𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗭𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱.Pete is a values-driven executive leader with over 15 years’ experience in food security, homelessness prevention and community development. He is currently Head of Operations and Company Secretary at the Foyer Foundation, and has held senior roles at Kids Under Cover, Foodbank Victoria, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation and Fairtrade Australia & New Zealand. Pete holds a Bachelor of Commerce, is a certified Project Management Professional and holds a Certificate IV in Horticulture. Pete writes:
“𝘍𝘰𝘳 30 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺, 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
“𝘐’𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴.”
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