Jamie Callister

President

Jamie Callister is the president of the Cyril Callister Foundation. He wrote a book about his grandfather called Vegemite: The True Story of the Man who invented an Australian Icon (Allen & Unwin 2023). Jamie has worked in television media and advertising and teaches English to Japanese students. Jamie lives in southeast Queensland with his wife Libby. He is finishing his second book.

Chris Belden

Treasurer

Chris Belden is a chartered accountant and the director of BH Accounting Solutions. He has been involved in the hotel industry and harness racing. Chris sits on several committees – he is President of Montague School Council and Treasurer of Williamstown FIDA Football Club. He and his wife Helen have three children.

Sam Henson

Board Member

Sam Henson was born raised in Bayside Melbourne, he has had a rich international career that has taken him from Norway to Jiangsu Province to Weipa to Ballarat.

Recently retired from his position Head of Campus at Federation University Ballarat, Sam has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Business Administration (MBA),Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and brings an extension wealth of experience to the board.

Libby Callister

Vice President

Libby Callister has more than 20 years’ experience in communications, media and community engagement in the private and government sectors and not-for-profits developing and implementing effective communication strategies. Libby is the Director of Callister Media and Communications. She led communications and stakeholder engagement for the 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast and the redevelopment of Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.

Liza Robinson

General Manager / Company Secretary

Liza Robinson was born in Melbourne and raised on Vegemite, boiled eggs and toast. Having recently moved to the region where Cyril Callister was born, Liza is passionate about creating a museum to celebrate his legacy. Liza has worked in business development, marketing, TV production and residential remodelling in Bali, Indonesia and Los Angeles. Her focus now is on volunteer work and her hobby farm.

Deb Callister

Board Member

Deb Callister is a registered nurse of more than 30 years. Her work with Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland remains a career highlight. She ran homeless outreach clinics for Micah projects and was RN at Brisbane Youth Centre, both in Queensland. She recently returned to Melbourne where she works as a district nurse for Benalla Health.

Geoffrey Carter

AssocDipEng • BSc(Multi) • MSc(Physics) • GradCertResComm • PhD(Chem) • DipParamedSc

Board Member

Geoff describes himself as a recently retired, passionate STEM professional and advocate,
who also values the outdoors and the experience that nature can bring. Geoff has worked
from being a tradesman in the motor industry through to being a PhD qualified scientist, eventually running his own consultancy firm, On Track RDI, who consulted to Rio Tinto, BHP,
US based Honeybee Robotics and Spacecraft Systems, South Korea based chemical companies and numerous other smaller companies. During this journey he has gained many experiences from lecturing at an international college, being a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University, the Technology Development Manager for Rio Tinto Technology and Innovation Global team
and most recently helping a number of small startups with pro bono work. He has work along side NASA scientists in developing autonomous sensing instrumentation and developed
medical implant technology for the use in hip and heart valve replacements. He has over
30 publications, 10 key note speaker invites and held 6 patents.

Daryl vidal

Board Member

Residential Remodelling / Construction

Born and raised in Southern California, Daryl now resides permanently in the Pyrenees Shire.

He has worked and lived in Indonesia, Dubai and Ireland mostly in remodelling, set building and also furniture construction.

Semi retired he now does smaller handyman projects. Daryl is one of the growing American’s who loves Vegemite.