disciplines such as Active and Healthy, Community Development, Community Facilities, Creative Communities and Councils iconic City Hall.

Kent holds a bachelor of Social Science from Queensland University of Technology, a Graduate Diploma of Business Management from the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), and is currently studying a Masters in Business Administration at USC. In 2007 he was awarded the Local Government Managers Australia, Young Manager of the Year Award for Leadership and Management Excellence.