Margherita Coppolino - Diversity Consultant

Disability Network Award
in recognition for
Website Disability Development .

With specialist assistance organisations can expect to obtain optimal results from programs that tackle disability & diversity issues. Margherita achieves these results through a proven method of facilitation with organisational stakeholders, putting often-challenging issues into an approachable and accessible context.

Since 1993, Margherita has consulted on a wide range of disability & diversity projects to companies and organisations such as:

•	AMP	•	Geelong Adult Training and Education
•	Westpac	•	Department of Natural Resources and Environment
•	TABCORP Holdings Limited	•	Office of Public Advocate - Victoria
•	Australia Post	•	Anti Discrimination Board NSW
•	Ansett	•	Australia Federal Courts (Victoria)
•	JAS-ANZ and its Accreditation Review Board	•	Department of Family & Community Services
•	Council for Equal Employment Opportunity	•	Equal Opportunity Commission of Victoria
•	Centrelink	•	Active Learning in Disabilities
•	Surf Coast Shire (Victoria)	•	Women with Disabilities in Australia

Boards and Committee Position held:
Throughout her working life, Margherita has been involved with a number of Boards both at the State and National level, including:

•	Board member of Pride March Victoria
•	Director Australia Federation of Disability Organisations
•	Council member on National Ethnic Disability Alliance (National)
•	Disability Advisory Council of Victoria
•	Victorian Ministerial Future for Young Adult Implementation Advisory Committee (Victoria)
•	Victorian Ministerial Consumer Affairs Consumer Credit Fund Advisory Committee (Victoria)
•	Victorian Ministerial Future for Young Adult Review Advisory Committee (Victoria)
•	Action on Disability within the Ethnic Communities’ Governance Board (Victoria)
•	JAS-ANZ ‘s Disability Employment Services Accreditation Review Board (National)
•	Centrelink Disability & Carer Reference Group (Australia Federation for Disability Organisations -Consumer Representative) (National)
•	Centrelink Australia Working Together Reference Group (Australia Federation for Disability Organisations – Consumer Representative) (National)
•	Women’s Housing Ltd Governance Board (Victoria)
•	City of Melbourne Disability Advisory Committee (Victoria)

And other roles have included:

•	Victoria Government Disability State Plan Phase two Working Party (Quality Group) (Disability consumer representative)
•	Midsumma Festival Board and held the position Director for Literature Program area (Victoria)
•	Supported Wage System National Evaluation Reference Group (Australia Federation for Disability Organisations - Consumer Representative) (National)
•	Women With Disabilities Australia (Peak) and held Treasurer position on the NEC (National)
•	Co-convenor of the Victorian Women with Disabilities Network (State)