Judy Bowden

Founder and CEO

Judy is a mother and a former civil litigation lawyer. She founded Lolly Jar Circus in 2013 to be a haven of inclusion, where all young people would feel safe, happy and accepted. She sees circus skills as the conduit to fun, friendship and fitness. She is constantly blown away by the "Lollies", the skills and sensitivity of the trainers and the dedication and passion of the board.

Jenal Dhar-Raina

Secretary

Jenal is an experienced IT leader with global experience in ICT operations management, services delivery, governance and stakeholder management and has worked in Education, Utilities, Oil & Gas Exploration, Production & Transportation, Facilities & Waste Management, and Telecom industry sectors. She is currently managing IT Services Delivery at Santos on behalf of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). 

Caitlin Thomas

Caitlin is an experienced people leader and program manager with more than a decade of experience in the education and not-for-profit sectors. Caitlin works at The Smith Family where she provides strategic leadership of two national operations portfolios that benefit thousands of young people each year.

Tracey Corcoran

Tracey has extensive experience in working alongside infants, children and their families in the public service. In her various clinical, managerial and leadership roles, Tracey has worked in the fields of mental health, disability, child protection and child and family health.

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Michael Brown

Chair

Michael is a compassionate and authentic leader who has led state and national teams to deliver meaningful results for government and industry alike. Based on a foundation of knowledge, Michael dedicates himself to creating ecosystems that deliver economical value with increased social outcomes.

Peter Featherston

Treasurer

Peter is a Chartered Accountant with 20 years of experience currently working .as a senior manager at Quantum Accounting. Having worked with clients across various industries and socio-economic backgrounds, Peter strongly believes that accounting is not only about numbers but also having care, empathy and understanding..

Deborah Madigan

Deborah is the General Manager of Professional Services at Star Pharmacy Group where she works with around 260 pharmacists to deliver the very best in patient care across the group's 60 pharmacies. She also runs a small family business, Pretty Sticky, which is a specialty tape and hula hoop online retailer.

Isabella Whiley-Smith

Isabella (Bella) is one of our head trainers at LollyJarCircus. She began circus at the age of 12 and fell in love with it. She has a passion and a drive for circus but mostly loves being able to pass on her circus knowledge to our students. Bella is eager to create an all inclusive and safe environment for all participants. Bella is devoted to making circus accessible to everyone, breaking down socioeconomic and physical barriers and ensuring that circus belongs to each and everyone of us.

Ian Craig

Ian has been a member of the board since 2021.  Ian's son Archer began attending LJC in 2017.  Ian is a secondary special options teacher and has been teaching for 21 years.  His understanding of teaching young people with disabilities and the governance issues that go with that is of great benefit to the board.

Toni Gray

Toni is a busy mum to boys who are always on the go and loves doing life with her family and friends. Professionally, Toni is the Client Services Manager for Barkuma's Commercial Service's and is proud of the dedication the whole team provides to the supported employees.

Vicki Jacobs

Vicki Jacobs is a psychologist by training and has a Master of Business Management. She commenced her career as a computer systems analyst followed by a research psychologist in SAPOL. She then moved into management and consulting roles in the intellectual disability and health sectors, with specialties in women’s health, mental health and Aboriginal health.

Our Trainers

Our trainers have muscles on their muscles and hearts as big as Australia.

Trainer Team

Isabella Whiley-Smith

Amelia Beer

Ludij Kennedy

Ryan Hooper

Juliet Macleod

Aled Proeve

Maisie Gilchrist

Tarkai Germein

Sian Thompson

Ruby Sierp