Board of Directors

The Kaiela Institute is a company limited by guarantee, governed by a board of directors.

Paul Briggs - Executive Chair
Yorta Yorta man, Paul is best known as the founding president of the Rumbalara Football and Netball Club and is a man of vision who has the wellbeing of his community at the core of everything he does. He has a wealth of experience across a vast range of sectors in Aboriginal community development.

Sandra Bailey
Sandra Bailey is Chairperson of the Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation. She is a Yorta Yorta woman and former CEO of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW, a position she held for 25 years. Sandra has worked as a Solicitor for the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Services, and served as Head of the Aboriginal Issues Unit of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
She has served on a number of Ministerial Advisory Committees and boards and been involved in several research projects in Aboriginal health including in the areas of child health and resilience. In recognition of her outstanding service in the Aboriginal health sector, Sandra was awarded the Australian Government Centenary Medal for Contribution to Health in 2003. In 2014, she was acknowledged for her service to the Aboriginal health sector, receiving the Hall of Fame award at the 2014 NSW Health Aboriginal Health Awards.

Justin Mohamed

Justin Mohamed is the Victorian Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People.
Justin is a proud Aboriginal man of the Gooreng Gooreng nation near Bundaberg in Queensland. He has dedicated the past 25 years to working towards building a stronger and healthier nation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
He is a former CEO of Reconciliation Australia and Chairperson of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO).

Steven Rothfield

Steven has had a long career in general management, management consultancy, IT and finance and prior to retirement was managing director & joint ownner of a national fast-moving-consumer-goods organisation. In the last 20 years he has worked as a hands-on volunteer and on Board in a range of philanthropic areas. His work with Indigenous leaders has spanned over 30 areas, and he is particularly interested in supporting community development to improve creative, sporting, economic and educational opportunities for all. Steven is currently on the boards of the Australian Communities Foundation, Australians Investing in Women, Barpirdhila Foundation and the Dungala Kaiela Foundation.