Board Profiles
The Board of the Frankston Business Network is elected from within the membership and are highly experienced people.
The Board are a representative of a diverse range of industry sectors and bring together a wealth of local knowledge, expertise and ambition for the Greater Frankston area.
OUR BOARD MEMBERS 2017 -2018
PRESIDENT:
Kath FerryMy family live locally and regularly utilise the amenities in Frankston. Our head office has just relocated to Frankston CAA, so an overall gain of 20+ new employees to the area! I am keen to use my skills on the FBN Board to contribute to the local area and its aim of advocating on behalf of the businesses in the City of Frankston.
VICE PRESIDENT:
Jim Schaefer
With extensive sales and marketing experience in corporate, medium and small business environments, Jim brings over 35 years of practical, sales and customer-focused experience to every marketing or sales challenge.
Jim runs a successful marketing agency, The Schaefer Group, in Carrum Downs and has been a long term member, committee supporter and sponsor of the Frankston Business Network.
TREASURER
Jason Beare
Being “born and bred” in Frankston and having worked for over 20 years in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, Jason has a particularly keen interest in the area and its surrounds. Jason has seen the transformation in Frankston firsthand over the course of his life and is excited by the progress made and the untapped potential still to unfold.
Jason has been operating as an accountant and advisor at MBA Business Solutions, a boutique accountancy practice in Mornington, for over 16 years and brings with him an awareness of the challenges faced by small to medium businesses and what makes them tick. It was the sense of being connected to the local community combined with a desire to further the interests of local businesses that drew Jason to become a longstanding member of the Frankston Business Network and subsequently an active member of the Board.
SECRETARY/PUBLIC OFFICER:
I have lived in the Frankston area since 1979, and have seen a lot of change in that time and I am passionate to see he area grow more. I am involved in a number of Community Organisations that help support local homeless youth. I also sit on a number of Boards that are working to make Frankston a great place to live, work and play. I have been the Executive Officer for the FBN for nearly 10 years, and before that I worked for the Commonwealth Bank for 40 years with a majority of those years working in the local area before retiring.
GENERAL COMMITTEE:
Donna Bauer
A former local member of Parliament, Donna Bauer combines over 20 years experience in public and community life, with a passion for real estate and an intimate and detailed knowledge of the area.
With a well established, respected and positive public profile, Donna easily builds trust and good relations with her clients. As Sales Executive at Hocking Stuart Chelsea, she dedicates herself to helping people realise their property dreams, utilising her experience, energy, hard work ethic and proven skills in negotiation.
Away from pursuing her career goals, Donna lives in Patterson Lakes with her husband and their four sons, and enjoys fishing, boating, walking her dogs, playing the piano and travelling. She also finds time to volunteer as an Ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia, the Bully Zero Australia Foundation and is a Board Member of Frankston Business Network.
Cassie Antony
Cassie is The Marketing Manager at Bayside Centre – the largest shopping experience on The Mornington Peninsula. Cassie has grown up locally in the area and is extremely passionate about enriching the community and showcasing the variety and range of great attributes Frankston has to offer.
Cameron Rambert
Cameron is a multi-disciplinary digital strategist with with more than 10 years of experience in consulting to advertising agencies and technology startups.
Cameron is also the founder of Frankston Foundry, a co-working space and innovation consultancy based in the Frankston CBD and the founder of Freelance Australia, a not-for-profit whose mission is to represent and advocate for the collective interests of Australian freelancers, contractors and independent workers.
Cameron often speaks on the topic of entrepreneurship, marketing and the Future of Work at events and in national publications and television programs nationwide.
In her role as Mobile Lender for Bendigo Bank, being on the road and looking after a great cross section of the region Helen is looking forward to providing support to Frankston’s business community.
