Lisa Jones

Chair

Lisa spent 15 years working overseas with international aid organisations, mostly in countries in conflict and post-conflict, assisting people forced to flee their homes. Lisa is now the CEO at Ardoch, a not-for-profit organisation supporting children and young people from disadvantaged communities to realise their potential through full participation in education. With degrees in arts and law, Lisa has brought her advocacy and governance skills to the Scarf board since early 2018, along with a drive for social justice. Always an enthusiastic restaurant goer, Lisa is delighted to have found Scarf and to help create opportunities for young people seeking protection and those from refugee and migrant backgrounds – amazing people who have endured the worst and continue to show extraordinary determination in the face of barriers.

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Sara Webb

Sara is a program evaluator, facilitator, and designer who works in Australia and internationally. She has been operating her business Duniya Consulting since 2005, and has worked all over the world, living in India, Timor-Leste and the Pacific along the way. Since moving to Melbourne and discovering Scarf, Sara’s become a big supporter and proud advocate for its work - and for employment and training opportunities for young people facing barriers. Joining the Scarf board in 2017 and serving as Chair for two years, Sara brings her experience in organisational governance and community development to the role. If she had to chose a favourite cuisine, she’d go with Mexican, preferably in Mexico!

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Matthew Teran

Secretary

Matthew has worked in the social and community sectors for close to a decade and is a longtime supporter of Scarf’s work, initially as a practitioner working with people seeking protection and those from refugee backgrounds. More recently, after moving into strategy and business development roles, he has become a very loyal Scarf diner. Since 2017, Matthew has led innovation and service growth projects at community health organisation cohealth. With degrees in social work and public policy, Matthew joined the Scarf board in 2017, where his knowledge of the trends shaping not-for-profits will be of great value.

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Hannah Brennan

Hannah is Scarf’s Co-founder and CEO and has sat on Scarf’s board of directors since 2010. After working in hospitality for over ten years and volunteering with Fitzroy’s refugee community via The Social Studio, Hannah co-founded Scarf with Jess Moran in 2010. Hannah holds a Bachelor of Multimedia (Media Studies) from Swinburne University of Technology and dabbles in freelance writing. She firmly believes in the power of social enterprise to allow marginalised young people to gain the skills, confidence and connections needed to break into employment.

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Note: In June 2020, Noel Batrouney stepped down from the Scarf board after giving close to 10 years of service to the organisation, for which we're extremely grateful. We are expanding the Scarf Board in 2022, and we're currently accepting applications.