The QAS Board is responsible to the Minister for Child Safety and Minister for Sport, the Honourable Mr Phil Reeves MP, for developing QAS policy and overseeing the overall direction of the Academy. The Board includes a number of former elite athletes and leaders in the Queensland sporting community.
Tracy Stockwell OAM (Chair of the Board)
- Past President of Womensport Queensland and a Board member for the Queensland Events Corporation
- Former member of the Brisbane City Council Advisory Committee
- Captained the United States Swimming Team at the 1984 Olympics, where she won three gold medals
- Held five world records in swimming
- Member of the US Olympic, International Swimming and International
- Women's Sports Halls of Fame.
Daphne Pirie MBE (Deputy Chair)
- Vice Patron of Hockey Queensland and University Queensland Sport, a Director of Queensland Events - Gold Coast, Advisory Board member of Queensland Sporting Wheelies and Founding President of Womensport Queensland.
- Former Vice Captain of the Australian Hockey Team, Australian ranked track and field athlete, Captain of the Queensland Hockey and Athletics Teams, Queensland Country Golf Champion and international hockey referee
- Currently a world-ranked masters athlete, with eight gold medals from international competition
- Holds life memberships with Hockey Australia, Women's Hockey Australia and Hockey Queensland
- Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame Inductee.
Professor Joe Baker AO, OBE, FTSE, MSc, PhD, DSc(Hon), FRACI, C. Chem
- Chief Scientific Advisor for Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Honorary Research Associate of the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Adjunct Professor at James Cook University
- Chairman of the Gulf of Carpentaria Fisheries Management Advisory Committee and the Cardwell-Hinchinbrook Regional Advisory Committee on Coastal Zone Management
- Inducted as one of the five inaugural Queensland Greats in June 2001
- Former Queensland rugby league player and coach of North Queensland, Townsville and James Cook University.
Bruce Hatcher
- Partner, BDO Kendalls Chartered Accountants
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Taxation Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Management and the Institute of Company Directors
- Former Chairman of the Lang Park Trust
- Former Director of Queensland Rugby League
- Chairman of the Easts Leagues Club Limited
- Director of MTQ Insurances Ltd.
John Maclean MBE, BE, BEcon, FIE Aust.
- Managing Director of Development Planning Pty Ltd trading as Maclean and Associates
- Former positions include President of Queensland Cricket Ltd and the Tattersalls Club, Director of the Advisory Board for Brisbane Water, member of the Board of Governers for the American Chamber of Commerce, Director of Youth Enterprise Trust and Chairman of Brisbane Light Rail
- Played more than 100 games for the Queensland Cricket Team, 32 of these as Captain
- Played three unofficial Tests against New Zealand and four Tests against England for the Australian Cricket Team
- Served as a Queensland players' representative to the Australian Cricket Board
Vicki Wilson OAM
- A Director of Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- Former Australian Netball Captain
- Played 104 international netball games and won three World Championship and one Commonwealth Games gold medal
- Played 154 netball games for Queensland and was captain for 11 years
- Member of Australian Sporting Hall of Fame
- Life member of Netball Queensland
Paul Travis MEd, BSc, Grad Cert Ed, DipT, JP
- Former Deputy Chairman, North Queensland Toyota Cowboys National Rugby League Club
- Advisor for various sporting teams and associations past and present, including PNG Rugby League, Cairns Taipans National Basketball team, Malaysia Cricket Council National Team
- Academic advisor and lecturer - Human movement studies, James Cook University, Townsville
- Worked on major events and provided event management for various national and internationl sporting projects including Rugby League World Cup, Rugby World Cup, Sydney Olympic games to name a few
- Named the 2001 Volunteer of The Year: Premier's Award for Services to Sport, Education and Business in Regional Queensland
David Lutteral
- QUT Journalism Graduate with over ten years experience covering local, national and international sport
- Started on commercial radio in 1996 and has since worked with 4BC and 2UE on projects including the World Athletics Championships in 1999 and the Sydney 2000 Olympics
- Known for his on-field Master of Ceremonies appointments David has appeared at the Goodwill Games and World Athletics Championships in 2003
- More recently appeared on field and as commentator at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games and the 2007 FINA World Championships.
- More commonly known for his sport updates and current position on the Nova 106.9 breakfast team and regular appearances on The Footy Show, Luttsy has also worked extensively with the QAS previously as a guest speaker and MC of events and ceremonies
Professor Greg Bamber BSc (hons), PhD, FAIM, FCMI, FCIPD, FANZAM
- Adjunct Professor, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Queensland
- Professor, Monash University, Melbourne
- Visiting Professor, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Member, Editorial Boards of a dozen international refereed journals
- Former positions include: Former President, International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management; (IFSAM) President, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management; Director, Australian National Business School, Limited Professor: Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, University of Queensland, and Durham University, UK.
- Research expertise in:
- Employment relations and human resources management, especially international and comparative perspectives
- Organisational and technological change
- High-involvement/high-performance/high-commitment management strategies and 'smart workplaces'
- Teaches in the areas of:
- Managing People and Human Resources
- Negotiations and Dispute Settlement
Ray Epstein OAM, B Comm CA
- Currently Chief Executive Officer of the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association and Australian Paralympic Committee Head Coach for Powerlifting
- Represented Australia at 12 international competitions for weightlifting/powerlifting, including the Seoul and Barcelona Paralympic Games (was Team Captain for Barcelona)
- Queensland Sporting Wheelies Coach of the Year 1998,2004, 2006
- Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to people with a disability and the sport of weightlifting
- Member of selection panel for 2008 Brisbane City Council Olympic Awards
Ruth Brown - Acting Deputy Director-General, Sport and Recreation Serivces
Last Updated: 10 11 2009
