Bernard Galbally
Chief Executive Officer
Bernard is a Director of Mana Music Australia Pty Ltd, a music supervision and catalogue management company and is a founding partner and Director of Native Tongue Music Publishing, Australia’s fastest growing music publishing house with offices in Melbourne, Auckland, Los Angeles and London and representing song writers as diverse as Lorde, Courtney Barnet through to Elvis Presley, Tom Waits and Rogers and Hammerstein.
Since moving to Regional Victoria in 2006, Bernard has been actively involved with many community organisations. In addition to this he has held Board positions for not-for-profit groups including The Melbourne International Jazz Festival and The Wantok Musik Foundation. He was on the Community and Research Board of Our Community and was actively involved with the Neminuwarlin Performance Group. Bernard’s skill is taking ideas and working collaboratively to bring them to fruition.
Rebecca Morecroft
Project Manager
Rebecca has both consulted and worked for a range of organisations cutting across non-profit, non-government, and both local and state government. Building on a background in community development, her roles have included the management of grant programs, project management, social research, evaluation and advocacy. Having dedicated a significant portion of her career working in the youth sector, Rebecca has extensive experience utilizing youth participation and engagement methodologies to deliver successful outcomes including program design and development, community consultations, provision of Ministerial advice, development of statewide policy along with evaluation and research projects.
In more recent years, Rebecca has focused her work in the youth mental health space, including working with ReachOut on a project for the NSW Mental Health Commission, the Young and Well CRC and undertaken a range of mental health training including Youth MHFA, ASIST and safeTALK. Rebecca also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Media & History) and Graduate Diploma (International Community Development). Rebecca utilizes her skills and experience to inform her current work, providing valuable insights as she empowers and facilitates communities in the implementation of Live4Life.
Annie Rowland
Community Engagement Coordinator (North, East)
Annie has been working with young people for over 25 years. She has worked across a range of settings including youth support, community development and project management. Annie brings with her a strong youth participation practice. In addition to her work with young people, Annie has extensive experience delivering teen and Youth Mental Health First Aid as a Master Instructor and part of the original team involved in the Mental Health First Aid Australia and the Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Teen MHFA research project in 2013. Annie has a long-standing and dedicated interest in increasing the capacity of rural communities to build partnerships and respond, in meaningful ways, to young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Annie is also currently the Deputy Chairperson of the Macedon Ranges Suicide Prevention Action Group and believes that everybody has a role to play in suicide prevention
Cathryn Walder
Community Engagement Coordinator (Great South Coast)
Cathryn has ten years’ experience working in the youth, education and employment sectors. Cathryn has had significant success in developing and facilitating youth programs, creating strong rapport with young people and supporting youth participation and engagement within her community. Cathryn has also been able to utilise collective impact approaches in project and partnership development , specifically through work and training opportunities with Beyond the Bell.
Prior to joining Youth Live4Life Cathryn was a key partner in the implementation of Live4Life Glenelg from 2016- 2019 and was the lead support for the Crew throughout 2018 and 2019. Having experienced the positive influence Live4Life has had within her community, she has the on the ground experience to help guide other communities through the implementation period.
Cathryn is passionate about encouraging rural communities to work collaboratively to implement local solutions in order to build community resilience. Keen to challenge the status quo when it comes to youth mental health, Cathryn believes that putting youth mental health back into the hands of young people with the support of the wider community will make a difference.