Board members

Marg O'Donnell (Chair)

Marg is a qualified social worker who has spent much of her career with the Queensland Public Service, including six years as Director-General of three State Government departments.  She was also the Inaugural Legal Ombudsman in Victoria. She currently works as a consultant and is Chair of Legal Aid Queensland, Chair of the Law School, Visiting Committee, Griffith University, and a member of the Playing Australia Committee. Marg was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003 and again in 2011, when she was diagnosed with a new primary breast cancer.

Terry Bracks (Deputy Chair)

Terry has worked in education and political spheres and takes an active role in many community, arts and social issues.She is Patron of  Heide Gallery, a Board member of the Australian Children's Television Foundation and the East Timor Friendship Schools Project and Founding Chair of Western Chances in Melbourne's western suburbs.

Andrew Barling

Andrew is a surgeon working in both rural Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne. In 2000, he established the Otis Foundation, which provides free rural respite for women with breast cancer. Andrew lost his first wife, Judy Burley, to breast cancer in 2000.

Fran Boyle, AM

Fran is the Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Sydney, and Director, Patricia Ritchie Centre for Cancer Care and Research, The Mater Hospital. She is also Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group.  Fran is well known for her contributions to breast cancer research, policy and education and for advocacy on behalf of women with breast cancer.

Raelene Boyle, AM MBE

As a Track and Field athlete, Raelene represented Australia at four Olympic Games. She has won three Olympic Silver Medals, seven Commonwealth Gold Medals and two Commonwealth Silver Medals. In 2007, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work with cancer organisations, particularly Breast Cancer Network Australia. Raelene is one of the National Trust's 100 Living Treasures, a member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and of the Australian Track and Field Hall of Fame, and was named in Australia’s Top 100 Sportswomen of All Time. Raelene was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996.

Mike Happell

Mike Happell is a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and has held several leadership roles with them since 1993. He has been recognised in the International Tax Review, where he was named in the 'Top Ten Tax Advisors in Australia' and 'Leading Australian Transfer Pricing Advisor'. He was also named in "Best of the Best" Global Tax Advisors in Euromoney magazine. Mike is a member of the Councils of Lauriston Girls School and Scotch College, in Melbourne. Mike has 3 daughters and is married to Tatty who is a breast cancer survivor.

Karen Hayes

Karen Hayes has extensive general management and strategic consulting experience in Australasia, Canada, the United States and many European countries, primarily in the financial services and information technology industries. From 1998 to 2006 Karen was the CEO of Planpower, a provider of project management and training services in Australia and one of 15 Business Units of the ASX300 Business Solutions Group, UXC. In October 2006 Karen was appointed to the role of Director Corporate Engagement and Human Capital with UXC Limited. Karen was a finalist in the 2004 Telstra Business Woman of the Year Awards and in January 2006 she was appointed to the Board of the Melbourne Football Club. Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996.

Andrea Hull, AO

Andrea has been CEO and Director of the Victorian College of the Arts from 1995 to 2009. She has a background in cultural policy and programs at international, federal and state levels. She is a board member of the Melbourne Theatre Company, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Abbotsford Convent Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney [BA Dip Ed] and the University of Melbourne [MBA]. Andrea was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006.

Christobel Saunders

Christobel trained as a doctor in the United Kingdom, and was a Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at University College London Hospitals before moving to WA in 2000. Since November 2002 Christobel has been Professor of Surgical Oncology at the School of Surgery, University of Western Australia. Professor Saunders is a member of numerous committees, including the Advisory Council for Cancer Australia. She is also well known for her contributions to breast cancer research, education and for advocacy on behalf of women with breast cancer.

Gabrielle Trainor

A lawyer and former journalist and public sector executive, Gabrielle is a non-executive director and founding partner of John Connolly & Partners, a special issues management firm. She is a director of the Victorian Urban Development Authority (VicUrban), the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.