Mazz Scannell – Acting President
Mazz Scannell’s first career was teaching followed by many years of business experience with clients ranging from big corporates, to government and SMEs. The technical skills and business knowledge gained in Human Resources, Personal Development, Event Planning and Management means that Mazz has a diverse skill set including: skilled project coordinator and manager, capable of managing complex programs & multiple projects simultaneously. Proven track record of successful product & project introductions & implementations. Most importantly Mazz is a relationship builder with individuals and teams.
She has graduated twice from Victoria University (Education and Psychology) and more recently from Massey University with a Masters in Journalism and Communication with distinction.
Mazz’s attitude can be described as someone who gets on with it. She likes to make things happen. Instead of getting bogged down by the problems, she stays focused on the solutions.
Outside of work, she has had extensive experience in governance with voluntary organisations; as Member of the Board of Trustees Wellington College, President of the Wellington College “College Mothers”, President of the Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden, as well as serving on numerous school boards.
Trevor Jeffries – Vice President
Trevor has spent much of his working life in education, with twenty years as a primary and intermediate school principal. He served as president of the combined Horowhenua Principals Association and as a trustee on the Life To The Max collaborative interagency project.
He later worked as a senior leadership coach and mentor. Trevor is currently an ambassador for the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute.
Now retired, he likes to spend time on the local waters near his bach in Kinloch when not in Wellington.
Tim Steel – Treasurer
Tim qualified as an accountant with a BCA from Victoria University. He was a taxation manager with a major accounting firm, a significant bank, insurance companies and fund managers. He is currently providing taxation and accounting services to a wide variety of clients and is also the treasurer and adviser to a number of non-profit and charitable organisations. He enjoys playing tennis, skiing, reading and an occasional bike ride when the weather permits.
Nicola Kirkup – Secretary
Nicola graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford with a Bachelor’s degree in Oriental Studies, solemnly vowed never to take another examination, and subsequently went on to obtain a Master’s in Business Administration from the Imperial College, London and diplomas in Astronomy and Physical Sciences from the Open University. She emigrated to New Zealand after twenty years of this and that for the civil service in London and Brussels and retired in 2018 after nine years of this and that for the New Zealand Treasury. She is a member of Wellington City Chorus, currently the world champion mid-size women’s barbershop group, and the Wellington Late Starters’ Orchestra who will never win any prizes but provide entertainment and achievement for beginner and rusty instrumentalists. With partner Rory she forms the nucleus of an erratic pub quiz team.
Dr Richard Norman
Richard Norman’s work background was teaching and research at Victoria University’s School of Business and Government, particularly human resources and public sector management. Since retiring in 2020 he has enjoyed spending more time on long standing interests in heritage, museums and music, including Historic Places Wellington and Friends of Te Papa. Visits during 2023 to a variety of museums and display spaces in the United States, Britain and Netherlands have reinforced this interest, and provided a reminder of how ground-breaking Te Papa (and many New Zealand museums) are internationally in their presentation of New Zealand’s culture and history.
Ann Walker
Ann recently retired as Development Officer of Scots College in Wellington and was co-opted on to the Executive Committee this year. She brings to her new role many years of experience in stakeholder engagement and stewardship and aligned events. In 2019 the Independent Schools of New Zealand awarded Ann an Honours Award for Service to Development & Advancement.
Ros Fogel
Wellington-born Rosalene (Ros) Fogel works for Victoria University of Wellington as the Senior Fundraising Manager responsible for Bequests and Special Projects. Her role includes helping raise funds for the New Zealand School of Music – Te Kōkī, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery and Wai-te-ata Press to grow support for their various programmes. After graduating in 1999 from Whitireia Polytechnic with a diploma in publishing, Ros went on to work as Publishing Manager for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, followed by Senior Marketing Advisor at Housing New Zealand.
Her active involvement in music led to a fundraising role for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and National Youth Orchestra. She is a member of the Orpheus Choir of Wellington and has served on the Board and committee. A keen photographer, hiker, golfer, and baker Ros also enjoys year-round ocean swimming.
Colleen Restieaux
Colleen is a Wellingtonian, former primary school teacher and principal, now enjoying new opportunities that retirement from full time work offers.
She is currently a coordinator with Doc Edge, a not-for-profit annual international documentary film festival.
Colleen does some voluntary work, primarily as a volunteer and supervisor of the Wellington City Ambassador Program, run by WellingtonNZ and i-SITE.
Her interests include travel (mainly pre covid), arts, culture, especially diversity, similarity and social change. And, of course, museums!
Regular coffee and catching up with friends over food, random reading and Tai Chi are important aspects of life too.
Colleen believes that communication, collaboration and openness to change are important aspects of life for our times.
Elizabeth Goodwin
Elizabeth started her working life as a journalist, before working in leadership roles in NGOs and government. She is skilled at developing new projects and programmes and introducing innovative ways to reach and engage people. Her recent work has included working with people who are often marginalised by large complex systems. These include parents of disabled children, people living in poverty, women parenting alone and people with chronic illness. She has a Master of Design which focused on social co-design.
Elizabeth has been connected with museums for most of her life. Her mother helped set up The Mabel Binny Cottage museum in Fairlie, South Canterbury, and Elizabeth and her siblings spent many summers showing people through the small house. She was at the opening of Te Papa and marvels at the numbers and diversity of people who continue to support it.
Elizabeth lives in Wellington where she has a wide network of friends and whānau. She swims regularly and is one of the few people still enthusiastically baking sourdough bread after the COVID lockdowns. Elizabeth was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2022.