Helen was a Girl Guide for 7 years as a child then returned as a Unit Leader when she was 21; a role she has held for over 35 years.

Girl Guiding has provided many opportunities including travel to international events in Kenya, the UK and Switzerland. Holding positions such as National Program Manager, GGV Executive member and GGA Board Director Helen brings a wealth of knowledge about the Australian Guide Program and Governance to the role. She is committed to facilitating opportunities for girls and young women to explore and grow within Girl Guiding so that they can have a voice in their own future.

Helen is a retired librarian having managed both TAFE and University libraries with a Masters in Human Resource Management and a PhD in Librarianship. She is currently living on a farm in the Victorian Otways growing trees for shelter, conservation and profit.

Laura started Guiding as a young girl and has been a member ever since. She is currently, a unit leader and Olave in Western Australia. Laura has embraced the opportunities Guides has given her and hopes to help empower other Young Women to access similar opportunities. Laura is passionate, about empowering other young women to discover their potential, as well as reach goals and successes they never thought they’d be able to achieve.

Wendy has always been passionate about the growth and development of girls and young women. Starting out as a Brownie, Girl Guide and then Leader in NZ she has held various management and volunteer roles over the last 25 years within Girl Guiding in Queensland and South Australia. Whether it’s taking Girl Guides overseas for their first exciting international adventure, managing youth events, enjoying the outdoors, running various Units, exploring the Recognition System, or participating at a State or national level, she embraces the philosophy of our program and all that it has to offer.

Wendy greatly believes in the importance of our girl-only space and looks forward to supporting Guiding across Australia.

When not busy with Guides, Wendy loves going on adventures, traveling, and getting creative with the camera!

Emily is passionate about empowering girls and young women to be the leaders of their worlds. Her journey began as a Junior Guide, and since then, she has embraced the opportunities to attend Jamborees and take on leadership roles through her youth, into adulthood.

Emily is a member of the Girl Guides Australia Young Womens Forum, is a Leader with a Junior Guide Unit and an active member of an Olave Peer Group.  Committed to Girl Guiding’s mission, she actively seeks opportunities to take Girl Guiding into the great outdoors, and to provide service to the community.

Guiding has been a lifelong, evolving adventure for Sharyn. Along with her professional and family life she acquired skills through ‘doing’ and osmosis.

Her experience as a Brownie in a Six, then a Sixer and a Guide in a Patrol then a Patrol Leader has given her the lived experience in being an active and valued member of a ‘team’. She has continued to experience being a Patrol member in the roles she has undertaken on State and National levels.

As the current National Adviser of Trefoil Guild Australia (ATGA); she is the ‘Patrol Leader’ to the National ATG team. The ATG Team (patrol) consists of two ‘Patrols’ one being the State Trefoil Guild Advisers and the second being the ATG Administration Team.

Her role as ATGA is to listen, advise, support, and encourage all members of the ATGA Teams including their interaction with the SGGOs and members of their States, the National Co -Ordinator Team and the Chief Commissioner. Together they ensure ATG remains relevant in today’s Girl Guiding space.

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Joy absolutely loves the fact that being a Girl Guide opens so many exciting doors for so many. Greatly influenced by her mentor Nancy Eastick,  her Girl Guiding journey has been all about the outdoors, particularly camping and international travel. Joy fondly recollects Nancy’s enthralling stories of Malaysia, Poland, GIS and Papua New Guinea. A volunteer role with Girl Guides of Cambodia was a life changing time for Joy, reshaping the way she looks at the world and she returns to Cambodia annually.

Currently, she is leading an energetic 14+ Girl Guide Unit on the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Sarah has been involved in Guiding for many years across a range of roles, the most recent of those as State Commissioner of Girl Guides NSWACT & NT. She has served as a Girl Guides Australia Board Director, been a member of State Girl Guiding Committees and held the roles of Region Manager, District Manager, Learning Partner and Support Group Member.

In addition to Girl Guiding, Sarah has spent over 20 years leading volunteers in a range of organisations and community groups, as well as running her own business and maintaining a career in accountancy.

Sarah is absolutely dedicated to the mission of Girl Guiding and wherever possible personally strives to develop, support and mentor young women in achieving their absolute best.

Joanne Muller AM has been a member of Girl Guides for 57 years and holds the Queen’s Guide, Emu, Red Kangaroo and Asian Pacific Leadership Awards. During her time in Girl Guides she has fulfilled the roles of Leader, District Manager, Deputy State Commissioner, Honorary Legal Advisor, served on the Board of Girl Guides NSW (and later NSW & ACT and then NSW ACT NT) and Girl Guides Australia as well as serving on a number of board sub committees at both state and national level.

With formal qualifications in science, education & law, as well as being a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors course, Joanne has had wide engagement across the community including 30 years’ experience in the regulation of health practitioners.

Currently she is a member of the following: Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW (Legal Member), Royal Academy of Dance London – Development and Fundraising Committee (Member), the Advisory Committee on Medicines of the TGA, the Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Reference Group of the Australian Government Department of Health and the Radiation Advisory Council of NSW.

She is also Chair of the Mining and Petroleum Competency Board of NSW and the President of the State Council of St Johns Ambulance NSW

In the Australia Day Honours list in 2023, Joanne was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to youth, to community health, and to the law.