USCMA Executive Committee 2023
MARY ANNE LOVERIDGE – president
Mary Anne joined the USCMA Executive Committee in 2021, taking on the role of Communications and Membership Officer. Mary Anne completed the Master of Coaching Psychology in 2022 and has successfully made a career progression from Electrical Engineer to Executive Coach, with a passion for supporting women in STEM careers and our First Nations people.
Clayton Spence - Vice President
Clayton joined the Executive Committee in 2017, having completed the Master in Coaching Psychology in 2013. Clayton coaches in the Not-for-profit space, and is particularly interested in developmental and leadership coaching, and the intersection of individual development and organisational cultural change.
Errol Benvie - Treasurer
Errol completed the Masters in Organisational Coaching in 2007 and was a member of the USCMA Committee from 2006-2012, re-joining the Committee in 2020. He had a three-decade corporate leadership career including several CEO roles prior to the Masters when he founded his business Wisdomlab. Errol is a practitioner/scholar specialising in cognitive developmental change that merges his own and his clients’ experiences with the academic wisdom of the Humanities primarily in psychology, sociology, neuroscience and philosophy. His practice is grounded in a view that organisations, in the context of the environment today, have insufficient operating knowledge and understanding of their most critical asset; human beings.
Jo Topfer – Communications
Jo completed the Master of Coaching Psychology in 2014 and was President of USCMA from 20XX to 2022, leading USCMA through the Covid years before stepping down. Jo has over twenty years’ experience as a coach and facilitator. She has a particular interest in using a systems based approach to help people develop their personal and organisational leadership capacity as well as optimise their own career transitions.
Sue Stewart – Face to face events Coordinator
Sue joined the USCMA Executive Committee 2015 as the Events Co-ordinator, having completed the Master of Human Resource Management and Coaching in 2005. Sue specialises in Student Career Coaching (Years 11 & 12 students) with life effectiveness & study skills to achieve greater results in the HSC.
Michelle McInnes - communications
Michelle joined the USCMA Executive Committee in 2020 as a general committee member and in 2021 took on the role of Professional Development Officer. She commenced the Masters of Coaching Psychology in 2019, to transition from a thirty year career in military psychology. Her passion lies in exploring positive psychology and all that it has to offer.
Kortney Thoma - Professional Development, memberships and professional development
Kortney completed the Master of Coaching Psychology in 2015, joining the USCMA Executive Committee in 2023. Kortney has extensive coaching experience and is currently working with the Royal Australian Navy, a role that she finds immensely rewarding - deep and meaningful work with a direct impact on international relations and the best coworkers she could ever ask for.
Arthur Gurjian – Professional development
Arthur joined the USCMA Executive Committee in 2016 as a general member after completing the Master of Coaching Psychology in 2015. Arthur is an Executive Coach and Business Consultant focusing on leadership, strategic sales performance and strengths based coaching for individuals and teams.
Catherine Drury - professional development and event ticketing
Catherine (Cat) joined the USCMA Executive Committee as Student Representative in 2021 and completed her Masters of Coaching Pschology in 2022. Cat has over 15 years experience in research and development, and a pioneer of Agile ways of working in the Australian Pharmaceutical industry through coaching.
Martin Richardson - student representative
Marting joined the USCMA Executive Committee in 2023 as Student Representative, immediately contributing to the Professional Development Sub-Committee and joining a working group to look at how USCMA can engage Alumni wherever they may be. Martin is a current student of the Master of Coaching Psychology and is based in Melbourne.
Sean O’Connor – Faculty Representative
Sean is the Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit and a great advocate and supporter of the University of Sydney Coaching and Mentoring Alumni. This year in February Sean convened the 2020 Evidence Based Coaching Conference held at the University of Sydney with over 350 delegates.
Committee members have overall responsibility and duty of care for each area and recruit assistance and resources from other members as needed.
All members are welcome to contact the Committee with offers of help or with inspirational suggestions.