Patrons and Ambassadors
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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.
Melinda Hutchings is a media commentator, author, speaker and coach on the topic of body image and teen issues. She is the author of four books including Why Can't I Look the Way I Want; Overcoming Eating Issues (Allen & Unwin 2009) and It Will Get Better; Finding Your Way Through Teen Issues (Allen & Unwin 2010).
Melinda is an inspiring role model and mentor who is intimately aware of how best to communicate with teenagers and their parents. She was a Finalist in Cosmopolitan’s "Fun Fearless Female" 2009 Awards in the category ‘Inspirational Role Model’ and has presented at several conferences and forums as well as being profiled in mainstream magazines, the metropolitan press and several television & radio programs.
Her website is www.melindahutchings.com
Dr Cindy Pan is a medical practitioner, best-selling author, television presenter and media spokesperson.
She has had many years experience working in general practice as well as sexual health and women's medicine and she has lectured, spoken and written extensively about health, lifestyle and relationship issues. Cindy also practises as a surgical assistant, currently assisting with orthopedic spinal surgery, breast cancer surgery, obstetric surgery, general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery.
She is the author of the best-selling 'Pandora's Box - lifting the lid on life's little nasties' (HarperCollins), a humorous, information-packed book on health, relationships, sex and drugs, as well as 'Playing Hard to Get' (HarperCollins), a light-hearted guide to keeping relationships playful, rewarding and fun.
She writes for newspapers and magazines in Australia and Asia, including a weekly health column in ‘Body and Soul' for Sunday papers all over Australia (‘The Sunday Telegraph', 'The Sunday Herald Sun', 'Sunday Mail' and 'The Sunday Times') and a regular column on relationships in ‘Cleo' magazine in Asia.
She has appeared on a whole host of television shows including ‘Q and A', ‘The Glasshouse', 'Sunrise', 'The Morning Show', ‘Today Show', 'Mums and Bubs', 'The Panel', ‘Beauty and the Beast', ‘Joker Poker', ‘The Super Debates', ‘Hole in the Wall', ‘Good Morning Australia' and ‘Children of the Dragon' (an ABC/BBC miniseries). She was the subject of a television documentary 'The Ties that Bind' in which she and her mother travelled to China in search of their roots.
Cindy has been a Trustee on the Board of the Australian Museum since 2002. She has been an Ausaid Ambassador and she has been the Official Ambassador for Chinese New Year for the City of Sydney since 2000.
Cindy is a Patron for Bonnie Babes Foundation (perinatal medical research and support for families who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth or infertility), Heartkids Australia (support, advocacy and research for babies and children with heart disease), the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the BCNA (Breast Cancer Network Australia) and she is an Ambassador mentor for Make-A-Wish Foundation. Cindy was honoured to be invited to be Medical Ambassador for the National Women's Research Register which was launched in 2010. She is also proud to be an Ambassador and founding coalition board member for Plan International Australia's ‘Because I am a Girl Coalition for Investment in Girls', joining Cherie Blair, Hilary Clinton, Australian Governor General, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, Nelson Mandela's wife and women's rights advocate Graca Machel and managing director of the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in raising awareness about the plight of girls in developing countries and the need to break the inter-generational poverty cycle and oppose exploitation of young women.
Amanda Cole grew up on a vineyard yet doesn’t drink wine, preferring to photograph it instead! She is an author/photographer who has been behind the camera since she was five years old and photographed the Batlow Apple Cookbook. She completed a degree in Psychology at the University of Wollongong and worked in marketing for years before declaring her passion for writing. She writes on the bus, out at dinner, whilst seeing friend’s bands, on long and short flights, pretty much all the time!
After self publishing her Début book late 2008, Amanda Cole has gone on to create her own publishing company called Publishing Book Nerds to help other budding authors become inspired and help with the practicalities, she also released her 2nd work of Fiction You are my Future December 2010.
You are my Future was based on an idea that Amanda had about what it would be like (the real practicalities) of there being two of herself and why that would ever happen. Also, it explores the idea of being able to save another persons life if there was an accident, it also made her aware of the importance of knowing CPR.
St John Ambulance came onboard as a supporter, as although it is a work of fiction, it aims to highlight the importance of being able to save the people you love.
“Imagine if you could team up with your future self and change your present moment. Amanda Cole makes that happen to the point where you wonder if you've been doing it all along without even realising. A dreamy, delightful read that blurs time and forces us to review our role in our own futures” Jacinta Tynan, Author
“A beautiful story about the intricacies of love and connection, and the ache of loss. It reminded me of what it means to love, and to be loved.” Melinda Hutchings, Author
Amanda has traveled across the globe and finds that is where many of her book ideas have come from. Amanda currently lives in Sydney and truly believes in hope and love and is planning on releasing her 3rd book “Who needs Prince Charming” in early 2011. Proceeds from her 2nd and 3rd book are being donated to the SISTER2sister Program.
www.youaremyfuture.com.au
www.whoneedsprincecharming.com.au
www.ihatecinderella.com
Bianca Dye is best known for her role as a morning presenter on Nova 96.9 FM. Bianca
joined Nova in 2001, soon amassed a loyal following and introduced the term 'dirty big
spunk' to popular conversation (following an interview with Bianca, Jamiroquai's lead
singer, Jay Kay, adopted the nickname on tour). While presenting on Nova, she became
the only female radio presenter to win Best Radio Personality in a capital city market
two years in a row, in 2005 and 2006, and was nominated again in 2007. Bianca then left
Nova to travel overseas and develop her breakfast radio career and pursue her dreams of
hosting her own TV show.
Bianca's transition to television began with her appointment as anchor for Access
All Areas on Foxtel's Arena channel. She interviewed many big names, including Quentin
Tarantino, Madonna, Heath Ledger, Daryl Hannah, Ricky Martin and Russell Crowe. In
addition to hosting and interviewing, Bianca worked behind the scenes writing and
producing for the show.
Her cheeky wit and irreverent humour has seen Bianca make regular appearances
on Sunrise, A Current Affair, 20 to 1, Thank God You're Here, Beauty and the Beast, as
a weather presenter on Ten News and Nine News and as the music and entertainment
reporter on Kerri-Anne.
A highly sought-after and talented MC for corporate and industry events, she's hosted
events for Cleo (the Bachelor of the Year with Sarah Murdoch), Myer (Kylie Minogue instore
appearance) and a Commercial Radio Australia special with Sir Bob Geldof, from gigs with
the Governer General to Madonna.
Bianca has been a regular feature writer for the travel section for OK! magazine.
She has also written popular weekly columns in the Daily Telegraph's SLM and NW on life,
love and the joys and perils of flirting via SMS. Her first book, Playing Hard to Get, was
co-written with Dr Cindy Pan, which is also being printed in Romania due to its popularity!
In 2010 Bianca cohosted a live one hour chat show called 'Daily' across Channel 9
WIN Network Australia.
Bianca regularly gives her time to support a number of charities and is a national
ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation alongside Sarah Murdoch, the
Make-a-Wish Foundation and the RSPCA. Bianca also lends her support as an MC and host
for a number of charity events each the year.
