Greg Lindsay AO

Executive Director and Founder of The Centre for Independent Studies

While studying philosophy at Macquarie University in the early 1970s, Mr Lindsay became interested in the ideas underpinning a free and open society. A maths teacher by training, Mr Lindsay taught for some years at Richmond High School in Western Sydney, and while there, founded the Centre in 1976. Since then, he has overseen the development of CIS into Australia's largest independent think tank covering the three major policy areas – economic, social and international.
He has been active in the international liberal movement and is a former President of The Mont Pelerin Society (www.montpelerin.org). He is a member of the Council of Macquarie University.

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Accounts Manager

Cathleen Ly

Cathleen has a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Certified Practising Accountant.  Cathleen has extensive experience as an Account Manager having worked for many years for Optus and then a medical centre.
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Designer and Production Manager

Ryan Acosta

Ryan has been working as a desktop publisher since 2004 and joined the CIS in 2010 where he is able to combine desktop publishing with graphic design work.

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Development Manager

Diana Kennedy

Di Kennedy is the CIS Development Manager. If you have any questions about opportunities regarding coporate donations or sponsorship or foundation support please feel free to contact her. Di has a strong background in the corporate environment, having worked for many years in the finance industry and most recently with the National Australia Bank. She has recently worked overseas for UBS Business Banking. Di has a Masters of Business Administration from the Open University, Milton Keynes, England.

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Editor and Publications Manager

Mangai Pitchai

Mangai has a Master of Philosophy and an Associate’s degree in Journalism. She has a range of experience starting with high school teaching, then various editing positions in newspapers in the USA and India. Since moving to Australia, Mangai has worked for LexisNexis, McGraw-Hill, and has helped edit various websites.
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Events Manager

Meegan Cornforth

With more than fifteen years’ experience in event management, marketing and public relations, Meegan has had an interesting and varied career working for organisations such as the Australian National Maritime Museum, the Australian Human Resources Institute, the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, and the Investigator Science and Technology Centre. Prior to joining CIS in January 2008, Meegan freelanced as a writer and editor of corporate materials and non-fiction books, and spent two years living in Argentina.

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Executive Assistant and Events Assistant

Cassandra Deon

Cassandra has a Bachelor of Art majoring in Art History from the University of South Florida, Tampa. FL. Before moving to Sydney Cassandra lived in Darwin for 3 years where she became very involved in the arts community working as an Exhibition Manager.  Cassandra has also collaborated on various community programs with Indigenous artists in Arnhem Land and New Zealand’s North Island.

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Office Administration

Alicia Kinsey

Alicia has joined the CIS to take up the part-time front desk administration role. She comes to us with strong administrative experience, her last position being the Office Manager for The Sports Physio Clinic. Alicia has a Bachelor of Social Science and a Post Graduate Certificate in Policing Intelligence and Counter-terrorism.
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Office Administration

Kerri Evans

Kerri joined the CIS  to take up the part-time front desk administration role. A teacher by training, Kerri has also gained great experience in administration having worked for many years as the Education and Community Relations Co-ordinator for the Sydney Attractions Group.
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General Manager and Student Program Coordinator

Jenny Lindsay

Jenny is the General Manager at the CIS.  In additional to that role she coordinates the Liberty and Society student program which is a unique conference program that allows university students to immerse themselves in classical liberal ideas.

She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of NSW and worked for many years in management positions in the retail industry and then running her own consulting and training business specialising in the retail market. Before joining the CIS, she also owned and ran Commentary Books, a specialised mail-order book business.
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Communications Manager

Aimee Cornelius

Aimee is the CIS Communications Manager.  She is responsible for the dissemination to media outlets of all CIS research and events. She also runs our social media which includes our blog incise, our Facebook and Twitter accounts.   
Aimee was previously a Research and Communications Officer at the NSW Minerals Council.  She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and International Studies from The University of Technology.

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Phone: 0411 759 934

Membership Manager

Bronwyn Nolan

Bronwyn is our Membership Manager. If you have any questions about becoming a member of the CIS, donating or subscribing to Policy magazine Bronwyn would be happy to speak to you.  Bronwyn has 25 years experience in office administration in both the public and private sectors and has a BA (English) from the University of New South Wales.
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