M2M Executive Team
Founder – Tara Hannon
Tara has had over 30 years in new business, IT start ups, bringing innovative medical solutions to market, and helping organisations position themselves to optimise the internet for improved customer relationships and streamlined service delivery, corporate and government consolidations and outsourcing initiatives with IBM, Accenture, SMBs, the ATO, VIC DPD, NRMA, Westpac and multiple agencies in NSW Government. As the mother of triplet girls, one with cerebral palsy and intellectual challenges, she knows first hand the issues faced by parents and children struggling to have a meaningful and connected life in a highly complex world with many service providers, very little in the way of defining the roadmap and services one needs to help their child. M2M was borne out the absence of clearly defined client centred local community support and interaction for teens and parents/carers in the Mild to Moderate world.
Vice President – Victoria Kvisle
Victoria is currently a director of an investment and philanthropic organisation that she’s been involved with for several years. Previously Victoria was Vice President of relationship management. Asia Pacific for Harris Software Systems. Victoria is actively involved in fundraising for Cure Cancer Australia (formerly known as the Jenny Leukaemia Trust, and the Leo & Jenny Leukaemia and Cancer Foundation) for which she received the OAM in 2017. Victoria is also an Ambassador for the CanToo Foundation and the Bill Walsh Translational Cancer Research Laboratory at RNSH. Victoria has three intellectually challenged special needs family members (39 year old twins- niece and nephew and one nephew age 41).
Secretary – Melissa Medlicott
Melissa has over 25 years’ experience as a primary school classroom teacher which she managed alongside representing Australia at two Olympic Games. For the last couple of years she has worked as a teacher in a Learning Support Unit teaching students with Autism. She has furthered her knowledge in this space with a Graduate Certificate in Autism Studies and is currently completing her Masters of Autism Studies at Griffith University. Through her teaching she has also progressed sport as an avenue to assist with education and development for students with special needs. As a mother of two children with Autism she can relate to the difficulties of a parent dealing with the Education and Health Sector to manage the support of children with special needs, and as a teacher understands the systematic difficulties with the current systems. Melissa has volunteered at many community events and also presented to many communities over the last 15 years as an Australia Day Ambassador talking about opportunities that Australia can provide to the community when it sets its mind to it.
Treasurer – Dr Graham Costello
Graham is a Senior Executive with over 20 years experience in information technology leadership roles. More recently he has been involved in IT Transformation within banking and insurance sectors. Experienced people leader with strong strategic thinking ability and an outstanding track record in successfully delivering innovation and large complex projects and change initiatives. Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, DPhil (Oxford), M.Sc. (Comp Sc) UTS, Grad Dip (Bus Comp), B.A. Graham is God Father of a teenager with learning difficulties.
Richard Harris – Public Officer
Richard is an experienced advisor, consultant and director and has held senior roles in Australian and international companies. His expertise covers strategic and operational planning, assessment and review; investment, governance, risk management and benefits realisation; and innovation in the business environment. He has worked extensively with commercial and public sector organisations in Australia, Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America including BHP, British Aerospace, CSR, Philips and IT industry companies such as IBM, Microsoft and Oracle; plus many smaller corporations and growth-focused firms.
Having a developmentally-delayed grandson, he has personal experience of the challenges facing a family living with disability.