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The team
Our highly skilled peer mentors are fellow travellers on the Chill journey providing the crucial ingredient of peer role modelling.
Our experienced program facilitators and mentors understand that every young person on the spectrum is an individual with unique needs. The team provides each young adult with individualised support to maximise their social growth.
Helen Whelan
BA (Drama), RN
CEO
Michael Whelan
PhD
Director
Nick Cilento
BA, BSc (Hons)
Lead Facilitator
Lisa Aitken
BAM, JP (Qual)
Manager – Chill Programs
Trish Stewart
BFA (Visual Arts)
Manager – Chill Families & Enrolments
Melanie Sanchez
BPsych (Hons)
Manager – Accounts
Connor Whelan
Admistration Assistant
Lachlan Whelan
BFA (Film, Screen & New Media)
Facilitator
Anthony O’Donohue
Facilitator
Brian Cavanagh
Facilitator
Dana Gehrman
BMus
Facilitator
Sarah Stanke
BFA (Dance & Drama)
Facilitator
Harrison Paroz
Facilitator
Daniel Simpson
BA (Creative Arts)
Facilitator
Ilda Fetahagic
Facilitator
Eve Carroll
BFA (Dance & Drama)
Facilitator
Tori Carroll
BFA (Visual Arts & Drama)
Facilitator
Aniway Aquilizan
BA (Art History) / BSocSc (Community Development)
Faciliator
Georgia Fullerton
BA (Music & Psych) / BEd (Sec)
Facilitator
Hamish McDonald
Facilitator
Lucy McDougall-Sagner
Peer Mentor
Jerry McGiffin
Peer Mentor
Andrew Schaffer
Peer Mentor
Bella Abraham
Dip (Theatre & Visual Arts)
Peer Mentor
Clara Grossman
Peer Mentor
Emma Ford
Peer Mentor
Tom Meggitt
Peer Mentor
Caleb Stoddart
Peer Mentor
Alana Nowakowski
Peer Mentor
Boudiccea Norris
Peer Mentor
Grace Eadie
Peer Mentor
Alice Thacker
BFA (Visual Arts)
Peer Mentor
Annie O’Connell
Peer Mentor
Anastasia Notaras
BFA (Drama)
Peer Mentor
Mikey Bowdler
Peer Mentor
Zaide Harker
Peer Mentor
David Cheney
Peer Mentor
Providing opportunities for young adults on the spectrum to have better access, participation and genuine inclusion in mainstream community and employment.
