Commissioners

Stepan Kerkyasharian AO , Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer

• President, Anti-Discrimination Board
• Member, Migration Heritage Advisory Board of the Power House Museum
• Member, Clinical Examination Appeals Board of the Australian Medical Council
• Member, Commissioner’s Advisory Council on Culturally Responsive Policing

Ms Patricia Azarias , Deputy Chairperson

• Economist
  
• Non-Executive Director, Special Broadcasting Service
  

Mr Sam Almaliki, Youth Commissioner

• Law Student at the University of Wollongong
• Founder/President, Sydney Junior Winter Cricket Association Inc.
• Committee Member, Cricket Australia Multicultural Reference Committee
• Festival Director, Southern Sydney Diwali Festival
• Committee Member, Abhinay School of Performing Arts
• Board Member, St. George Workplace Learning Partnerships Inc.
• Committee Member, 2010/11 University of Wollongong Faculty of Law Committee
• Chairperson, New England Regional Advisory Council

Mr Diing Bul

• Chairperson, Kongor Students Association of Australia
  
• Director, Sudanese Australians National Youth Council
  
• Chairperson, Nepean/Blacktown Regional Advisory Council
  
• Member, Human Rights Committee, Young Lawyers of the Law Society of NSW
  

Mr Michael Christodoulou, AM, DO

• Board Member of:
  
  • Anti-Discrimination Board
  • Community Languages Schools Board of NSW Education Department
  • NSW Medical Board of the Medical Board of Australia
  • Medical Council of NSW
  • Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, NSW Medical Registration Committee
  • Stanmore Hawks Football Club
• Chairperson, Hellenic Emergency Relief Fund
  
• Chairperson, Illawarra Regional Advisory Council
  
• Coordinator, United Nations Human Rights Day Committee
  
• President, Cyprus Community of NSW
  
• President, Federation of Cyprus Communities of Australia and NZ
  
• Treasurer, World Council for Hellenes Abroad

Ms Ozlem Huseyin

• Member/Director, Australian Turkish Mutual Alliance
• Member, Turkish Student Society Macquarie University

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Mr David D. Knoll AM

• Barrister and Mediator
  
• Chairperson, Central West Regional Advisory Council
• Community Representative, Crown Cemeteries Advisory Committee
• Councillor, Executive Council of Australian Jewry
• Director, Council for Jewish Community Security (NSW)

Mr Anthony Pang

• President, Chinese Australian Forum
• Member, NSW Bar Association Professional Conduct Committee
• Past President, Institute of Internal Auditors
• Certified Practising Accountant
• Justice of the Peace

Mr George Pappas, Youth Commissioner

• Student at University of Technology, Sydney
• Studying Bachelor of Business and a Bachelor of Laws
• Co-founder, G Squared Digital Design
  
• Vice President (Marketing & Administration), UTS Law Students’ Society
• Chairperson, Multcultural Youth Network
• Chairperson, Hunter Regional Advisory Council
  

Mr Lalli Sethuram

• Leadership roles in various multicultural organisations
• Past Chairman Blacktown Migrant Resource Centre (5 years)
• Past President and currently Assistant District Governor for Rotary District 9690
• Member Blacktown Rotary Club

Dr Eman Sharobeem PHD

• Manager, Immigrant Women's Health Service (IWHS)
• Member, NSW Premier's Council on Preventing Violence Against Women
• Co-Convenor, Fairfield Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network (FIRWN)
• Chairwoman, Non English Speaking Housing for Women (NESH)
• Member, Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS)
• Chairperson, Macarthur/Liverpool Regional Advisory Council

Ms Adol Takpiny

• Chairperson, Albury Regional Advisory Council