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New Executive Director, Gordon Preece
July 17, 2007
We welcome Gordon Preece to Urban Seed as our new Executive Director. Gordon comes from a small business family in Sydney, has masters in arts, science & society & a doctorate on work ethics and is author, editor of ten books on work and ethics. He has led Anglican churches, Ridley College Residential College and Centre for Applied Christian Ethics, Macquarie Christian Studies Institute at Macquarie University. He is a visiting lecturer on Ethical Risk in Finance at Macquarie University School of Applied Finance and Ethical advisor to Christian Super. He was a board member of WorkVentures, a creative church-based job creation project in Sydney and also taught in the Education Program for Unemployed Youth. His experience with and passion for the unemployed, mentally ill and in community development have attracted him to Urban Seed’s outstanding community based work connecting homeless people, the marginalised and philanthropic and corporate partners. Gordon is married to Susan, an asthma educator and has three young adult children. He is fanatical about football (soccer) and enjoys all sports (including footy – supporting Geelong) reading, writing, movies and walks with his wife and dog.
