Tony Abbott – Honorary President

LLB (Adel) BCL (Oxf), Lawyer, Chairman of partners of Piper Alderman since 1999, former president of Law Society of SA, former President of Law Council of Australia, Board member Multiple Sclerosis Australia, Board member of The Society for 27 years, Honorary President since 2005.  

Alan Scott – Honorary Vice President/Treasurer

Board member since 1999, principal of BRI Ferrier, a national affiliation of specialist insolvency practices and member of the South Australian committee of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia.  

Graeme Warnock

A Board member since 2006. Graeme has worked in senior managerial positions in the wine, food and airport industries over many years. For the last 15 years he has worked in similar roles in the not-for-profit sector, and is currently a self-employed consultant and advisor to a number of not-for-profit organisations. He brings a wealth of business experience to the Board, holds a degree in Accounting and is involved in several community organisations.  

Mark Taplin

A Board member since 2006, Mark lives and works in Victor Harbour, and has had MS for about 12 years. His three boys all have a disability, and he is extremely passionate about the plight of people living with a disability in SA. Mark has also been an MS advocate at a national level.  

Josie Huppatz

Josie’s background is in education. She has been involved in teaching and administration and consultancy for over 30 years, in country and city schools. In more recent years she has also been involved in organisations providing aged care, residential accommodation for people with intellectual disability and residential care for people who are homeless. Her present work is as school chaplain, mentor to school staff in leadership positions and as a counsellor in private practice. She has been on the Board for four years.  

Max Harris

Max Harris became a Board member in July 2011. Max has worked in the financial services industry for over 55 years. He has served as Director on the inaugural Board of National Insurance Brokers Association of Australia, Chairman of the Directors of Protection and Superannuation Planners (now Millennium3 Financial Services), on the Board of the Adelaide Convention Centre, Chairman of the Adelaide Clipsal Giants Baseball Club, Board Member of the Salvation Army Business Development Board and as Executive Chairman of Max Harris & Associates. He is currently Executive Chairman of Maximum Wealth Advisors, and Director of Bernie Lewis Home Loans, Bernie Lewis Wealth Management and Bernie Lewis Group.