Scholarship council
The Mary Jane Lewis Scholarship council is a team of motivated professionals, passionate about helping young women achieve their educational goals. Our diverse group has experience in management, finance, marketing, government, sales, human resources and more, as well as a former recipient of the Mary Jane Lewis Scholarship. Learn more about each member of the MJL Scholarship Foundation council below.
Scholarship council
Fiona Reed is a Non-Executive Director with experience on several boards. She is the Chair of the Mary Jane Lewis Foundation of which she has been a scholarship trustee since 2008. Fiona joined the board of Gippsland Grammar in 2021 and is a member of the Flinders Golf Club governing Committee.
Previously, Fiona has been on the RACV Superannuation Board and the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Board. She also reported to the Council of La Trobe University. Fiona has broad and deep experience as a Senior Executive in large organisations across a range of sectors. She has also worked as a management consultant for two global consulting firms: Accenture and Mercer. Fiona began her career as a secondary teacher and she was most recently the Executive Director of Human Resources at La Trobe University.
Anastasia is a former recipient of the Mary Jane Lewis Scholarship and currently an Infrastructure and Mining Manager for Mainmark Ground Engineering. She has over a decade of experience working in the mining, building/construction and civil construction sectors.
Anastasia is passionate about women in underrepresented industries and empowering young women to achieve their greatest potential. She is also a mum to two young girls,and wants to show her daughters everything they can to achieve in this world.
As a Mary Jane Lewis alumnus, Anastasia has first-hand experience of the challenges faced by some of our young people – with a childhood exposed to drug addiction, mental illness, foster care and personal health challenges. Nothing brings her more joy than meeting the brilliant young minds this scholarship exposes to her to, helping them succeed into tomorrow.
Sarah is an emerging leader across not-for-profit, government and education sectors. Currently a Marketing and Communications Coordinator at the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and Chair of the Professional Staff Conference at the University of Melbourne, and Chief Executive Officer at Young Australians in International Affairs.
She sits on multiple advisory boards including UNICEF Child Rights Taskforce and The Centre of Youth Policy and Education Practice at Monash University. Outside of work, Sarah mentors young people across Australia and is a freelance communications consultant. With a passion for empowering the next generation of leaders, Sarah’s goal is to become a global leader and enact sustainable change around the world.
Julia is a financial markets and investment professional with over 20 years’ experience. She is an Executive Director of UBS and was previously with the Macquarie Group in both London and Melbourne. She has led industry-wide initiatives around diversity in finance and also has a strong history in philanthropy, from board level to mentoring a number of award-winning social entrepreneurs. Julia is a Non-Executive Director of Phantm, an innovative natural materials start-up company.
Amongst her qualifications, Julia holds an Arts (economics) degree from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from the University of Oxford.
To get in touch with the MJL Scholarship Foundation council, call us on 03 8623 5000.