Jan Fitzgerald
CEO
Jan’s diverse executive career has encompassed retail, banking, government, consulting, operations, accounting and sustainability. For the past 25 years, her roles have had sustainability/ESG at their heart, and she is passionate about making a difference in this world. Jan has a strong and successful history of collaboratively shaping and embedding sustainability and carbon reduction strategies and delivering social and community outcomes in organisations across many sectors.
Jan is also a non-executive director and board chair and has served on many boards including in the sports sector. She is currently Chair of Destination Gippsland, independent director of Think Water, and independent member on the Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority.
In her spare time Jan is a keen runner, skier, and cyclist, and loves camping and hiking in the great outdoors. She is passionate about working with SEA’s sporting community to deliver positive outcomes for this world we all love to play in.
Zandy Powell
Membership & Programs Manager
Zandy joins SEA with a perfect mix of experience in waste, recycling and sport development.
Her first career was in sport, including working as a PE teacher and in sport development at Little Athletics Victora, where she oversaw the Association’s Schools’ Athletics program. In 2003, she commenced work in government educational and engagement roles, where she worked for more than 20 years to support municipal waste management and resource recovery across Melbourne.
Her roles have included expanding and managing membership-based networks, organising training and networking events, identifying partnership opportunities and delivering projects to members and target audiences to reduce waste, increase resource recovery, and improve recycling. This includes a broad focus on public place recycling, circularity and reuse approaches.
Outside of work, Zandy enjoys hiking, dancing, travel and enjoying family time. She is excited about working with SEA to expand and support our members to implement sustainable practices and to protect our places to play for the future.
Sarah McCully
Head of Marketing and Communications
Sarah comes to SEA as an experienced General Manager and business owner with 25 years’ experience within both marketing and sales. This experience divided between the corporate, contractor and agency environments have provided her with the ability to assist organisations to realise their brand or company's true potential by devising and implementing effective strategy.
Sarah’s passion of sport and adventure; she’s a keen sailor, runner, cyclist and hiker, coupled with her passion and enthusiasm to live a sustainable and low impact lifestyle makes her a great fit for SEA and she’s excited about the opportunity to combine all of her loves to make a real difference in protecting the places that we all play in.
Natasha Nosiara
Research Volunteer
Natasha is studying a Bachelor of Science at Monash University. To engage further with environmental awareness she joined SEA in 2021 to use her knowledge to give back to the sporting communities she cherishes.
As a Netball and Badminton coach, Natasha enjoys pursuing her passion for sport. She is also an AFL fan and looks forward to family road trips to watch hockey tournaments.
She is particularly interested in understanding how scientific concepts can be conveyed to broad audiences to encourage environmental engagement.
Divya Gupta
Volunteer
Divya is originally from India and has fallen in love with Australia. She enjoys camping and hiking in the forest, or white-water rafting in the rivers.
Divya has an MBA and Master of Commerce from Deakin University and has experience working as a E-Business consultant, Management Consultant, and Internal Auditor.
While currently working full time as a Business Analyst Divya has an exuberant energy to give back to the community and preserve this beautiful world. In her free time, Divya likes exploring new adventures. The latest ones are Irish dancing and Krav Maga. Divya’s hobbies are inclusive of but not limited to dancing, painting, writing, and cooking new vegetarian recipes.
Monica Chen
Administration and Research Volunteer
Monica is a student at RMIT University studying Environmental Science and Business (Management). With her deep appreciation for nature, she enjoys spending her time outside and capturing it on a camera, especially the rainy days. Some of her passions include going for a run, playing badminton, sketching and doing something creative.
Monica is looking to expand her knowledge and ways on how she can help the planet and her community by volunteering at SEA. She is pursuing to experience more of this vast world.