Our Staff
Leadership
Emiliano Zucchi
Chief Executive Officer
Emiliano has extensive experience providing strategic leadership on diversity and inclusion, developing policy and implementing a diverse range of services. During his 15 years at Northern Health, he led their Cultural Responsiveness, Disability and Reconciliation Action plans and transformed how hospital language services are delivered to people with limited English proficiency, leading to improved health outcomes.
Prior to working in the health sector, Emiliano was a lecturer and researcher for 10 years, and is currently Adjunct Lecturer at Monash University’s School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
Emiliano has been Chair of ECCV’s Health & Wellbeing Policy Committee since 2015.
Jiembra Sheils
Business Manager
Jiembra commenced as ECCV’s Business Manager in March 2019 and is a Certified Practicing Accountant with a commitment to social justice. Jiem has many years’ experience working in not-for-profit organisations in operational and financial management, including with the Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health, Oxfam and Women’s Housing Ltd.
Jiem is responsible for ECCV’s finance, HR, ICT and regulatory compliance and is a Brunswick local with Irish, English and Norwegian heritage.
Diana Mastrantuono
Projects & Capacity Building Manager
Diana comes to ECCV with experience in program and people management. She has a strong commitment to social justice and the principles that surround this including building the capacity of the community sector in order to support vulnerable groups, reduce disadvantage and increase participation in the community.
Diana has extensive experience working with new and emerging communities and people seeking asylum including with Red Cross, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre. She is responsible for ECCV’s project work, developing relationships and supporting business development.
Victoria Kyriakopoulos
Media & Member Engagement Manager
Victoria is journalist and communications specialist who brings broad local, national and international experience to ECCV across media, communications, events and multicultural engagement.
Victoria has worked for leading Australian media, including the Herald-Sun, The Age and The Bulletin and her diverse experience includes roles as a Victorian Government Media Adviser, author of Lonely Planet’s Greece series and television and video production.
Rosita Vincent
Regional Lead
Rosita is a Community Planner by profession with extensive experience working cross-culturally with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds and in innovative community development roles in regional Australia. Since 2017 Rosita worked as Manager then more recently as Interim Executive Officer of the Ethnic Community Council for the Loddon Campaspe Region.
Rosita is a trusted, collegial leader and community connector who brings extensive networks, community engagement and strategic planning expertise to her role as Regional Lead for ECCV.
Business Operations
Ozana Bozic
Business Support Coordinator
Media, Communications and Membership
Xiaoran Shi
Media & Communications Officer
Natasha Rubinstein
Membership & Events Assistant
Policy and Advocacy
Dr Martin Plowman
Practice Lead,
Inclusion & Cultural Safety
Denisse Sandoval
Advocacy Lead
Batool Moussa
Policy Officer
James Houghton
Policy Officer
Rahel Davies
Youth Engagement Officer
Projects & Capacity Building
Hayat Doughan
Project Coordinator
Carer Capacity Building
Nimo Hersi
Disability Advocacy
Coordinator
Osman Ali Mohamed
Speak My Language
Victorian Coordinator
Surmeli Aydogan
Energy Advocacy
Coordinator
Tonina Gucciardo-Masci
Ageing Well Lead
Youssif Assafiri
Disability Advocate
Multicultural Communities Outreach
Shivani Sharma
Project Coordinator
Suzan Saka
Project Worker
Abdikadir Osoble
Project Worker
Speak My Language Travellers
Charmaine Shun Chan
Charitha Dissanayake
Hamza Shahid
Julie Sciberras
Malavika Kadwadkar
Neha Gogia
Rocio Mendieta
Serap Filiz
Yousef Alreemawi
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We are proud to recognise the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, as the first Australians, cultural leaders and traditional custodians of the land from which we advocate for ethnic community groups. We pay our respects to their elders, past & present.
ECCV Statement: Recognising the Rights of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders
Connect with ECCV
Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria
Suite 101, 398 Sydney Road,
Coburg VIC 3058
Phone: (03) 9354 9555
Email: eccv@eccv.org.au
