
Seminar Information
FREE Dementia Workshop -
Draw Care: Dealing with Dementia in Culturally Diverse Communities
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mary Gurgone

Mary Gurgone
Chair of the Association for Culturally Appropriate Services & Director, Centre for Capability & Culture
Mary Gurgone is a recognised leader in diversity and inclusion. She is the Chair of the Association for Culturally Appropriate Services (AfCAS) and Director of the Centre for Capability and Culture. She has extensive executive experience in Government, private sector and community organisations.
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She is a Fellow and former National President of the Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators. She was the Director of the WA Partners In Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) in WA between 2016 and 2020. She was a Board member of the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) Board of Directors from 2014 to 2020
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Mary was a carer of her mother who suffered with dementia in the last 12 years of her life.
Anne Butorac

Anne Butorac
Research and Evaluation Coordinator
