Community Waikato Trustees

^{Gaye Barton: Chairperson}

^Gay^{e has had extensive experience in a number of community sector organisations, especially at governance level with the YWCA. She has been a local association preside}^{nt, a national vice president and has just recently completed 6 years as national president. She has also been a delegate to}^{three World YWCA conventions.}

^{Since 1997, Gaye has worked at Wintec in a variety of roles... In 2003, she became Head of School of Communication at Wintec and has recently been appointed as Director of the Centre for Foundation Studies.

Now living in Whangamata and working in Hamilton, Gaye has an interest in strengthening local communities’ governance capacity and also ensuring that access to education, especially at tertiary level, is available for those living in the wider Waikato region.}

^{Bernard Lamusse}

^Berna^{rd’s philosophy is to be voluntarily involved in his community in 3 areas; sports, religion}^{and community work. Community Waikato fitted the profile of an organisation that Bernard wanted to get involved in because of the way it allows him to use the resources and knowledge that he applies in his everyday work, to the not for profit sector.}

^{Bernard believes that the sector as a whole needs to continue to work towards sustainability and thus be less reliant on government funding. Financial independence provides a strong basis for growth.

Bernard, a Chartered Accountant and Partner of BDO Spicers in Hamilton, has over 18 years experience in the chartered accountancy field and has also spent time in commerce. During the past five years he has been actively involved in small business advising and auditing. He is active in the local community in various capacities with community sector organisations.

Bernard lives in Hamilton with his wife Jean and two sons Michael and Timothy. In his spare time he is a keen skier and President of Christiania Ski Club.}

^{Aisha Ross}

^{Aisha joined the Board of Community Waikato in 2011. He currently holds board appointments with Waikato Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc, Volunteering Waikato, Te Awamutu Basketball Association, and is an Associate Director with Ngaruahine Fisheries Ltd. He provides a background in governance and strategic business development, Relationship management, Community sector development, and Kaupapa and Tikanga Māori experience. Aisha enjoys the opportunity to collect old Māori books and Māori literature, spending time with family, and playing basketball and squash.}

^{Janet Gibb}

^{Janet was appointed as a trustee of Community Waikato at our recent AGM and is looking forward to working with the team here.

She has over 30 year’s management experience and is currently a consultant specializing in Business / Management mentoring, Organizational Culture, Change Management, Strategic Planning and Effective Board Governance.

She has been involved in a few boards and is a provisionally qualified director – member of the Institute of Directors and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

As a director on the Waikato Chamber of Commerce board she was involved in overall governance and on the policy committee. Other roles involved setting KPIs and monitoring the performance of the CE, and as required overview of monthly financials. Janet has also been a trustee on Endometriosis Waikato since June 2010, originally as treasurer and Chair since January 2011. She is a member of the Huntly Business and Professional Women and is currently Vice-President.

Her volunteer work includes mentoring businesses through Business Mentors New Zealand and she assists her husband, Murray, on his dairy farm in Taupiri with relief milking, feeding calves, bookwork and general farm work. Janet’s two children have both completed degrees at universities in New Zealand with her daughter residing in London exploring Europe when she can and her son living in Hamilton but also planning on travelling overseas.}

^{Anthony Ririnui}

^{Iwi: Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui

Anthony is from Tauranga Moana and has lived in the Waikato region for 11 years.

He is married to Natalie and proud father of three.

Anthony is the Kaiwhakahaere (National Manager of Māori Relationships) for ASB and has worked for ASB for 17 years. In his current role, he leads ASB's National Māori strategy. Anthony's background is in Management, Strategic Business Development and Relationship Management, within the Banking and Financial Sector frameworks.

Currently he is the Chair for Te Hūmeka (Waikato-Tainui Business Network) and Trustee for Sky City Community Trust.

Personal interests are centred around spending time with his young whānau and supporting them.

He has a passion for contributing to build stronger communities and looks forward to serving the Community Waikato Board as a Trustee.}