The Board
President Liz Why did I come to my First meeting on 31/5/2018, it was because I had seen Rotary in my community through the markets and the graduation award donations at the kids school, and my boss at the time was a Rotarian in Perth Club and trying to get me more involved.
I was welcomed with open arms and soon made to feel that I too could fit in to this community group and continue to do good in Belmont. I was glad to know that you no longer needed to be a local business owner or attend every meeting, although still encouraged to do so as best I could. I have also enjoyed many meetings and activities with other clubs since then.
I have witnessed some great Presidents leadership in my 6 years in Rotary. I have done my best to make the most of opportunities to travel with the Rotary Club of Crawley Blue Sky Community Impact trips. I have volunteered with Rotary Club of Perth with Cystic Fibrosis and Greenbatch recycling. I enjoy our Rotaract quiz nights, mock interviews at BCC and love helping at the markets on a Sunday morning, as long as it’s not Easter Sunday. I proud to represent our club at school Graduation award nights and also at Belmont Business Breakfasts. I even helped as Treasurer for the District conference under Dee Buckland which ended up being a zoom event due to COVID-19 scare, helping to increase our awareness and understanding of the gap between indigenous Australians and all us immigrants and children of immigrants. I have also recently returned from my 2nd International conference and experienced some great lectures, camaraderie and entertainment.
Tim Blackburn is the Managing Director at Blackburn Accounting. Tim has talent with numbers was clear from a very early age and has developed a very successful Tax & Accounting Practice located in Victoria Park, specialising in Family Business.
Over the last 20 years Tim has taken on many leadership roles and has been appointed many Company and Not For Profit Boards over the years, in 2014 Tim was elected as the State President of CPA Australia. In 2014 Tim was appointed onto the Board for ASeTTS. In 2019 Tim was elected onto the Board for Toastmasters in Western Australia and in 2021-22 was elected as the State Director.
Tim has global experience in establishing and operating businesses in all types of industries in both local and overseas jurisdictions.
Tim grew up in a farming community in the South-West where the ethos of working together with family and community was instilled at a very early age. Tim has continued this path and has found Rotary a great alignment to contribute to community.
Rachel has a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science Education, and Ph.D. in Education (Science). She has won several Faculty, University, and National awards for Teaching Excellence, and was awarded an Executive Endeavour Fellowship in 2016 to Laos working with Laotian teachers. Her work with the STEMinist group through grants has seen her travel to India, Indonesia, and Malaysia supporting pre-service teachers, teachers, and primary students (steminists.weebly.com/). In 2020 she was inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame for her 30 years of service to STEM and Science Education. Rachel was a 2019 Homeward Bound participant acknowledging her work in science education promoting women in STEM and supporting and collaborating with STEM women from around the world. At present, she is commissioned by UNESCO under the authority of the Director of UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education to report on global citizenship education (GCED) in the Asia-Pacific region and support educators through her work with the United Nations Association of Western Australia.
