Our Board of Directors is responsible for our governance and strategic direction.
Each member brings different skills and experience to support our vision of an inclusive Australia for people with an intellectual disability.
Our Board of Directors include:
- Felicity Crowther, Chair, independent director
- Mark Mason, Deputy Chair, Speak Out Advocacy
- Jodi Wolthers, Company Secretary, Parent to Parent
- Sumit Sharma, Treasurer, independent director
- Fionn Skiotis, VALID
- Heath Dickens, Council for Intellectual Disability
- Jo Brown, South Australia Council on Intellectual Disability
- Kalena Bos, Our Voice Chair
- Mary Butterworth, Developmental Disability WA
- Shannon Kolak, ACT Down Syndrome & Intellectual Disability Association

(Top row L – R): Shannon Kolak, Heath Dickens, Mary Butterworth, Mark Mason, Kalena Bos, (Bottom row L – R): Fionn Skiotis, Felicity Crowther, Sumit Sharma, Jo Brown, Jodi Wolthers.
Felicity Crowther – Chair

Felicity is Executive Director of the South Australian Council on Intellectual Disability.
Felicity is a Developmental Educator and has worked in a range of positions in the disability sector including service development, project management and service management roles. Felicity is passionate about supporting people with intellectual disability to have a voice.
In a professional and voluntary capacity, she has assisted with the development of self-advocacy programs and supported individuals in their self-advocacy roles. This passion has led her to undertake a PhD in the area of inclusive research.
Mark Mason – Deputy Chair

Mark is CEO of Speak Out Association of Tasmania. Prior to joining Speak Out, Mark was the State Manager of Community Engagement, Addictions and Financial Counselling at Anglicare Tasmania and has held various leadership, management and policy related positions in the Tasmanian State Service and the Private Sector.
Mark has extensive experience working on boards, he is currently serving on the Neighbourhood Houses Tasmania Board, as well as the Inclusion Australia Board.
Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts with Professional Honours in Public Sector Leadership and Management and is a graduate of the Tasmanian Leaders Program (2008).
Jodi Wolthers – Company Secretary

Jodi has been CEO of Parent to Parent since 2010. She has served on boards and reference groups including the Health & Community Sector Industry Reference Group, the Counselling Advisory Committee for the Faculty of Arts & Business, University of the Sunshine Coast and the QLD NDIS Transition Advisory Group.
Jodi is proud of her work in 2014 to help establish the Loud and Clear QLD Self-advocacy group. Jodi and the Loud and Clear members worked with the Disability Royal Commission to give evidence on topics including Employment, Independent living and the COVID-19 vaccination for people with a disability.
Sumit Sharma – Treasurer

Sumit Sharma is a strategic financial leader with over a decade of experience in the not-for-profit and community services sectors. Currently serving as Chief Financial Officer at The Junction Works and Treasurer on the Board of Inclusion Australia, he drives financial stewardship, operational excellence, and risk management.
Sumit is dedicated to sustainable growth, technological innovation, and improving financial practices across disability organisations.
Fionn Skiotis

Fionn has 40 years-experience in the NFP sector. He is CEO of VALID. His experience in Australia and internationally has included staff, executive and governance roles in disability, social housing, mental health, advocacy, community development and human rights.
Fionn has worked in the international human rights field with the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, and as the inaugural CEO of Yarra Community Housing Ltd.
Fionn served as Executive Director of International Social Service Australia, undertook 3-terms with Victorian Mental Health Tribunal, Director and Acting Chair of the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre.
Heath Dickens

Heath is the CEO at Council for Intellectual Disability.
Heath has a wealth of experience in executive leadership roles in the disability sector and has a strong commitment to advancing the rights and opportunities of people with disability.
He has a long history of working with a broad range stakeholders including people with lived experience, government, peak bodies and service providers, advocating for policy settings that foster self-determination, independence and inclusion.
Jo Brown

Supporting genuine participation and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities is important to Jo.
She comes to the Board with both personal and professional experience of disability.
She is mum to two kids, including Liam who has Down Syndrome. She also has over 20 years’ experience in managing both community and disability programs and services in Government and community organisations.
Jo has been involved in the NDIS since the trial in SA in 2013 and continues to advocate strongly for the needs of people with intellectual disabilities to be considered in Government policies and strategies
Kalena Bos

Kalena is the Chair of Inclusion Australia’s Our Voice Committee. She works with Speak Out Advocacy Tasmania and is part of their self-advocacy group and Members Executive.
She represented Australia at the Inclusion International Conference in Orlando, USA. Working with Our Voice, Kalena researched ways people with an intellectual disability use technology. This was recognised when Our Voice won the Sir Robert Martin Self Advocacy Award. Kalena is passionate the rights of people with a disability to make their own decisions.
Kalena works at Kmart. She enjoys being outdoors, bushwalking, swimming and spending time with family and friends.
Mary Butterworth

Mary is CEO of Developmental Disability WA. She has been working in the NFP sector for over 35 years, supporting people with disability, their families and organisations that assist them. Mary’s experience includes supporting children with disability as a live-in nanny in the UK, managing professional development for service providers and managing a support service in Karratha.
This experience has provided Mary with a unique insight into the complexities of supporting people with significant disability and their families in metro, regional and remote areas of WA. Mary has a Social Science degree in Human Service Management and is a graduate of the Australian Institute for Company Directors.
Shannon Kolak

Shannon is CEO of ACT Down Syndrome & Intellectual Disability. She is committed to ensuring the voice of people with intellectual disability is heard and that people with intellectual disability are informed, empowered and supported.
Shannon works with ACT Government and advocacy groups to create best possible outcomes for Canberrans with intellectual disability. She sits on the ACT Government Disability Education Reference Group, the ACT Government Supported Decision Making Steering Group and the ACT Government Voluntary Assisted Dying Community and Consumer Consultation Group.
She supports people with intellectual disability to sit on various government reference groups and supports DISD Committee members with intellectual disability to contribute meaningfully to the overall running of the organisation.