Volunteer Excellence Awards

Recognising Excellence in our Volunteers

Our Volunteer Excellence Awards recognise volunteers that have gone above and beyond for our organisation, our mentees, and the LGBTQIA+ community. They honour outstanding results, professionalism, hard work and empathy towards our community.

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Frances Gamble

Volunteer Excellence Award Winner 2019

“The rigour and commitment she brings to the team has been inspiring. She is always there to support each team member and has mentored everyone in the team in what it means to be a good leader! She has kept the state on track and kept the heat on to make sure we are delivering maximum impact. “

“Frances has rebuilt the Victorian state team from a small handful of volunteers into the largest state team in Out for Australia. She has led from the front with passion, determination and commitment, and leaves behind very big shoes to fill!

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Shinta Kirpilani

Volunteer Excellence Award Winner 2019

“Autonomous, diligent and thorough in all her work, and brought a level of professionalism to everything she does. On top of her work in finance, she has been a keen contributor to the NSW State team.”

“Shinta is always the first to offer her help, extraordinarily reliable and doesn’t shy away from any challenge.”

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Ben Tang

Volunteer Excellence Award Winner 2019

“Cares deeply about giving back to the community. Has been doing consistently great work for over 18 months and is the most deserving people in the organisation for this recognition.”

“Always really prompt with design requests and always produces amazing work. He is also really organised and motivated has some great ideas!”

Out for Australia CEOs

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Matt Yeldam

Ex-CEO

Matt was the first CEO of Out for Australia.

Matt is a Senior Policy Advisor with the NSW Government. 

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Luke Furness

Ex-CEO

Luke was the second CEO of Out for Australia.

Luke is a Senior Associate in the litigation team at Clayton Utz. 

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Emily Scott

Ex-CEO

Emily was the third CEO of Out for Australia.

Emily is a Senior Consultant at Nous Group and holds a Bachelor of Laws and Science from USYD.

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