The Code Authority is responsible for administration of the Code. It proactively monitors fundraising activities of FIA members, ensures that Code complaints and appeals are handled in a fair and equitable manner, and makes recommendations to the FIA Board for improvements to sector self-regulation.
Code Administration
Guidelines for administration of the FIA Code can be viewed here.
Code Authority members
Dr Ursula Stephens
Dr Ursula Stephens was an Australian Senator from 2012-2014. Ursula is recognised as a champion of the not for profit sector, having served as Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, leading policy work on not for profit reform, the introduction of the Standard Chart of Accounts, the National Compact and the Productivity Commission into the role and Contribution of the Non Profit Sector, which ultimately led to the establishment of the Australian Charities and Non -Profits Commission (ACNC.) Read more here.
Jennifer Doubell OAM FFIA
Jennifer Doubell has worked in the not for profit sector for more than 30 years, initially as a social worker and criminologist, and for the past 25 years, in advancement and fundraising. She is a specialist in fundraising and philanthropy, and not for profit management. Read more here.
Ben Cox FFIA
Ben Cox currently serves on the Fundraising Institute of Australia’s (FIA) Queensland Executive Committee and is an inaugural member of FIA’s Code Authority. He is also a Director of Variety QLD and sits on several fundraising and marketing advisory panels in the not-for-profit sector. Read more here.
Chris Zinn
Chris Zinn, former head of campaigns and communications at consumer peak body Choice, has joined the FIA Code Authority as consumer/donor representative. He is a leader in the emerging marketplace of consumer empowerment, having spearheaded successful campaigns to help consumers in complex markets such as energy, financial services and private health insurance. Read more here.
Roewen Wishart CFRE FFIA
Roewen Wishart CFRE FFIA is Director of Xponential Strategy, which advises not-for-profits on fundraising strategy, big gift campaigns and gifts in wills programs. Read more here.
Ashley Rose MFIA
Ashley Rose MFIA is CEO of MonDial Telephone Fundraising. Read more here.
Karen Shields
Karen Shields in the Director of Individual Giving at Great Barrier Reef Foundation. She is an experienced not-for-profit leader with 15 years in fundraising and strategic management. Read more here.
FIA Code Course
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