Member Profiles

Asitha Gurusinghe - Website, Board Member

Peter Rickards Born Sri Lanka, and brought up in New Zealand, Asitha brings Culture to ADDE as well as Graduating in Science and Computing with interests in Science, Education and Multimedia. He is a person with a disability who has experienced first-hand how the workplace fails to provide adequate support, and feels strongly enough about campaigning for Workplace Reforms to accommodate more people with disabilities.


*Peter Rickards - Founding & Current President, Board Member*	David Sullivan -Secretary, Board Member


Edward Manuel - Treasurer, Board Member	Gordon Trott - *Board Member*


Amy Marshall - Board Member	Asitha Gurusinghe - Website, Board Member


Kathy Leitch, - Development Coordinator	Geoff Crawford - Operations Coordinator


Juliana Nwobu - Member	Alan Bartlett - Member


Ania Zamecznik -*Member*	Jason Anderson - *Member*


Amanda McNeill- Member	Michael Merrett - *Member*

Our mission is to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities and from diverse backgrounds in Australia. For those of you who are not aware we were officially formed on September 7, 2005 at Victorian Council of Social Services (VCOSS).

ADDE promotes pro-active employment policies and practices for disadvantaged groups including people with disabilities, mature age workers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds as well as indigenous people. People who fall into more than one of these categories are recognised as being even more disadvantaged. Therefore, we see a greater need for a change of attitude and awareness.