Council & Staff
Leadership Team
Patrons in Chief
Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC
PRESIDENT
MARK BAGALLY FVAS
Exhibitions Convenor and VAS Collection, Membership and Education Committees
EXHIBITING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Bruce Baldey
VAS Magazine Convenor and VAS Collection Committee
Meg Davoren-Honey OAM VAS FVAS
Hosting, Flower and Garden Show and Foyer Exhibitions Convenor
NON-EXHIBITING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
Rosemary Noble HON FVAS
Membership & Coterie Mentor
Library and Online Resources Convenor
Ron Smith OAM HON FVAS
Media & Communications Convenor, 2023 Retrospective Exhibition Committee
Staff
Manager & Secretary
Kari Lyon
manager@vasgallery.org.au
Education & Programs Coordinator
Lucy Taylor Schmitzer
admin@vasgallery.org.au
media & events Assistant
Hannah Hotker
events@vasgallery.org.au
Gallery Assistant, Installation & Curation
Sam Bruere VAS
Gallery Assistant & Design
Catherine Jaworski
Gallery Assistants
Sam Bruere VAS
Rhiannon Lawrie
Oguzhan Ozcicek
Joshua Rushin
Lucy Wilde
Consultant
Anne Scott Pendlebury HON FVAS
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.