Enhancing Community Business provides advice and support through our experienced people....

Andrew Williams:
 
Enhancing Community Business was created by Andrew Williams who has spent over 24 years within the Human Services sector. He has worked at all 3 levels of government as well as holding executive and general management roles in a large National Not-for-profit agency. Andrew's particular expertise includes:

 
  • Significant experience developing and preparing tenders and submissions,
  • Significant experience providing short, medium, and long term business strategies within Human Service Agencies, especially Disability Services,
  • Significant experience developing risk management and other key business processes within not-for-profit environments,
  • Significant experience managing complex multi-site community based services across large geographical areas,
  • Significant experience in the development and assessment of service viability models
  • Significant experience communicating and consulting with a broad cross section of people, communities, and environments (government, service users, families, staff, boards of management, volunteers, etc).
Dominique Parrish :
Dominique has spent over 21 years in the education sector, specialising in policy and resource development, web-based training and project management. Dominique has significant expertise in the area of Emotional Intelligence and leadership and has a wealth of practical experience in adult education in both government and non-government agencies.

Dominique  has been heavily involved in Resilience and Drug Education initiatives facilitating the development of policies and resources for Drug Education and Student Health and Well-being, conducting student focus groups around resilience and well-being.

Dominique has delivered numerous professional development, drug education and resilience workshops in schools to teachers and school executives, at conferences to drug education consultants and in sessions with parents. She has been directly involved with a number of the REDI suite of resources as a member of steering committees, in the sub-editing development and production of the resources and in writing resource content.

Most recently Dominique has broadened her resilience focus to include work environments and leadership; she has been developing training packages and conducting professional development in organisations to promote resilience and emotional intelligence in leaders and is currently researching the benefits and requirements of resilient, emotionally intelligent organisations and work environments.

Leanne Sommadossi:

brings a variety of skills and experiences to ECB. Having worked in the disability sector for a decade Leanne has worked in a number of executive positions with a leading provider of disability services. Her experience covers senior positions in finance, human resources, administration, operational and clinical service management. Leanne has also worked in the private financial sector adding an understanding of the challenges that face small businesses operating in highly competitive and dynamic environments. Leanne has been the chair of a board for a not for profit organisation, is a member of Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants, and is an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. Leanne has significant experience in:

  • preparing and reviewing tenders and grant submissions

  • reviewing, developing and implementing financial information systems to improve business effectiveness

  • developing accurate budgets, forecasts and financial reporting

  • reviewing and advising on operational effectiveness through system design and enhancement

  • corporate governance and financial strategies

  • project management and change management

  • funding and grant management

  • negotiating and consulting with a wide range of stakeholders including government departmental representatives, families, staff and boards of management