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Queensland Social Enterprise Council Ltd
Board of Directors 2024

Chair - Yas Grigaliunas

Yas is the Founder and Chief Evangelist at Circonomy (formerly: World's Biggest Garage Sale), an award-winning Queensland-based circular economy social enterprise. Yas is an entrepreneur of impact and a circular economy pioneer in Australia, having recently closed a $4M equity capital raise to expand nationally, with Officeworks as a key investor and shareholder. Together, through expansion of reuse, repair, resource recovery and recommerce initiatives, Yas works with partners and investors to bring the next phase of growth, seeing her Circonomy vision come to life. Yas is passionate to make a deep contribution to the scaling of social enterprises in Queensland.



Vice Chair - Paul Garcia

Paul Garcia is the Chamber Relationship Manager for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland. Paul collaborates with 115 Qld Chambers, helping them not just survive but thrive. Throughout his life, Paul’s had a Social Enterprise focus. While living in San Francisco, Paul chaired a Social Enterprise NFP whose purpose was to help those in the community feel valued, worthwhile and have meaning. Paul is currently the Chairman of a NFP museum called the Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology, whose claim to fame is the Abbey Medieval Festival. Through Paul’s many connections both in business and at all levels of government, Paul hopes to advance QSEC’s values throughout Queensland.


Treasurer - David Toohey

David Toohey has a management background, primarily financial and operational having owned and managed several businesses. Now he has a consultancy and an early stage social enterprise. He’s always valued social purpose, having been on several not-for-profit and charity boards in the past and volunteering, for example, as a surf life saver. He believes in collaboration and supporting others, especially in making positive social impact so when QSEC had the need to fill the Treasurer role, he felt this was a perfect opportunity to offer his skills and experience to an organisation that was all about supporting those doing good.



Company Secretary - Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is an organisational whizz, with a wealth of experience in event management, small business and customer experience.  He has previous experience as a business owner, rolls with whatever we throw his way, and has a knack for keeping us on track. Andrew's passion is to help people, get things done and make things happen. Andrew has worked at CCIQ (Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland), Crowd Round Unconference and is now at a QSEC member, Grandshake, helping bridge the gap between education and the real world. 


Board Director - Terri Waller

A visionary innovator, Terri Waller has selflessly devoted her life to nurturing collective movements that focus on self-sustaining intergenerational social impacts. Her passion for helping first began with teaching, however, a strong belief in empowering people to manifest their ideal selves drove her to find a new model of community development.

Terri's achievements have been honoured by sitting on many executive boards, ministerial advisory boards and working groups and says that joining the Queensland Social Enterprise Council board is her happy place.


Board Director - Nathan Spruce

I’m Nathan and am the General Manager Employment, Training and Innovation at IMPACT Community Services in Bundaberg; an organisation dedicated to creating opportunity and improving lives. I have over 25 years’ experience creating and implementing employment and training initiatives in different countries as well as tender writing across multiple industries. What drives me is a passion to create change within my community and the NFP and Social Enterprise sectors through trying innovative approaches to new and old problems. I am dad, partner, creator, puzzler, challenger, friend and a dreamer.


Board Director - Kate Taylor

Kate Taylor is the Director, Industry Engagement at the Queensland University of Technology leading impactful research partnerships, investment, and commercialisation. Kate and her team work closely with diverse disciplines including creative industries and design, education, social justice, business, and law, to advance initiatives that make a real impact and contribute to a more inclusive and equitable society. Kate also serves on the Equity Sub-Committee for The Committee for Brisbane and as Chair of Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia’s Queensland Network. 





Board Director - Danielle Duell

Danielle Duell, a dynamic business leader, purpose-led strategist, and entrepreneur, is committed to reshaping the global business landscape. With a diverse career spanning fashion, arts, tourism, hospitality, events and indigenous experiences, and CEO roles at award-winning entities like Riverlife Adventure Centre and Spicers Retreats, she's been a trailblazer across industries for more than three decades. Holding an MBA from QUT and an Executive Education from Harvard Business School, Danielle founded Australian Harvard Women, to unite like-minded women for impact. As Founder and CEO of People With Purpose, a Certified B Corporation and Social Enterprise, she pioneers purpose-led business models, strategies, and leaders. An Industry Fellow at QUT's Centre for Future Enterprise, Danielle bridges academia and industry to accelerate widespread adoption of purpose-led business practices. Her role in the ESG Exchange showcases her commitment to globalizing sustainability reporting.  Danielle has dedicated her career to equipping business to improve the world. 



Board Director - Elisabeth Lette

Elisabeth Lette is the QLD-NT Director of ArcBlue. Elisabeth has 28 years experience in financial management and governance; strategy and policy development, procurement reform and implementation. Her experience spans both the public sector and multi-national private sector organisations. Elisabeth is passionate about the opportunity to deliver greater value to our communities through procurement. She is a recognised leader in sustainable procurement and led the development of Victoria’s Social Procurement Framework from policy inception to implementation across 300 entities. At ArcBlue, Elisabeth is supporting a range of organisations across the public and private sector develop and implement sustainable procurement strategies and place-based approaches to drive social, economic and environmental outcomes.  This includes introducing a placed based approach known as Q-SEED in Townsville, to harness the massive forthcoming investment pipeline to deliver job outcomes for young people in the region.


Board Advisor - Richard Warner

Coordinator of Australia's best small Social Enterprise in 2015. Social Worker and Community Development practitioner with experience in Cooperative and Social Enterprise formation. Primary practice experience gained working with people with disability as well as people from CALD and refugee backgrounds. I am passionate about social-change which sees those who are disadvantaged achieving a role, a stake & a fair share in the ownership of wealth.





Far North Queensland (FNQ) Advisor - Narayan Gopalkrishnan

The main reason for my putting in for the position of QSEC Director is to bring the voices of North Queensland and FNQ to the table. Social Enterprise provided unique opportunities to make a difference to people and communities in NQ and I have been working towards developing this over the last few years, both by setting up the Social Enterprise Network for the Tropics as well as acting as the Regional Champion of QSEC. I see many more opportunities to make a difference and would love to have the opportunity to do so in this role.


 Queensland Social Enterprise Council Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)
Brisbane Business Hub, Level 3, 155 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

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