MEET THE board and staff

Together we are NAAFLS and together we defend the rights of Aboriginal people to access justice.

We have three offices located in Darwin, Katherine and Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory.

board of directors

NAAFLS Chair Mark Munnich.

Board Chair

Mark Munnich

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Deputy Board Chair

Peter Thomsen

Therese Puruntatameri

Board Director

Therese Puruntatameri

Ada Parry

Board Director

Ada Parry

NAAFLS Board Member Debbie Mauger (1)

Board Director

Debbie Mauger

Sue Wainwright

Sue Wainwright

Director

Sue Wainwright

Sue Wainwright

Director

Sue Wainwright

Sue Wainwright

Director

Executive team

head shot of Cindy Torrens, CEO of NAAFLS. Smiling wearing deep ochre dress.

Chief Executive Officer

Cindy Torrens

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Principal Legal Officer 

Coming Soon

Dep Principal Legal Officer Matt Fawkner

Deputy Principal Legal Officer

Matt Fawkner

HR Wendy Jennings

Chief Operating Officer

Wendy Jennings

Sue Wainwright

Sue Wainwright

Director

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Executive Policy Officer

Vacant

Rachael Hill

Senior Partnership & Advocacy Officer

Rachael Hill

Legal TEam

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Coming Soon

Principal Legal Officer (PLO)

Dep Principal Legal Officer Matt Fawkner

Matt Fawkner

Deputy Principal Legal Officer – Katherine

Jack Frantz

Jack Frantz

Senior Solicitor  – Nhulunbuy

Solicitor Nhulunbuy Mark Clare, head shot smiling, blurred background

Mark Clare

Solicitor  – Nhulunbuy

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Eliza Parry-Okeden

Solicitor  – Darwin

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Beth Hosking

Solicitor  – Darwin

Solicitor Deborah Placidi, blurred background, head shot, smiling

Deb Placidi

Solicitor  – Katherine

Solicitor Dylan Trainor, blurred background, head shot, not smiling

Dylan Trainor

Solicitor  – Katherine

Paralegal Claire Hilton

Claire Hilton

Solicitor –  Darwin 

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Sophie Radford

Solicitor – Katherine 

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Sherri Keighran

Paralegal –  Darwin

Nikaiya Payne

Nikaiya Payne

Paralegal –  Katherine 

Simon Wood

Simon Wood

Paralegal- Darwin

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Emily Burton

Paralegal  – Nhulunbuy

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Vacant

Paralegal  – Katherine

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

TBA

Solicitor Nhulunbuy

Case workers - Support services team

Support Services Manager Anne Manfong

Anne Manfong

Support Services Manager

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Chontelle Pracy

Senior Case Worker  – Katherine 

Kristine Mulholland

Kristine Mulholland

Senior Case Worker –  Darwin 

Tiffany Philpott

Tiffany Philpott

Case Worker  – Darwin 

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

K Young

Case Worker –  Darwin 

Nikaiya Payne

Nikaiya Payne

Case Worker  – Katherine

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Vanessa Allen

Case Worker  – Nhulunbuy

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Nykki Gray

Case Worker  – Darwin

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Judy Carne

Case Worker –  Darwin 

Program teams

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Lee Vanderwarker

Project Manager, Child Protection Notification and Referral Program

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Toni Eyles

Project Officer, Child Protection Notification and Referral Program

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Iesha ‘Ngaliki’ Poyner-Gambley

Community Legal Education Officer

corporate services Team

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Elisa Solien

Operations Co-ordinator

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Tahnee Brown 

Travel & Administration Officer

Christine Whiting

Christine Whiting

Receptionist & Administration Officer – Darwin

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Vacant 

Receptionist & Administration Officer – Katherine

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Vacant

HR Administration Officer

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

Vienna Richards

Media and Communications

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service

 

 

North Australian Aboriginal family Legal Service