Board members

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2017 VUPA Board - stay tuned for photo updates on the 2019 Board

Rachel Brisbane
President

Jeremy Yap
Vice-President

Neelam Yadav
Secretary

Vanessa Alile
Treasurer

Ruwangi Fernando
Equity & Diversity Officer

Omella Jayasinghe
Events Officer

Carmelina Monea
Volunteer Administrator

Vacant
Social Media Officer

Meet Your 2019 VUPA Board Members

Rachel Brisbane

President

Course – Doctor of Business Administration
College & Campus – Business, City Flinders
Languages – English, Auslan
What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2019?
I would like to see greater transparency on SSAF and achieve a fantastic end of year function for postgrads. I'd like to see closer collaboration with the other postgrad associations and our peak body, CAPA.
Something interesting about me? I love to travel off the beaten track, places like Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and Bhutan.

Jeremy Yap

Vice President

Course – Masters of Exercise Physiology (Minor Thesis option)
College & Campus – Sport and Exercise Science Footscray Park
Languages – English
What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads?
I would like to foster a greater community atmosphere and collaboration amongst postgrads
Something interesting about me? I attended university for the first time at the age of 42

Neelam Yadav

General Secretary

Course – Masters of Public Health
College & Campus – Health & Bioscience, St Albans
Languages – Hindi, English
Something interesting about me? My interests are reading books, painting, photography and listening to music. Apart from this, I love travelling. At the end of this year, I want to start my PhD in public health.

Ruwangi Fernando

Equity & Diversity Officer

Course – Doctor of Philosophy
College & Campus – College of Engineering and Science, Footscray Park Campus
Languages – English, Sinhalese, Tamil
What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads in 2019? I would like to give a voice postgrad students of different equity groups within Victoria University. I like to organize some events for international students and women in our postgraduate community.
Something interesting about me? I love to learn about different cultures, travel around Australia and meet and engage with like-minded people.

Omella Jayasinghe

Events Officer

Course – Masters of Business Accounting
College & Campus – Business, City Flinders
Languages – English, Sinhalese, elementary French
I'm interested in...collaborating with other societies and schools at Vic Uni and external organisations to take VUPA to the next level.

Vanessa Alile

Treasurer

Course – Masters of Business Accounting
College & Campus – Business, City Flinders
Language – English
I'm interested in... connecting with the postgraduate community

Carmelina Monea

Volunteer Administrator

Course –
College & Campus –
Languages – English
What do I want to achieve for VU postgrads?
Something interesting about me?