Stephen Cohen
Board Chair
Stephen spent 30 years as a dairy farmer including 9 years as secretary of the local LandCare Group and 17 years on the Board of an agricultural co-operative. He now lives in Tatura and runs a retail business while continuing a long history of community involvement as Chair of GV Agcare and representing the Goulburn Valley on the Board of GMH Agcare.
Peter Gray
Company Secretary
As a Certified Practicing Accountant Peter has worked with regional horticultural industries over many years, and has created strategic reports about their future direction. With a long-held interest in agricultural economics and education, he assists agricultural businesses on strategic and financial management as well as writes trade articles about the business of fruit growing.
Nerida Kerr
Nerida is currently employed as Team Leader Economic Development for the City of Wodonga. Previously a Rural Community Development Officer with Regional Development Victoria (RDV), Nerida studied Social Work and has a certificate in Dairy Farm Management. From a farming background herself, Nerida was a founding member of the Upper Murray Rural Financial Counselling Service and has been chairperson of North East AgCare Inc since 2000. Nerida was awarded the ABC Radio, North East Victorian Rural Woman of the Year in 1995.
Chris Howe
A Chartered Accountant and partner in Belmores Accounting Yarrawonga, Chris provides a range of accounting and business advisory services to farming and regional businesses in North East Victoria and South West NSW. He was the inaugural treasurer of North East Agcare Rural Financial Counseling Service, a position he continues to hold, and he is a member of the Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program Board. Chris has a broad acre farming background and is involved in many community organisations.
Chris Thomas
Chris is the Regional Manager for the Milk Supply Group with Fonterra Australia Ltd in Northern Victoria and the Southern Riverina and is responsible for managing the milk supply and farm services in the region. He has been a Director of GMH Agcare since 2006 as a representative of the founding member group MVRIAG.
Tim Mannion
Tim has a wealth of experience and involvement in agricultural and community organisations having been a mixed farmer and agricultural contractor most of his life. Tim was a member of the founding group MVRIAG and acted in the role of chairman for several years. He has been a Director of GMH Agcare for the past four years and was Citizen of the Year for Moira Shire in 2006.
Peter Huzzey
With a background in family farming, Peter’s career was in corporate farming where he held management roles in an agribusiness group. Peter brings a wide range of experience to the board in the agribusiness sector as well as other disciplines including; agriculture, engineering, construction, development, marketing and information technology. He holds a Bachelor of Business Degree with a major in Marketing and is the Managing Director of a locally based website development and internet marketing business.
Rosemary (Rom) Reilly
Rom is currently working as a consultant with regional and rural clients in North East Victoria. From a farming background, she has delivered training to farmers in Environmental Management Systems, OH&S and Spatial Mapping for Whole Farm Planning . With qualifications in Agriculture, Education, Training and Assessing, and Post Graduate qualifications in Career Education and Development Rom has also delivered natural resource management projects and was Project Manager for the Northern Rural Skills Connect project.
Dr Tim Clune
Tim has spent the last decade working in consulting and management roles and is currently the Manager Sustainability and Risk with North East Region Water Corporation (NEW) where he is focused on developing behaviours, strategies and systems to improve water service delivery and manage business risk. Previously, he was Centre Manager at the Department of Primary Industries, in Rutherglen working in both research and science management roles. He is passionate about sustainable agribusiness and regional communities.