Griffith University

Ms Leneen Forde AC LLB Qld DipMed Tech Ottawa DUniv Griff DUniv QUT DLitt Qld DUniv ACU DUniv USC

(Elected as Chancellor of the University - in June, 2000)

Currently Vice President Scouts Australia and Board Member, Queensland Ballet Board, All Hallows School Council and Queensland Community Foundation Board of Governors. Patron of Rosies, Karuna Hospice Service, Alzheimer's Association of Australia (Darling Downs and South West Inc) and the Forde Foundation.

Former Governor of the State of Queensland; Queenslander of the Year (1991); Chair, Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Institutions; Senior Counsellor, Qld Law Society; Member, Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal; Founding President, Queensland Women Lawyer's Association; Queensland Representative of the Australian Women Lawyer's Forum; Committee Member of the International Bar Association, Estate Division and former Chair of the Queensland Supreme Court Probate Rules Review Committee, and of the Social Security Tribunal. Former Chair of the Forde Foundation Advisory Board and National Chair, Defence Reserve Support Council.

Former International President Zonta International; Board Member, Zonta International Foundation and First Convenor, Queensland Women's Consultative Council. Positions held on Boards of Queensland Small Business Corporation, the Australian Brain Foundation (Queensland Division), the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, and the Institute of Modern Art, and Trustee of the Una Prentice Foundation. Honorary Ambassador for the City of Brisbane and the Office of Economic Development before chairing the Office of Economic Development for the City of Brisbane. Former member of the Ethics Committee, Holy Spirit Hospital, Board of the Brisbane College of Theology, and Board of the Brisbane Institute.

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