Board of Directors 2011-2013

Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria

Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) Inc. was established in 1974 as a voluntary community based advocacy organisation.

Today, ECCV is the peak advocacy body representing ethnic and multicultural communities in Victoria.

ECCV's role includes representation, advocacy, policy development and capacity building.

ECCV delivers policy projects for key partners in areas of concern to our diverse community.


Chairperson	Joe Caputo OAM JP
Deputy Chairpersons	Eddie Micallef Marion Lau OAM JP
Secretary	Bruna Pasqua
Assistant Secretary	Parsuram Sharma - Luital JP
Treasurer	Stan Penca
Immediate Past Chair	Sam Afra JP
Executive Members	Wesa Chau Doug McLaughlin Tammy Illiou Simon Tisher Eugenia Grammatikakis Keith Hitchen Suzana Mihajlovic Dr Graham Dettrick Dr Christine Lee Dr Apollo Nsubuga - Kyobe Nimal Aluthgamage Frank Williams (Regional Representative)

Health Policy subcommittee and Drug Task force Workforce Participation policy subcommittee
Aged Care Policy subcommittee
Youth Policy subcommittee
Women's Policy subcommittee
New and Emerging Communities Policy subcommittee

(One rotating regional member sits on ECCV Board)

Ballarat Regional Multicultural Council	Sundram Sivamalai
Loddon Campaspe Multicultural Services	Sudesh Tiwari
Diversitat	Michael Martinez
Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District	Maria Brown-Sheppard
Gippsland Ethnic Communities' Council	Dr Graham Dettrick
Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities' Council	Peter Byrne
North East Multicultural Association	Rozi Parisotto

Joe CAPUTO OAM JP	2011 - 2013
Sam AFRA JP	2007 - 2011
Phong NGUYEN	2003—2007
Marion LAU OAM JP (Acting Chair, then elected Chair)	2001—2003
George LEKAKIS AO	1997—2001
Victor BORG	1991—1997
Maurice CAUCHI	1989—1991
Anne ECKSTEIN (Acting Co-chair)	1988—1989
Wellington LEE OAM, OBE (Acting Co-chair)	1988—1989
Anthony BONNICI	1983—1988
Walter LIPPMAN Deceased	1975—1983