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.


