SUE McMillan and Bruce Atkinson have been elected onto the EFL Board.
Both were announced as new members by EFL Chairman Mr Graham Halbish during the league’s Annual General Meeting at the Karralyka Centre in East Ringwood on Thursday.
‘The league is fortunate that people of high calibre and significant experience like Sue McMillan and Bruce Atkinson were keen to assist with the good conduct and promotion of the EFL and its clubs,’ Mr Halbish said.
McMillan and Atkinson replace Deputy Chairman Peter Bailey and Paul Molan, while Tim Finemore has been re-elected for a further three-year term. Bailey leaves the board after nine years’ service, while Molan steps down after joining the board at the completion of the 2009 season.
Mr Halbish praised the contribution to the EFL by Bailey and Molan, noting both would continue to serve the league through an involvement with their respective clubs.
SUE McMILLAN
McMillan, a long-time Ferntree Gully resident with her husband and three boys, has had a strong connection with the EFL, with her sons playing football with the Ferntree Gully and Upper Ferntree Gully Junior Football Clubs.
She was a Knox City Councillor from 2008 through to 2012, which included a stint as Mayor in 2011.
McMillan currently works as Southern Metropolitan Region- Services Manager for the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation and is also Chairperson of the Headspace Consortium for Knox Region – a youth mental health initiative. She has a background in finance and marketing and also has a Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
BRUCE ATKINSON
The Honourable Bruce Atkinson is the President of the Legislative Council and a Member for Eastern Metropolitan Region, which includes many of the Eastern and North-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Bruce was a Councillor of the City of Nunawading prior to his election to State Parliament, serving two terms as Mayor of that city, which subsequently merged with Box Hill to become the Whitehorse City Council. He was first elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1992 as the Member for the former Koonung Province and was elected as a Member for Eastern Metropolitan Region in 2006 and again in 2010.
Bruce is a member of the Rotary Club of Nunawading and has a keen interest in sports including cricket, football and soccer, with his son having played at the Mitcham Junior Football Club. Bruce is also involved as a member of the Knox Club, the Mitcham RSL Club and the National Trust. He attended Nunawading Primary School and Mitcham High School (now Mullauna College) and lives in Donvale.