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Sundar Raj Sreenivasan
Accounts and Office Manager
Sundar has worked hard in hospitality sector for 35 years heading finance and accounting responsibilities in India, UAE and Australia. He has contributed to the growth of the company to its 100th branch and has been a member of core management teams of these organisations. Sundar has now moved to the not for profit sector as the Office Manager at ISWCDO taking on responsibility for Accounting and Administration including Compliances.
Maryana Nasour
HACC Development Officer - St George
A native Lebanese, Maryana fell in love with nonprofits when she was only a teenager. Inspired at a Scout group led by her community in Australia, Maryana quickly developed a deep passion for volunteer work. This resolve stuck with her through university, leading her to get her BA in Community Development from Australia.
Maryana joined Inner South West Community Development Organization as the St. George Home and Community Care development officer in 2011. Maryana has over 12 years' experience in the health and community sectors in Australia. Maryana received her Bachelor of Health, Ageing and community services in 2007 from the University of New England and her Diploma of Health science in 2002 from Ultimo
TAFE.
Her bi-cultural background and focus on community collaboration has led her to a number of volunteer opportunities and community leadership roles. She is the principal of a community language school that has 180 students. She loves and enjoys working with children especially when seeing them preserving their own community language.
Jessica Fell
Community Worker and Project Officer - Anti-Racism Bystander Action Training
Jess joined the CDO team in August 2014. She has always had a passion for working for social justice. After graduating with a Bachelor of International Studies in 2013, she sought to be a part of work centered around advancing social justice as well as advocacy for the disadvantaged in our communities. She interned at Youth Action, researching the issues experienced by young people in social housing, before becoming involved in the work of the Sydney Alliance, particularly around affordable housing and leadership training in schools. Jess believes in building the capacity of communities so that people have the dignity of being able to act for themselves to address the challenges they face. Jess is excited to be working with the CDO in St George and Sutherland, where she was born and bred, and in the Inner West, where she now lives. She is particularly passionate about building the capacity of young people as the next generation of leaders in our communities.
Ciantal Bigornia
Community Worker
Prior to joining the team in June 2015 Ciantal had completed a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Science in Government and International Relations then came to the non-profit sector through the Sydney Alliance. First as an intern, and then as the interns coordinator, she worked on the public assemblies throughout Sydney in the lead up to the 2015 State Election. Through this she was exposed to the different sectors of civil society and was moved by how unions, community organisations and faiths could actually work together for the common good and was drawn to understanding how they aim to achieve justice. This then lead to her working for Unions NSW providing organising and administrative support to organisers and workers in Western Sydney, and volunteering and interning for other civil society organisations. Ciantal is excited to continue this work for the common good in the community sector in the South and the Inner West.
Onaiza Ribeiro
Project Officer - Pathways for South Asian Women and RAS Assessor
Onaiza's career spans over 20 years. She began her career in the hospitality industry which was a natural extension of her professional qualification where she had the opportunity to interact, train and develop people from diverse backgrounds. This passion for developing people resulted in her taking up a special project supporting women entrepreneurs with Unilever India. Her understanding of cultural diversity and being bi-lingual proved to be an asset. She has completed Certificate IV in Community Services-TAFE in 2013 and there after been involved with Gymea Community Aid and Information Services-Migrant and Multicultural Services identifying gaps in support for young families from the Indian sub continent residing in the Sutherland Shire. She is passionate about making a difference, promoting social justice principles and understanding the value of human rights. When involved with projects she does her best to best to achieve success and feels the same way about what she does in her personal life. Onaiza joined us in April 2014.
Ahilian St George
Home Support Assessor​
Ahilan left his career as a litigation lawyer to bring to life his vision of helping older Australians live healthier, more satisfying lives. The co-founder of Vitality Club, Ahilan is a keen member of the Strathfield Walking Group, loves his mother’s Sri Lankan lamb curry and never stops talking.
