About Mood Active – Leveraging the power of exercise.

Our Committee

Cameron Wilson

Founder & Committee Member (Consumer Advocate)

Besides being our Head Trainer, Cam served as Committee President for several years. He brings lived experience to his current Committee role, as Consumer Advocate.

Cam has battled bipolar depression since his late teens, and relies on exercise to maintain his own mental health.

Cam is a (Tennis Australia) certified Cardio Tennis coach, and an internationally published freelance journalist. He holds a BA (Communications) and is completing a Cert IV in Training & Assessment.

Sarah Davis

Secretary

Sarah is a professional risk manager with a love of sport and adventure. She also spent a few years as a personal trainer and has a degree in Physiology. Sarah knows the value exercise makes to her mental health and is passionate about bringing it to others. Her love of adventure has taken her on expeditions down the Nile and Murray Rivers. Sarah joined Mood Active as the organisation Secretary in May 2020.

Lana Schwartz

Committee Member - Mental Health

Lana is a registered psychologist with a background in Sport and Performance Psychology. With over 20 years of experience, Lana has worked as a psychologist for elite sporting groups providing facilitation, training and individual support to organisations including Cricket NSW, Basketball Australia and the Australian Tenpin Bowling team.

She joined Mood Active in December and is involved in strategy setting and providing supervision for our coaches

Susannah Ward

Committee Member

Dr Susannah Ward is a Specialist Physician of Rehabilitation Medicine working & living in Newcastle NSW. She qualified as a rehabilitation physician in 2018 with the Basmajian Award for best fellowship clinical exam performance. She has over 10 years of experience training and working in public hospitals across
NSW. She now works in private practice and does rehabilitation locum private and public hospital work.

Elizabeth Ann

Vice President

Elizabeth Ann is the Managing Director of boutique management consulting firm Resolve Strategy. She has more than 25 years’ experience working across Australian and NZ Government, both as a Senior Executive and as a consultant. Elizabeth has managed complex programs across many disciplines including Disability and Community Services, Health, Sustainability, Transport and Law Enforcement. Elizabeth specialises in Strategy, Governance, Program Management and Evaluation, Organisational Transformation and Stakeholder Engagement. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, majoring in Business and Economics. Elizabeth has lived experience of depression and anxiety, and is passionate about the difference that exercise makes to mental health.

Gurpreet Singh

Treasurer

Gurpreet’s background is in commercial finance and project finance as well as volunteering at Board level with Historic House Association.

Qualifications; BA Commerce, Accounting Finance, Tax, Costing and Reporting.

Qualifications: Bachelor of laws.

Our Employees

Chris Dyson

General Manager

Chris is a management and analytical professional with demonstrated experience in NFP, fitness, finance, education and sport sectors. Chris has completed a Bachelor of Exercise Science and Masters of Business Administration Finance. As an exercise professional Chris understands the role exercise has in managing physical and mental wellbeing and is excited to be able to be involved with such an important cause.

Naomi Blair

Program Manager

Naomi has been active her whole life, participating in physical culture, gymnastics, athletics, yoga, altitude training and weight lifting. She joined Mood Active in 2018 as a Group Fitness Trainer and in 2021 became the Program Manager. Naomi loves the sense of achievement physical activity can bring and has personally used exercise as treatment for anxiety. She wishes to share this coping strategy with others and motivate people to discover just how good they can feel.

Naomi’s background is in Administration and Customer Service in the Not-For-Profit space. She holds a Cert IV in Fitness and Bachelor of Media (PR & Advertising) from UNSW.

Our Volunteers

Our Operations team is made up of volunteers with a diverse range of skills.

Alexandra Larach

Volunteer Events Manager

Alexandra Larach is an experienced Events Manager that has worked with associations and charities for the majority of her career. In 2020 Alexandra was acknowledged by the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) as an upcoming leader within the events industry.
Alexandra has a Bachelor of Arts in Media, Communications and Culture and Criminiology and a Masters in Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism from macquarie University. She is passionate about creating exciting and engaging events.

Anna Ao

Event Co-ordinator

Anna (Zixiang) is a Technology Consultant who is enthusiastic about digitalisation and process optimisation in financial services. She has worked in China, Europe and Australia for 5 years in banking, accounting, automation and teaching. She enjoys various sports, like volleyball, jogging, bushwalking, swimming and she loves yoga. She is a certified yoga teacher. She believes that mental health is very important and it is meaningful for everyone to achieve mindfulness and peace within their heart.

Marija Tesic

HR Manager

Marija is a young professional with tertiary qualification in Human Resources and Social Sciences – Major in Behavioral Disorders. She has experience as a volunteer in mental health and appreciates the value and benefits it brings to the community and individuals.
Marija enjoys bushwalking/jogging and believes that exercise is an indivisible part of good mental health, and our ability to live healthy and fulfilled lives.

Sinea Dempsey

Marketing Manager

Sinea is a marketing professional with a wealth of marketing and engagement experience in local and international organisations. She originally graduated with an MA (Hons) in International Business Management before beginning her marketing career and is now studying Mental Health Peer Work – a passion of hers.

Sinea’s exercise routine is focussed on muscle stretching and flexibility, although she’s also a lover of the outdoors and enjoys bushwalking and snorkelling.

Lauren Tuck

Grants Specialist

Lauren is a Project Manager with many years of experience in the non-profit sector, specialising in fundraising and events. Lauren is passionate about building the capacity of non-profit organisations, and joined Mood Active in 2020 to assist with grant funding applications. Lauren loves yoga and walking (especially when accompanied by a shelter foster dog).

Josef Schuler

Finance Officer

Having grown up playing a wide range of sports, staying active has always been important to Josef. Josef moved to Australia from New Zealand at 17 to pursue his sporting and academic aspirations. Currently he is in the final semester of an undergraduate commerce degree at The University of Sydney majoring in Accounting and Finance. Away from studies Josef plays water polo for the Sydney University Lions mens team and works part time at an accounting firm in the city. A goal of Josef’s has always been to find a job where he can apply the skills he has learnt to a cause he cares about. Josef is very excited to do his part in helping MoodActive get people back on their feet.

Loui Schuler

Finance Officer

Loui is New Zealand born and raised but moved to Sydney to further develop his sporting and studies. He is currently studying for a Bachelor of Economics degree majoring in Economics and Accounting at the University of Sydney and has had experience in accounts payable and office management work. Alongside his studies, he is in the Elite Athlete Programme for Water Polo, playing for the Sydney Uni Lions. Loui’s passion for all things sports & fitness and his love of helping people is what‘s drawn him to assisting Mood Active in carrying out their mission.

Stephanie Lee

Marketing Consultant

Stephanie is a Marketing Communications Specialist with over 10 years of experience working in government, not-for-profit, aged care, healthcare, consumer goods, and employment services. She is also currently a Consumer representative for Western Sydney Local Health District with the aim of transforming healthcare in the region. Stephanie is all about social change and she loves being involved with for-purpose organisations. Exercise is a part of Stephanie’s routine to improve her wellbeing and she has had lived experience in using exercise to enhance her mood.

Anita Cheah

Graphic Designer

Anita has a background in engineering and project management.

Srinidhi Srinivasaraghavan

SalesForce Configuration Specialist

Srinidhi is a Software Developer and has a Master in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California. Experienced in Salesforce, Srinidhi has achieved several superbadges and a certification.
Srinidhi is passionate about Yoga and believes that good mental health is achievable through fitness practices and physical activity.

Rajiv Bangalore

IT Manager

Rajiv has a Master’s degree in Computer Applications and comes from an IT background specializing in delivering digital/online initiatives & IT transitions/transformation programs. He brings his experience in Program Management, Governance and views technology as an enabler that supports and contributes to Mood Active’s strategic goals.
Having experienced physical and mental benefits of exercise, Rajiv relates to Mood Active’s vision and wants to spread the message around to guide other people.

If you or your business would like to sponsor Mood Active, please get in touch.