Our Committee
President and Publicity Officer
Danielle Mackay – member for 6 years
Danielle comes from a six generational farming property in the Snowy Mountains region of NSW. She is a Registered Nurse/Midwife and is a passionate advocate for rural Australia.Danielle enjoys cooking new recipes and perfecting old ones. She is often at meetings with bad bed hair and it’s best not to ask her about her knitting.Danielle organises our Virtual Street Stall each month.
Secretary and Cookery Officer
Mel Wozniak – member for 6 years
Mel is an amazing cook. Her enthusiasm and dedication to perfecting a recipe is second to none. As a mother of 6, we don’t know how she does it.
Mel lives in Kogarah, enjoys cross-stitch, makes amazing jams and helps to organise our Virtual Cuppas when required.
Treasurer (and Mid North Coast Group Treasurer)
Janella Leotta – member for 6 years
Lives in the Manning Valley, Mid North Coast and works full-time for TAFE NSW. Janella enjoys meeting others with similar interests through the Virtual Branch.
“CWA does such amazing work across NSW that I really wanted to be part of it”.
Assistant Secretary, Vice President and Handicraft Officer
Rosemary Small – member for 6 years
Rosemary lives on a property outside Marrar NSW, near Wagga Wagga. They grow wheat, lupins and canola. Rosemary is a retired infant’s school Assistant Principal. She enjoys craft and has tried most forms of craft including pottery, tapestry, macrame, embroidery, cross stitch, woodwork, knitting, spinning and weaving and quiltmaking (mostly hand applique work), hand and machine quilting. Go Girl!
Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Cookery Officer
Rhonda Purcell – member for 6 years
Rhonda lives near Wyong on the Central Coast. She loves baking, reading, patchwork, bush walks and volunteering whenever possible in the local community.
Rhonda enjoys parkrun (a free, timed, community run/walk) each Saturday morning too.
Vice President
Penny Williams – member for 5 year
Penny was born and raised in South Australia. She moved to NSW to study Rural Science at the University of New England where she met her husband. Penny has lived in Leeton for many years. They spend extended periods of time travelling in their caravan. Her interests are the environment, photography, playing bridge and doing some casual teaching.
Agriculture and Environmental Officer
Sarah Lukeman
International Officer and Vice President
Jan Peasnell – Member for 4 years
Jan is retired and lives in Forster on the Barrington Coast. She enjoys history, sings in a local choir and works for Palliative Care Support and the local RSL.
Jan has been involved in CWA for many years in both NSW and Victoria and enjoys her involvement with the Virtual Branch.
Hospital Liaison Officers
Sara and Alice Fergusson
Book club
Helen Doyle
CWA of New South Wales – committees
Agricultural and Environmental
Hospital Support
Show Catering
The Land Cookery
Handicraft
International
Social Issues
Cultural
Further information on the work that each State Committee undertakes can be found on the CWA of NSW website.