
Sue Parkes, CEO
She has worked for some of Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisations including Vision Australia, Melbourne City Mission and Cabrini Health.
Health philanthropy has become Sue’s passion after nearly seven years at Cabrini developing a grateful patient program focusing on physician led philanthropy. This strategy spearheaded the capital campaign at Cabrini which raised $40M for the Gandel Wing.
Sue believes that the care of our donors is part of St Vincent’s culture of care and an extension of the way in which we care for our patients.

Cameron Smith

Melina Talanis
Capital Campaign Director

Richard Prentice
Head of Trusts and foundation
Richard assists St Vincent’s Departments and staff with securing funds for research, equipment or clinical projects from Philanthropic/Charitable Trust and Foundations. This includes identifying funding sources, preparing applications, proofing/editing, administration of grant funding and writing funding reports.

Verran Boxer
Financial Manager
Verran distributes financial resources for the Foundation. He is responsible for budget planning, and supports the team by offering insights and financial advices. Verran also provides financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables, expenses and more.

Emily Campbell
Office Manager
Emily is often the first point of contact for the Foundation and is responsible for the coordination & administration of the day-to-day operations of the Foundation office. She works closely with all members of our Foundation team and across the full scope of fundraising endeavours at the Foundation.

Inga Feitsma
Communications Consultant
Inga is the Foundation's stoyrteller. Using her background as a journalist, she is responsible for interviewing patients, donors and staff to craft story content for the Foundation’s website, newsletters, events, brochures and appeals.

Rebecca Martin
Event Manager
Rebecca’s role involves the coordination and management of events both internally and externally. Rebecca works closely with the team and external stakeholders to create the best event experience. She is passionate about creating memorable events that leave a lasting impression.

Robert Nash
Database & Insights Manager
Robert’s main role is to provide database support to all of the Foundation team members, in respect to capturing accurate data about our donors and donations, and ensuring we can effectively report on and analyse our good work

Ralf Sternad
Gifts in Wills Manager
Ralf is responsible for overseeing a supporter focused Gifts in Wills program. This involves developing and implementing integrated strategies designed to increase visibility of Gifts in Wills across St Vincent’s, encourage others to consider leaving a Gift in their Will and steward the relationship with our amazing supporters.

Richard Thayer
Corporate & Community Partnerships Manager
Richard works across a number of fundraising areas, including Corporate and Community Partnerships. He said the best part of his role is meeting and hearing patients' stories and about the kind and compassionate care our staff provide.

Jeffrey Topp
Philanthropy Executive
Jeff seeks to nurture the relationships St Vincent’s has developed with its many donors and supporters across all its activities - hospital and patient treatment, homelessness, Aboriginal health, palliative and aged care, rehabilitation and mental health.

Robyn Hodges
Philanthropy Coordinator
Robyn brings more than 20 years fundraising and project administration experience to her role of Philanthropy Coordinator. She has worked in philanthropy and donor support roles for leading non-profit organisations. Robyn supports the full range of St Vincent’s Foundation’s fundraising initiatives.
Our volunteers

Phyl Halliday
Admin Volunteer
No job is too big or too small for the amazing Phyl. Her work includes general administrative tasks, sending mail out, and helping with fundraising events.

Marg Milne
Donor Engagement Volunteer
After retiring and having nursed for over 40 years, we feel so special to have Marg join our team as a volunteer. She has the most wonderful task in thanking our donors for their generous contribution to St Vincent's.