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NATSIEC Commissioners 2007-2010

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NATSIEC Commissioners from L-R Lurleen Blackman (Uniting), Elsie Heiss (Catholic), Sealin Garlett (Uniting), Peter Wallace (Lutheran), John Henderson (former NCCA General Secretary, Lutheran), Saibo Mabo (Anglican), Graeme Mundine (NATSIEC Exec. Sec. Catholic), Jim Leftwich (Anglican), Lala Leftwich (Not commissioner, Anglican), Adrian Kistan (Salvation Army), Melissa Brickell (Catholic). Not pictured: Tahnia Mossman, Lutheran, Max Wright and Darren Wighton, Churches of Christ.

Commissioner Profiles

	Bishop Saibo Mabo - Chairperson Anglican I am a Torres Strait Islander. I am a Bishop in the Anglican Church in the Torres Strait region of the North Queensland Diocese. My wife is Sania May Mabo and I have 2 sons Clifford Saibo Mabo and Ganomi Palai Mabo. I have done much work in the Torres Strait region to bring unity to the church that split from us. I pray that God will minister to us.
	Sealin Garlett - Deputy Chairperson Uniting Church
	Lurleen Blackman (Executive) Uniting Church Christian Commitment: Member of the UCA for approx 30 years. Music & song leader in local congregation. National UAICC Women’s rep. Secretary of Calvary Presbytery. Work Commitment: Director of Yalga-binbi Institute for Community Development. Personal Commitment: Married to Shayne with 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Involved in various community & traditional/cultural commitments relating to broader family issues.
	Elsie Heiss (Executive) Catholic Church
	Bishop James Leftwich Anglican I am married to Lala, we have 2 children (girl and boy). They both have a girl and a boy each. I am Aboriginal and Lala is a Torres Strait Islander. My ministry is to Aboriginal people by and large and some Torres Strait Islanders living on the mainland. My role is Assistant Bishop of North Queensland, Director of Aboriginal Ministry in the North Queensland diocese and National Aboriginal Bishop to the Aboriginal community in Australia.
	Melissa Brickell Catholic Church
	Max Wright Churches of Christ
	Pastor Darren Wighton Churches of Christ
	Peter Wallace Lutheran Church I work as Life Promotion Officer for the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Council.
	Tahnia Mossman Lutheran Church
	Adrian Kistan Salvation Army I am the Indigenous Ministry Consultant with The Salvation Army. I live and work out of Moree NSW with much of our work being with the Gamilaroy people. My work has a strong emphasis on building capacity within Indigenous communities to be all that God as destined for them, with a particular focus on youth and children.