Who We Are

Board Members

Davin Shellshear, Chairperson

Davin has 45 years’ experience as an engineer. For 12 years he was Operations & Maintenance Manager with one of Australia’s largest local government integrated water utility, Brisbane Water. Since 2003, Davin has worked as a consultant in water and sewerage infrastructure, and outsourcing infrastructure development and operation, maintenance and asset management. He also consults in behavioural risk management, cultural management, and performance optimisation for alliances and organisations. He is an expert in applying ISO 44001 (Collaborative Business Relationship Management Systems) through his consultancy, the Institute of Collaborative Management.

Asmaniah Fraval, Board Member

Asmaniah and family immigrated to Australia in 1983 from the UK. Over the last 40 years she has transitioned from full time mother and carer of elderly parents to full time manager of two allied health clinics in Canberra. During this period, she has also worked with different teams of people in her Subud roles as national & international helper & national chair and has travelled to countries in the Asia Pacific area, visiting Susila Dharma projects in India and Indonesia. She values the diversity of different cultures and traditions. She brings a width of lived experience to the Dharma Care Board and a willingness to help make a difference to the lives of those less fortunate.

Staff

Darren Sutton, Marketing

Darren is an experienced Director, consultant and proven business leader with an extensive career building businesses, prior agency owner and lead Strategist consulting to some of Australia’s biggest brands and non-profits, creating digital strategies and delivering global award winning marketing, technology and communication services. Strategic adviser delivering digital transformation, customer experience, omni-channel communications, acquisition, engagement, conversion, loyalty and retention marketing outcomes. Depth of experience in business leadership, delivering business growth, multi-disciplinary team management, staff coaching and mentoring, project management and delivery of large-scale strategy programs, creative concepts, award winning campaigns, data-driven content marketing services & automation. Founder of an award-winning community event that has donated over $400k to local charities in Northern NSW since 2016. Presentation speaker for ad:tech, iStrategy, AMI, Interactive Minds, Networx, ADMA, AAA and ATDW. Prior Committee member of ADMA QLD.

Richard Merton, Administration Manager

After a few years in consumer finance, Richard found a more ethical career as Business Manager in Rudolf Steiner schools, both in North East Victoria and then Northern NSW. He has diverse qualifications in IT, Business Administration and Theology. He was a member of the Mansfield Shire Audit & Risk Advisory Committee and Treasurer at Mansfield Adult and Continuing Education. He lives in the beautiful sub-tropical rainforest of North Eastern NSW, enjoys a’Cappella singing, and contemplative religion and philosophy.

Ambassadors

Osanna Vaughn

Osanna is a world citizen who speaks English, Spanish, French and German fluently. She has lived and worked in France, Spain, Australia, the US and, more recently Germany and the UK, primarily making use of her languages in different fields of communication. She is a published author, sub-edits blogs for Leica Camera AG, and is editor-in-chief of the Subud World News website. From 2005 to 2010, Osanna was Chair of the World Subud Association (WSA), and ex-officio member of the Board of Susila Dharma International Association (SDIA), of which Dharma Care is a member. As such she travelled all over the world attending congresses, making presentations and promoting both WSA and SDIA initiatives. Even after her term as Chair was over, she continued to visit and promote projects – including in Australia and Borneo, two of the countries where Dharma Care is particularly active. Osanna was appointed a Dharma Care Ambassador in November 2021.