Mark Munnich is well known in the NT, and no stranger to NAAFLS having worked with us as a solicitor and community legal educator in the past. These days he’s taking on a new role as Chair of the NAAFLS Board.
We asked Mark a few questions to find out how he’s feeling about the new role and to welcome him aboard!
What attracted you to the NAAFLS board of directors’ position?
Firstly I admired the organisation’s vision around ensuring safe and empowered communities and access to justice; secondly the services that NAAFLS deliver to meet this vision around family law, domestic and family violence and child protection and lastly I am passionate about the Aboriginal Community Control Organisation sector and in contributing back my skillsets.
You’ve worked at NAAFLS in the past as a solicitor and community legal educator – how does it feel to be back, but in a very different capacity?
Being tasked with governing the organisation at the board level is certainly different to being on the ground as a lawyer. But since being on the board it is a very different feel as we are charged with monitoring the strategic long term objectives and not the day to day operations.
I have learnt so much more about the organisation during my short time and am very excited about where the organisation is headed next.
What do you hope to bring to the board?
What I hope to bring to the board are my financial, legal and governance skillsets that overall contribute to the organisation.
Also as I have recently been appointed as the chair I also see this as a learning opportunity for me to grow my skills as a leader and to learn from my other colleagues on the board and also that knowledge sharing where they can also learn from me.
The other directors on the board all have a diverse and unique set of skills and as a board we all compliment one another.