WHY LITERACY MATTERED TO ROSIE...
rosie was street wise, but her literacy wasn’t strong.
When she fell pregnant, she didn’t want literacy to hold her son back, so she bought a dictionary and read with him every day.
To her son, she was his reading hero, but she was learning with him.
now, we want to empower every tasmanian to be a child’s reading hero.
meet our board
We’re dedicated to making an impact on Tasmanian literacy, but we won’t solve it in a year, or five… For that reason we’ve assembled a volunteer board who are skilled and focused on building a strong and trusted organisation that makes a measurable impact in the lives of children, their parents/caregivers and our community as a whole.
Rick Marton GAICD
Chair
Rotarian, Business Strategist, Chair of Speak Up Stay ChatTY!, Director and Past President of Relationships Australia Tasmania
Ray Mostogl GAICD
Vice Chair
CEO Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing & Energy Council, Director of HILT CRC and Advisor to X-Hemp
Sarah Merridew AM FAICD
Treasurer
Australia Medal for work in Governance in both listed and community organisations including Mystate, TasNetworks, TasRail and RFDS Tasmania
Ashley McPherson
Director (Literacy + Evaluation)
Principal Blackmans Bay Primary School and State Director Australian Literacy Educators’ Association and member of the Australian Book Selection Committee for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
Eric Gooi
Director (People + Teams)
People and Culture Manager at OneCare, Secretary / Vice-Chair at Thrive Group Tasmania Inc and Board Member of the Launceston Community Legal Centre.
Jade Howard
Secretary (Community)
Intensive Care Paramedic, Ambulance Tasmania and Mum of 2 ‘Early Years’ Children with a special interest in community development.
Kirsty Dunphey
Director (Ambassadors)
Passionate about literacy, award-winning businesswoman across multiple businesses, including real estate and mortgage broking. Kirsty is a huge bookworm and understands literacy can change lives.
The Board is supported by Linda Harrison in a volunteer accountancy role and the support of over 40 Tasmanians across health, education, justice, community and inclusion.
Our Guiding Principle: Never make a promise you can’t afford to keep.
For this reason, we build our programs to be replicatable, scalable and sustainable.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER?
We’re often needing people to assist in community engagement as we take our message across Tasmania, encouraging more parents to read with their children every day!
Please send an email to hello@rosiesreading.org or via Facebook or Instagram to let us know how you might like to help - this may be as volunteer events crew, public reading programs or simply letterboxing when we launch into new areas. All volunteers are required to hold a valid Working with Vulnerable People card.
“This program will change lives, and those lives will change communities.”
- Leanne McLean, Former Commissioner for Children and Young People and Director of Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment