Who we are - Landcare Victoria Incorporated (LVI)

Landcare Victoria Inc. (LVI) is governed by a volunteer Committee Of Management which oversees and steers LVI by setting strategic direction and providing governance.

Following the April 2017 merger of the Farm Tree & Landcare Association (FTLA) and the Victorian Landcare Council (VLC), up to the February 2018 Annual General Meeting of the LVI, the Committee of Management comprises the following members:

Terry Hubbard, Chair
Kaye Rodden, Deputy Chair
David Clark, Deputy Chair
Mike Haughton, Secretary
Peter Berrisford, Treasurer
Phil Horner, Member
Artur Muchow, Member
Alice Knight, Member
Sandy Mackenzie, Member
1 x Vacancy, Member

LVI is managed by a small team comprising Susi Johnson, Executive Officer, Operations and Members Services, and Administration Assistant, Kelly Way. In addition to administrative duties and carrying out the day-to-day operations of the organisation, the team is also responsible for:

providing advice to the Committee of Management
implementing the decisions of the Committee of Management

LVI is a member of the national peak body for Landcare, the National Landcare Network (NLN), and is represented on the NLN Members Council by Sandy Mackenzie, Kaye Rodden and Beth Ripper.

LVI is a Child Safe organisation, with zero tolerance for child abuse and a commitment to children’s best interests. All children who participate in our activities have a right to feel and be safe. We encourage children to express their views and we listen to their suggestions, especially on matters that directly affect them. Physical or sexual abuse of a child is a crime and will be reported to police, including grooming for sexual conduct with a child under the age of 16 years. All adults who form a reasonable belief that such a sexual offence has occurred have an obligation to report it to police.