Our councillors and senior staff


Our Councillors
Our Councillors
from left to right: Cr Brian Wicks, Deputy Mayor, Cr Jenny Hanuska, Cr John De Kruiff, Cr Lisa Mahood, Cr John Mahony, Cr Anna Speedie and Cr Rodney Wangman, Mayor.

The City of Wodonga now has seven councillors, who work in a style that reflects a board of directors structure. 

On November 26, 2005, five new councillors were elected and two existing councillors were re-elected.

Vision:  Our People, Our City, Our Future

Mission:  We will strengthen our community in everything we do.

Councillors

 

Executive team

  • Gavin Cator, Chief Executive Officer. To provide visionary and creative leadership, direction and total commitment to the City of Wodonga in the provision of a range of relevant community valued services, which demonstrate best practice service delivery standards. Gavin is accountable to the mayor and council for council relationships, strategic planning, service provision, external relationships, leadership, finance and asset management, personal competencies and risk management. 
    gcator@wodonga.vic.gov.au
  • Michael Gobel, Director Investment Attraction. Michael is responsible for investment attraction, economic development, skilled migration, marketing, events and arts and culture.
    mgobel@wodonga.vic.gov.au
  • Patience Harrington, Director Community Development. Patience is responsible for community planning, service planning, risk and community safety, health and civic services, early years, aged services, recreation and youth services and primary care partnerships.
    pharrington@wodonga.vic.gov.au
  • Ray Henderson, Director City Infrastructure. Ray is responsible for the areas of infrastructure design and delivery, assets and OSTEK operations.
    rhenderson@wodonga.vic.gov.au
  • Trevor Ierino, Director Business Services. Trevor is responsible for the areas of finance, information services, employment relations, Wodonga Livestock Exchange and customer and competitive services.
    tierino@wodonga.vic.gov.au
  • Johan Louw, Director Sustainable Development. Johan is responsible for strategic planning, statutory planning, building services and parks, along with the Greenhouse Alliance, of which Wodonga Council is a part.
    jlouw@wodonga.vic.gov.au

Senior staff

 



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