Scott Wilson-Director
Scott's background is one of poly drug use and he spent considerable amounts of time and effort to give up illicit drugs and alcohol. Scott's youth was spent misusing and abusing alcohol and other drugs, which bought him into both law enforcement and health agencies constantly. The Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc have employed Scott since November 1993. In 1994 Scott was appointed Acting Director and in 1995 he became the Director a position he has had ever since. Since working at ADAC, Scott has led a drug free lifestyle and has bought his background of abuse into being, where ADAC now has a harm minimisation focus. Scott’s commitment and involvement in Indigenous substance misuse sees him in a variety of structures and committees. Deputy Chairperson of the Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Foundation (AERF) 2001 - , (appointed by the Prime Minister) Deputy Chairperson National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (formerley the National Drug Strategy Reference Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 1997 -, (Ministerial appointment) Council Member and Executive member of the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD), 1998 – 2007 (appointed by the Prime Minister) Executive Director of the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA), 1997 - 2005 Ministerial appointment onto the National Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Health Council 2001 - 2004 Ministerial Appointment National School Drug Education Committee 2001 - 2004 National Inhalants Taskforce 2004 - 2006 Board Member National Drug Research Institute 1997 - 2003 Board Member National Centre for Education and Training in Addictions 1998 – 2002 National Cannabis Strategy Taskforce 2004 – 2005 National Illicit Drug Strategy State Reference Committee (SA) 1998 - National Illicit Drug Strategy Media Campaign Reference Committee 1998 - And a variety of other National and State committees. Scott’s involvement was recognized in 1997 by ADCA in receiving the ADCA Australia Day Award and in 2003 was a recipient of the Australian Centenary Medal.
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Helen Wilson-Office Manager
Helen has been at ADAC since 1995. As the Office Manager Helen has a number of roles. She is responsible for the finances of ADAC, which includes payroll obligations, facilitation of grant moneys and financial acquittals. Helen is also responsible for the general supervision of administration. Another role, that seems to be growing, is the production of ADAC resources. These include ADAC Annual Report, posters, leaflets, and the Petrol Sniffing and Other Solvents Manual as well as the Petrol Sniffing Video, in more recent times the Meth Comic. FASD has been an area that has grown with the FASD poster the FASD flipchart and leaflet also Alcohol and your health DVD. Helen role has grown she is now responsible for the ADAC Website.
Sofia Rivera-Administration/ Finance Officer
Sofia comes from El Salvador in Central America. She has been in Australia for 13 years. Sofia began work at ADAC as a volunteer 7 years ago while she was studying an Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Business Administration. Sofia is now employed as Administration/ Finance Officer. Her financial duties include accounts payable and receivable, monthly Business Activity Statements, data entry to MYOB, travel allowance payments and bank reconciliation. Sofia is also responsible for the maintenance of ADAC's office equipment, maintaining the ADAC assets register for insurance purposes and setting up and maintaining several of the internal ADAC databases.
Geoffrey Hawkins-Research Administration / Officer
Geoffrey is part of ADAC administration team. Geoffrey's main responsibilities is distributing and tracking the many ADAC resources. Also he is responsible for taking minutes for ADAC meetings including the Executive, Annual General Meeting and conferences. He also provides displays of resources at conferences and special events, and organises resources for project staff.
Tamara Colson (Tammy)-Administration Officer
Tammy grew up in Ernabella with her Dad and Grandparents for 7 years of her childhood and then was sent to Yirara College in Alice Springs to start high school. Tammy then moved to Meningie with her aunty and went to high school there for about 2 months. While she was in Adelaide for the weekend, Tammy’s Mum came and took me to Whyalla to live with her. Then she went to Stuart High School and completed my year 8, 9 and 10. I then moved over to Edward John Eyre High School and completed my year 11.
Jimmy Perry-Makin' Tracks Project Officer
Jimmy is one of two Indigenous drug and alcohol workers in the Makin Tracks team. Jimmy's heritage is Ngarrindjerri/ Arrernte. Jimmy's main role is to travel to communities that invite the Makin' Tracks team to work with them to address substance misuse issues within the communities.
Byron Wright-Diversion Liaison Officer
Byron is an Aboriginal man from the town of Mungindi, which is 800 kilometers inland on the NSW-QLD border. He grew up in the suburb of Riverwood and later Liverpool in the western suburbs of Sydney. Byron is the Diversion Liaison Officer with the Police Drug Diversion Project at ADAC.
Billy Wilson-Family Mentor Project Officer
Based in Murray Bridge South Australia, the Family Mentor Project aims to train family mentors who will be able to assist other family members to address issues such as drug use, domestic violence, financial difficulties as well as physical and mental health problems.
Sharon Drage-Project Officer
I am a Maori woman from the Ngai Tahu people on the South Island of New Zealand where I was born and raised. I came to live in this beautiful country in 1979 and have raised my own children here. I have been working at the Hepatitis C Council of South Australia as an Educator in a part time capacity for 3 and a half years and have been working here at ADAC also part time as a Project Officer for 18 months.
Isabella Norvil-Indigenous Elder
Isabella is a Ngarrindjerri women from Murray Bridge. Isabella joined ADAC in Murray Bridge in 1996 and 1997 to address the appalling levels of suicide and premature death being experienced by the community at that time. Isabella moved on to be ADAC chairperson. Isabella is a member of the NACSP Board National Advisory Council for Suicide Prevention and SA Aboriginal Health Council Ethics Research Committee for the past 8years. Isabella sits on many other comittees eg the Granny's Group.
Warren Miller-Makin' Tracks Project Officer
Warren is the other makin' Tracks worker
Karl Telfer-Spirit Festival - Artistic Director
Karl Telfer - Artistic Director of the 2008 Spirit Festival
Katie Perry-Project Officer
Young Nungas Yarning Together is funded by the National Illicit Drug Strategy, Community Partnership Initiative and Youth Empowerment Grant, Office for Youth. Young Nungas Yarning Together is a partnership between Aboriginal Drug & Alcohol Council and Parks Community Health Service. I am based at the Parks Community Health Service, Trafford Street, Angle Park. The program is jointly overseen by Sharon Bax, Parks Community Health Service and Scott Wilson, CEO ADAC.
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