Board
The ASF has an independent Board of Directors appointed by the Minister for Sport, The Hon Kate Ellis, MP.
The following Directors are currently serving on the ASF Board:
- Mr Greg Hartung OAM - Chair
- Ms Alisa Camplin OAM
- Ms Sally Carbon OAM
Mr Greg Hartung OAM, BA Dip Journ (Qld), MA (Syd) Chair
Greg has had an extensive career in sports administration, spanning 25 years. He is currently President of the Australian Paralympic Committee and the Oceania Paralympic Committee and is on the governing board of the International Paralympic Committee. He was Deputy Chair of the Sydney Paralympic Games Organising Committee.
Greg was the inaugural Chief Executive of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) from 1984 – 88 and was a member of the interim committee of the ASC in 1983. He was also President of the Confederation of Australian Sport from 1989 to 1995 and is a life member of that organisation. He was formerly a member of the ASF Board.
Greg has held a number of directorships with sporting organisations including the Australian Coaching Council and is currently Deputy Chair of the Board of the Australian Sports Commission. Outside sport, Greg has pursued a career in business and media.
Appointed to 9 August 2009
Ms Alisa Camplin OAM
Alisa won the aerial skiing gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. She then went on to become a two-time World Cup Grand Prix Champion, world record holder and World Champion, and only the second person in history to hold the Triple Crown (Olympic, World and World Cup titles simultaneously). At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Ms Camplin was the Australian Team Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer and claimed bronze to become the first person in history to win back-to-back Olympic aerial medals.
Ms Camplin retired from competitive skiing in 2006, leaving with 19 World Cup podium medals (ten gold, five silver and four bronze) and the Sir Donald Bradman Award.
Alisa has an information technology degree and is now in her 12th year with IBM Australia where she is Manager of the Multi Vendor Maintenance and Technical Services Delivery Business. With a strong background in sports psychology, Alisa provides high performance coaching in the corporate sector, and mixes her sport and business knowledge to regularly deliver key note speeches.
Alisa also serves on the Board of the Australian Sports Commission.
Appointed to 22 March 2009
Ms Sally Carbon OAM
Sally's first serious activity was that of ballet - she was in the WA Ballet Academy and was invited to move to Sydney to join the Australian Ballet when she was 13. At the same time she competed at the National Athletics Championships representing WA in 400m, 400m hurdles and javelin.
Enjoying the team element, Sally picked up the sport of hockey and went on to represent Australia at two Olympic Games, two World Cups and 125 internationals during an 8 year career. She also represented Western Australia for 12 years, was in the Western Australian Institute of Sport for 11 years and Australian Institute of Sport for 9 years.
Sally completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Physical Education and Mathematics whilst she was in the Australian Institute of Sport. She taught Physical Education for a couple of years and then was awarded a scholarship to study Strategic Marketing. After this she commenced work in advertising, marketing and sponsorship. She also wrote for the Sunday Times newspaper at the time, and continued to do so for another 10 years, as well as some radio and television work.
Sally represented the State Minister for Sport on the WA Sports Council, setting the strategy for sport in WA, for four years. She then moved to Melbourne and, whilst in Melbourne, Sally worked as the Communications Manager and then the Director of Marketing and Communications at Docklands Authority. Sally moved back to Perth at the end of 2004.
She released her second children's sport book, "I want to be a Footballer" in 2007 and her third book "I want to be a Cricketer", co-written with former Test cricketer, Justin Langer in August, 2008. Her first book was released in time for the 2004 Olympic Games and is called "I want to be an Olympian". She is working on "I want to be a Dancer" and "I want to be a Netballer", but is also currently writing an adults novel, a fictional story about a sporty male and sporty female, based on their lives off the field.
Sally has an Order of Australia Medal, for services to sport, and has been awarded many other awards for writing, sport and health promotion. She is on many sport and health boards and committees in Western Australia promoting all areas of health, and volunteers to help raise funds for many causes. She does over 200 speaking engagements per year, including hosting of events.
Sally also serves on the Board of the Australian Sports Commission.
Appointed to 6 May 2010