Butterfly Patrons
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Patron
Ms Jacinta Tynan
News Presenter / Columnist / Author
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Jacinta Tynan is a News Presenter with Sky News Australia and worked previously as a Reporter / Presenter with ABC TV. Her first book, ‘Good Man Hunting’ (2005, Random House), a memoir about looking for love in your thirties, received critical acclaim and spurned a popular weekly column for the Sunday Telegraph about contemporary life and love. Her second book, ‘Some Girls Do. My Life as a Teenager’ (2007, Allen and Unwin) is an anthology of female Australian authors writing the true story of their adolescence. All royalties were donated to SISTER2Sister. Jacinta was a Big Sister in 2006 and is now the Program's Patron.
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Nicky Moore began her career as a beauty therapist when she was just 16 years of age. After many years in the industry she continued to study natural therapies, counselling, and other personal interest subjects, before ending up teaching at a private skin care and aesthetics collage in Wollongong.
During this time, the birth of her two children Mikaleigh (6) and Tristan (4), reignited Nicky's childhood passion for writing, and in 2008 Nicky published 'Sistahood- A journal of Self discovery' for young girls. The book, which was co-authored by Nicky and her Big Sister Natalie Bassingthwaighte, was published by ABC books and aims to help young girls set goals for their lives and overcome the obstacles they'll face along the way. It also helps young girls to find happiness in themselves and to respect the differences in those around them.
Having returned to university in 2005, Nicky's studies into Asian Pacific development and politics, took her to Malaysia for six months in 2008, where she studied and travelled through out South East Asia, gaining great insights into the conditions and challenges faced by young girls from very different cultures. Upon returning to Australia, Nicky has just completed the first book of a new fiction series aimed at exploring these issues in an entertaining and youth oriented way. Nicky hopes that through increased understanding of different cultures and experiences, young girls will be better able to appreciate that happiness can be found in any situation if they only believe they can find it.
As a busy mother, writer, full time student, and ambassador for the SISTER2sister foundation, Nicky is proud to support the work of all the incredible women who are helping these at risk teenage girls discover their own happiness. Nicky is also pleased to support NIVEA, and thanks them for their support of SISTER2sister, and their fantastic skin care products.
From U.S. Presidents to Hollywood Royalty to Pop Culture Icons such as George Clooney, and Cameron Diaz— Kathryn has interviewed the biggest names of our time.
This Award-Winning television personality, NBC-journalist and popular magazine columnist is also the author of two international bestselling books, "HOW TO TELL A MAN BY HIS SHOES" and "HOW TO TELL A WOMAN BY HER HANDBAG". Published in 15 countries and ten languages, Kathryn is the youngest Australian author to be awarded a coveted three-book-deal.
She has appeared on nearly every major network including: NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, ABC News, FOX News’ O’Reilly Factor, MSNBC, Extra, VH1 and MTV in the US and The TODAY Show, Morning Show, 9am with David and Kim and A Current Affair within Australia.
Journalistic integrity and professionalism coupled with quick-wit and natural warmth are Kathryn’s trademarks. She quickly established herself as a dependable, well-rounded reporter, covering issues such as: Social Welfare Reforms and Equal Opportunity in the Workforce, fashion (providing the station’s complete NY Fashion Week coverage, film (TriBeCa and New York Film Festival) as well as in-depth human interest stories (Young Heroes of NYC and ‘We Beat the Street’ program).
As the author of two internationally bestselling books Kathryn has toured the world sharing her insights about modern love and life with thousands of women. She has written for some of the nation’s most highly regarded publications.
Prior to her media career, Kathryn enjoyed a successful career as a fashion model, appearing in national campaigns for many of the top swimwear and lingerie brands.
Kathryn attended Moriah College, where she studied Advanced English and History and graduated on the honor roles for General Studies and graduated in the top 0.5 percentile of the state. She went on to graduate with a Bachelors Degree in Communications, majoring in Journalism at the prestigious University of Technology, Sydney. In her final year she was awarded the prize for “Most Outstanding Print Feature”.
Kathryn currently lives in the US, dividing her time between New York, LA and Sydney.
Kathryn is a proud ambassador for SISTER2sister, a life changing organization that mentors ‘at risk’ teenage girls.
For more information please visit: www.KathrynEisman.com
Host of Network Ten’s MasterChef Australia, Sarah Wilson is a recognised media powerhouse.
Sarah is a rare journalist and personality: her career has spanned newspapers, magazines, radio and television and her voice can extend from politics to pop culture. She has contributed 10 opinion columns to the media landscape during her career, her first at the age of 25.
Sarah is known as one of the country’s leading experts on women’s lifestyle and social trends. In addition to her MasterChef role, she currently contributes a lifestyle column in Sunday Life magazine, and is the wellness editor-at-large and columnist for Good Health magazine.
On the television front: she was the fashion editor on Channel 9’s Today Show and a regular social commentator on Nine’s A Current Affair, The Footy Show, Channel Seven’s Sunrise, Today Tonight and SBS’s Insight.
Sarah was appointed editor of ACP/Hearst’s Cosmopolitan at the age of 29
In September 2007, Australian Cosmo entered the Guinness World Book of Records when Sarah staged the largest swimsuit shoot on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Images of 1010 women in pink bikinis, spelling out “Cosmo” beamed around the world.
Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Graduate Diploma in Professional Writing. Sarah grew up on a subsistence-living farm, had her first business at 12 and rode a mountain bike 3000km around the south island of New Zealand one summer. Just for fun.
Kerri Pottharst is without question, one of Australia's most popular female sporting personalities. She is also Australia's most decorated Indoor and Beach Volleyball player, having represented her country for an incredible 22 years!.
When she took up the sport at the age of 15, she hadn't yet dreamed of becoming an Olympic champion.
"I was simply given an opportunity, set myself goals, worked hard and most importantly, I loved every minute of it!"
She also remains the only Australian woman to have played professionally in the world's most prestigious A1 Italian Indoor Volleyball league.
In 1992 a sickening knee injury should have ended her career, but in her typical no-nonsense style she recovered late in 1993, changed her goals to Beach Volleyball and then went on to compete in 3 Olympics and win two Olympic medals.
One of those was Bronze at the Atlanta Olympics and then the Gold that everybody remembers so well, at Bondi Beach during the Sydney 2000 Games.
"It was the ultimate win and after so many personal sacrifices and hardships there was no way I was going to let that moment slip away!!"
She is renowned for being one of the fiercest competitors in the world of Volleyball.
A glance at the statistics indicate that since 1994, Kerri has never been out of the top 10 and rarely out of the top six in International Beach Volleyball events.
Taught to her by the "The Best Beach Coach in the World," Steve Anderson, Kerri's team brought new ideas and moves to Beach Volleyball, which are now being copied by teams from all over the world.
She is an inspiration to her peers in sport and to others in their business, school and personal lives.
"The desire to succeed as a professional athlete and the drive and determination needed to be successful in business and personal relationships draw on similar reserves of courage and skills"
Kerri's vision is to continue to inspire and motivate through her warm and personal Keynote Presentations and her fun, team-building Corporate Days on the beach, beach2xl.
Her presentations provide an entertaining insight into the world of elite sport and the Olympic Games. Her material includes her fight back and struggle to overcome her terrible knee injury, how she turned her Bronze into Gold and how she constantly sets higher goals to achieve success.
She captivates her audience with amazing tales, some of them walking on fire and glass to help her overcome fears and doubts.
Kerri is a dynamic and humorous presenter and will leave audiences with skills and tools to help improve their business and personal lives.
She has her own posters, autograph cards and Olympic memorabilia that can be used during appearances and Corporate Days and makes sure that all autographs and photos are given that personal touch, therefore making everyone present feel special.
