About us

   

Ms Tanya Khan is an association executive and lawyer with 20 years’ experience in private, not-for-profit and public sector organisations. Tanya is currently Vice President & Managing Director, Australia and Asia Pacific, for the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). In her role Tanya oversees all ACC operations in the region, including initiatives in the areas of membership growth, education, advocacy, development of resources and communications that support ACC’s members and advance ACC’s visibility and growth.

Tanya has a Bachelor of Laws, an MBA from Melbourne Business School and is a life-long animal lover. Tanya is committed to assisting organisations achieve superior commercial and strategic outcomes, and legal and risk profiles, and looks forward to using her extensive experience to help the Lost Dogs Home deliver on its Strategic Plan objectives.

Tanya was appointed to the Lost Dogs Home Board in April 2017.

Sue is a senior executive with more than 33 years’ experience in not-for-profit, membership, professional services, higher education, government and small business sectors.  Her tertiary qualifications include an MBA, Graduate Diploma of Management, Graduate Diploma in International Trade, Graduate Diploma in Librarianship and Bachelor of Arts. 

Sue is passionate about animal rights and welfare. She is committed to bringing her marketing, business development, volunteering leadership, stakeholder engagement, change management and governance experience to support the development and delivery of the Lost Dogs’ Home’s strategic plan.

Sue is the very proud owner of two miniature dachshunds, 10-year old Macy, who Sue rescued, and 3-year old Shadow, a very enthusiast and wilful teenager. 

Sue was appointed to the Lost Dogs’ Home Board in September 2019.

Kristine is a Senior Manager with ANZ, where she has focused on leading & engaging people to transform an organisation – both in retail sales and in Product / Strategy / Digital Marketing environments. She has recently spent several years as a District Manager, managing 100+ branch staff in regional Victoria. Prior to banking, she worked in organisational change and training.

Originally from the US, Kristine has also worked in London and Vietnam. She has an MBA from London Business School, and she is President Emeritus of London Business School's Melbourne Alumni Club. 

She is a leader in Beach Patrol Australia, where her dog is an honorary member. An enthusiastic dog lover, Kristine is passionate about improving animal welfare, and briefly volunteered in South Africa for the Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife. She is looking forward to bringing her commercial acumen and her large-scale people/operations management skills to the Board.

Kristine was appointed to the Lost Dogs’ Home Board in July 2019.

Joe Manariti Joe is an experienced Director, having worked on the restructure of AuDA, Australia’s peak Internet Governance organisation. He’s served as Vice Chairman of other Digital NFP bodies as well as contributed as Board member within community groups and welfare organisations. Joe is passionate about positive corporate culture, and it being driven from Board level down. Away from the board table, Joe runs a North Melbourne Digital Agency, SWiM Communications, and enjoys living in regional Victoria with his Border Collie, Zach, and attempting to keep bees. Joe was appointed to the Board on 26 November 2024.

He started his career managing beer distribution operations for one of the major brewers in the UK before moving to Australia. Subsequent experience has been primarily in the Chemicals businesses of Orica and Ixom.  He has had functional responsibility for Safety Health and Environment Management, and Business Improvement teams. He is commercially focused, having experience on senior management teams running business up to 1.5M turnover and control of large operating and capital budgets.

He has had a lifelong interest in the welfare of animals, is a self-proclaimed ‘dog’ person and has supported the Home for many years. He has two spoilt dogs, the second of which was adopted from the Home.

Mitch Hancock is a Director at BlueRock, a multi-divisional professional services firm for entrepreneurial business’. Having spent 8 years in the role Mitch provides strategic advisory and compliance services for privately owned business and not for profit entities. Leading a team of accountants in the Melbourne based office, Mitch is actively involved in the business development strategy of the firm as well as business planning initiatives under the various strategic pillars of the firm. 

Mitch has a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Business Management and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a certificate of Public Practice. As an all round animal lover Mitch is looking forward to overlaying his experience in business and the not for profit sector to help achieve the vision of the home. Mitch was appointed to the Lost Dogs Home Board in October 2019.

Rohan Filer is Chief Financial Officer of b.box for kids, one of the fastest growing Australian companies in the baby products industry. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and international structuring.

Rohan was previously Head of Corporate Development at technology company MessageMedia, responsible for strategy and acquisitions. He also spent many years as a consultant in professional services firms in Australia and the UK advising clients on transformational projects, strategic reviews, corporate finance projects and taxation issues.

Rohan has Bachelors Degrees in Law and Commerce and an MBA from London Business School.

Prior to joining the Board of The Lost Dogs’ Home, Rohan was a Board Member and Treasurer of Jewish Care Victoria for 8 years. Rohan was appointed to The Lost Dogs’ Home Board in April 2020.

Sue Karzis held the role of Chief Executive Officer of State Schools’ Relief from 2018-2024. SSR is a Victorian based not for profit organisation that supports the needs of disadvantaged government school students by providing them with new school uniforms, school shoes and a range of other essential educational resources. Since her appointment in early 2018, Sue propelled the charity to record numbers of impact, assisting over 94,000 financially disadvantaged Victorian school children in 2023/24, with the number and value of items distributed exceeding 325,700 and $6.7m respectively. Sue Karzis was previously the Associate Director, Student Services at Monash College and worked as the Director of Young Leaders Programs and Strategic Partnerships at Trinity College, The University of Melbourne. Sue has a passion for creating pathways for students to engage with education, regardless of their background and her career has had a strong focus on young people and education. Sue is a passionate animal lover and has 3 rescue cats who rule the roost. Sue was appointed to the Board 20 September 2024.

Lea-anne Knight Lee-anne has more than 30 years of experience in the technology (CRM, GIS & NFP) industries, with a focus on customer, go-to-market and business strategy and building and leading high-performing teams across APAC and EMEA. Lee-anne is passionate about innovation and helping people and companies to think differently. She is the founder of the Workforce Women program, helping women in @risk categories into the Salesforce eco-system in partnership with Fitted for Work. Passionate about animal welfare, Lee-anne is a life member of the Cat Protection Society, a regular donor (and now life member), and has also volunteered at The Lost Dog’s Home through corporate volunteering since 2010. Lee-anne has two energetic and gorgeous Cavoodles (Saffron and Cinnamon) and a ginger rescue cat Reg that is equally adorable and crazy.  Lee-anne was appointed to the Board on 26 November 2024.