Small, fast and entirely volunteer-run.

Stephen founded the Lisa Fahey Foundation in memory of his wife, Lisa, who was diagnosed with cancer on 1 April 2003 and died seven months later, aged 41. During her illness Lisa saw first-hand the financial pressure cancer puts on a family, and she often talked with Stephen about a charity that would give families practical help, quickly, when they needed it most. After her death Stephen turned that idea into the Foundation in 2005, and he still leads it today. He spent many years in corporate insurance before establishing his own insurance broking business.

Lisa wanted this to exist. I lived it with her, then raised our two young children without her, so I know exactly what the bills feel like when everything else is falling apart. Every family we help is her wish being kept.

Carolyn spent more than twenty years in senior roles at Adelaide Bank and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, most recently as Head of Alliance Bank, where she led partnerships with community-owned mutuals. She grew up in country South Australia and has been the Foundation's Treasurer since it was established in 2005.

Keeps the books and signs off the payments, often the same afternoon a request comes in.

Suhail is a Strategy and Transformation Director at Deloitte in Adelaide, advising defence, government and private-sector clients on strategy, due diligence and operational change, after earlier roles at PwC and CYLAD Consulting. A University of Adelaide graduate with exchanges at EM Strasbourg and the National University of Singapore, he joined the Foundation's board in 2020 and has been Board Secretary since 2023. He previously chaired the audit and risk committee at Nexus Arts.

If there were no need for the Lisa Fahey Foundation, that would be the best outcome of all. Until then, I want to make sure that when a South Australian family faces cancer, they have one less thing to worry about, and that the Foundation is run well enough to keep doing that for the next twenty years.

Jeremy is a senior commercial lawyer at Finlaysons. More than 20 years ago he helped incorporate the Lisa Fahey Foundation and obtain its Deductible Gift Recipient status, and he has been on the board ever since. He has held board roles across many charities and not-for-profits and is currently Chair of the Les Favell Cricket Foundation and a board member of Golf SA.

Lisa's passing, and the steps she and Stephen took to set up a charity with families like theirs in mind, is what brought me here. Helping turn that idea into a properly constituted Foundation was one thing; making sure it keeps doing what it was built to do is why I've stayed.

Tim is a brand and digital strategist and the founder of Frame, a creative agency with teams in Adelaide, Melbourne and Los Angeles. Three decades across print, broadcast, advertising and agency ownership have gone into the Foundation's brand and this website.

The Foundation helps people who'd otherwise fall through the cracks, at the exact moment they've got no spare capacity to fight for themselves. I can't fix the cancer. I can help take some of the sting out of everything around it, and that's worth my time.

Jo is a senior designer at Michels Warren PR & Brand and has worked in design in Australia and overseas for more than 40 years, across government, corporate, not-for-profit, education and health. She has built brands and campaigns for Government House, Women's Safety Services of South Australia, Renewal SA and Calvary SA, and led creative direction for the Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence and the SA Government's response. She holds a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communications.

I've been a long-term family friend and supporter of the Lisa Fahey Foundation and wanted to become more involved by using my creativity and previous fundraising experience to support its work and help raise awareness. I'm here to help families through some of their darkest times, in whatever small way I can.

Luke Shearer is the Managing Director of APD Parcel Delivery, one of South Australia's largest private parcel delivery businesses. He leads a team that moves thousands of parcels a day, with a focus on customer service, operational excellence and continued growth. He brings that same practical, get-it-done outlook to the Foundation's board.

I'm proud to serve on the board because the Foundation makes a targeted difference. It doesn't try to fix everything; it pays the bill that's keeping a family up at night, quickly and without fuss, so a parent in treatment can concentrate on getting well. Running a business built on getting things where they need to be, on time, I appreciate an organisation that does exactly that for families affected by cancer.

Kath leads capability and learning at Silverchain Group, after growing into leadership roles in financial and professional services in Australia and the UK and eight years heading learning and development at Discovery Parks. She is also co-founder of Learning Simplified, a female-owned training business raising the quality of disability care in regional and remote Australia. A self-confessed people geek, she believes good training gives people the confidence to excel.

I work with the Lisa Fahey Foundation because cancer has impacted people I love, and I know how deeply it touches everyone around them. Giving my time is a small way I can help support families facing that journey and, hopefully, lighten the load a little during one of the hardest times in their lives.

Amelia is a Project Risk Principal on BHP's Copper South Australia major projects, following risk and business-continuity roles at Protecht and RiskLogic and three years in business consulting at Allianz. Lisa's daughter, she was involved with the Foundation's work for years before formally joining the board in 2026, where she focuses on governance, risk, grant submissions and representing the Foundation in the community.

Mum wanted families to get simple, practical help when they needed it most, and that's exactly what the Foundation does. I want to help it reach more of them, especially while the cost of living is biting, and keep doing it in a way she'd be proud of.

Georgia is General Manager, Transformation at Lutheran Homes Group, where she oversees organisation-wide initiatives in governance, financial stewardship and strategic delivery. Her experience covers multi-year budgets, risk and assurance frameworks, executive and board reporting, and large-scale programs in complex, highly regulated environments.

The Foundation does one thing well: practical, timely help for families under financial pressure during cancer treatment. It's an honour to bring what I know about governance and financial oversight to something that makes such a tangible difference when people need it most.

Rebecca Morse is an award-winning journalist well known to South Australians after 14 years behind the Ten News desk and a six-year stint on breakfast radio. Currently you'll find her MCing events, writing for The Advertiser, hosting the In the Genes podcast with her daughter and popping up on air on KIIS 1023.

As a relative of Lisa it's an honour to play a small part in keeping her legacy alive. While we can't ease the pain of a cancer diagnosis, the Lisa Fahey Foundation can help ease some of the financial burden, providing families with the dignity and peace of mind to focus on what matters. That's a cause I'm proud to spread the word about.