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
Board Chair
Debby Mauger
Deputy Board Chair
Nancy Jeffrey
Board Director
Therese Puruntatameri
Board Director
Mark Munnich
Board Director
Peter Thomsen
Board Director
Katrina McKie
Sue Wainwright
Director
Sue Wainwright
Director
Executive team
Chief Executive Officer
Cindy Torrens
Principal Legal Officer
Matt Fawkner
Chief Operating Officer
Wendy Jennings
Executive Policy Officer
Megan Ellis
Senior Partnership & Advocacy Officer
Rachael Hill
Sue Wainwright
Director
Sue Wainwright
Director
Sue Wainwright
Director
LEADERSHIP team
Deputy PLO
Coming Soon
Theraputic Practice Lead
Melody Dale
Project Manager
Lee Vanderwarker
Data & Evaluation Officer
Francesca Lai
Community Legal Education Manager
Coming Soon
Sue Wainwright
Director
Sue Wainwright
Director
Legal TEam
Matt Fawkner
Principal Legal Officer (PLO)
Coming Soon
Deputy Principal Legal Officer
Jack Frantz
Senior Solicitor – Nhulunbuy
Mollie Middleton
Senior Solicitor – Darwin
Eliza Parry-Okeden
Solicitor – Nhulunbuy
Beth Hosking
Solicitor – Darwin
Deb Placidi
Solicitor – Katherine
Dylan Trainor
Solicitor – Katherine
Sophie Radford
Solicitor – Katherine
Emily Burton
Paralegal – Nhulunbuy
Alannah Barbuto
Paralegal – Darwin
Commencing Soon
Paralegal – Darwin
Case workers - Support services team
Anne Manfong
Support Services Manager
Chontelle Pracy
Senior Case Worker – Katherine
Kristine Mulholland
Senior Case Worker – Darwin
Nykki Gray
Case Worker – Darwin
K Young
Case Worker – Darwin
Christine Whiting
Case Worker – Darwin
Christopher Atkinson
Case Worker – Darwin
Cheryl Govan
Case Worker – Katherine
Ann Marie McDonald
Case Worker – Katherine
Sue Wainwright
Director
Sue Wainwright
Director
Sue Wainwright
Director
Program teams
Lee Vanderwarker
Project Manager, Child Protection Reform Projects
Toni Eyles
Project Officer, Child Protection Reform Projects
Coming Soon
Community Legal Education Manager
Iesha ‘Ngaliki’ Poyner-Gambley
Community Legal Education Officer
Harley Dannatt
NTIFLLS Solicitor
Bernadette Thomas
NTIFLLS Aboriginal Family-Led Decision-Making Co-Convenor
Iesha ‘Ngaliki’ Poyner-Gambley
Community Legal Education Officer
Iesha ‘Ngaliki’ Poyner-Gambley
Community Legal Education Officer
corporate services Team
Elisa Solien
Operations Co-ordinator
Tahnee Brown
Travel & Administration Officer
Jacinta Willis
HR Administration Officer
Francesca Lai
Data and Evaluation Officer
Coming Soon
Communications Officer
Sonia Dixon
Administration Assistant – Darwin
Coming Soon
Receptionist/Administration Assistant – Darwin
Coming Soon
Receptionist/Administration Assistant – Katherine