ConneXtions is fortunate to have a highly qualified Board of Directors who support all areas of the organisation to run effectively. Our non-for-profit organisation is proud to have the upmost integrity and governance practices to retain its reputation as one of the most innovation players in this sector.

Toni is a founding Director of ConneXtions, which was established in 2017, after a two-year consultation process with families and people in North East Victoria and Southern NSW interested in supporting people to live a "good life".

Toni supports self–direction and self management and in building people’s knowledge and capacity to live ordinary and typical lives in communities of their choice. She has been actively involved in shaping the disability landscape since her son was born in 1998 and has supported the establishment and development of a range of services, including early intervention, learning and development and capacity building projects across Victoria and NSW. 

Her ongoing learning comes from the people she meets. She maintains her motivation and inspiration by being actively involved as a Director of Belonging Matters, a social inclusion organisation based in Melbourne. 

Toni believes that “the only way to truly alter the disability landscape is one person at a time; through thoughtful and meaningful engagement, participation, and connections with people in our community”.

This commitment to community inclusion and social justice has led to over thirty years of work in community development, research, education and training, service management and service development, within a range of organisations including, local and State Government, Not-for-Profit , Community Service organisations, Community Health, Education and Training organisations and industry Peak bodies , including VIC SERV and the Centre of Excellence in Child and Family Welfare.

Toni has led an organisational development and consultancy company and was contracted by the Community Services and Health Industry Training Board to project manage, design, develop and roll out Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Disability Quality Framework in Victoria between 2009–2012 and provided ongoing quality management and organisational consultancy across Victoria, NSW, and the ACT for over 6 years before returning to North East Victoria to live and shape her own son’s transition to life after school.

Terri Briese is a founding Director of ConneXtions. She is a Certified Practicing Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in Taxation, Accounting and Business Services. Terri is also a Director of Briese Janissen and Associates.

Terri is our financial management expert who is both well equipped and skilled to support ConneXtions to realize both its financial and strategic goals. Her experience, expertise, and commitment to social justice and local services has made her an invaluable member of our senior management team.

Terri has strongly supported ConneXtions in the startup phase, and in the establishment of a robust financial management and business planning process. Terri has worked to ensure that the organisation has strong financial leadership so that it can establish itself, grow, as well as realizing its social outcomes.

Terri oversees and manages the Financial Intermediary and Plan Management processes & practices and supervises our financial management team, as well as the organisation’s overall budget, financial management, and compliance activities.

Wayne is an IT Project Manager having worked for over 35 years in the Banking, Finance and Share Market industries. In the later part of his career he specialised in developing Finance and web systems as well as large system integration, within Australia and overseas.

Following a move to Albury, an opportunity arose to contribute to the inspirational team at ConneXtions. Wayne is working to establish various IT systems and processes to support ConneXtions in delivering quality NDIS services. Wayne has reflected that the move from a purely IT environment to the evolving NDIS program has been challenging and very rewarding.

Supporting the great ConneXtions team, the clients and their extended families continues to be a highlight of Wayne’s move back to the country.