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Council & Staff
Front row left: Eileen Mackley AM, President of the Victorian Artists Society; Her Excellency, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria, and Mr Anthony Howard AM QC; Ron Smith, VAS Council.
2nd row left: Hylton Mackley AM, VAS Council; Maxine Wain, VAS Council; Meg Davoren-Honey OAM, VAS Council.
3rd row left: Rachel Robertson, VAS Council; John Hurle, VAS Council; Rosemary Noble, VAS Council; Radmila Hardi, VAS Council; Sue Ireland, VAS Council.
Back row left: Fred Toumayan, VAS Council; Bruce Baldey, VAS Council.
Leadership Team
Patrons in Chief
The Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria
Mr Anthony Howard AM QC
PRESIDENT
Eileen Mackley AM VAS FVAS
Eileen Mackley AM VAS FVAS, President, Victorian Artists Society, since 2013.
TREASURER
Hylton Mackley AM
HON SOLICITOR
Holding Redlich
EXHIBITING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Bruce Baldey
Meg Davoren-Honey OAM VAS FVAS
Radmila Hardi VAS
Fred Toumayan VAS
Maxine Wain
Rachel Robertson
Sue Ireland
NON-EXHIBITING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Ron Smith HON FVAS
Rosemary Noble
Staff
VAS MANAGER, SECRETARY & Gallery HIre
Chris Reade
manager@vasgallery.org.au
Reception, Social media & Art School co-ordinator
Lucy Taylor Schmitzer
admin@vasgallery.org.au
OFFICE COORDINATOR, Designer & digital editor
Mark Russell
office@vasgallery.org.au
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.