BTQ Through The Decades - Patrons, Artistic Directors ...

BTQ THROUGH THE DECADES

PATRONS, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES & LIFE MEMBERS

FOUNDER 

Miss Phyllis Danaher MBE, FRAD (1908-1981)

PATRONS

Edouard Borovansky 1955 - 1958

Miss Elizabeth Abel Smith (Patroness) 1958

Sir Henry Abel Smith, Governor of Queensland 1962 - 1965

Sir Alan Mansfield, Governor of Queensland 1966 - 1970

Dame Peggy Van Praagh DBE (Vice-Patroness) 1961 - 1970

Sir Colin Hannah, Governor of Queensland 1973 - 1976

Sir James Ramsay, Governor of Queensland 1979 - 1983

Mrs Pearl Harvey, Lady Mayoress 1984

Garth Welch AM 1991 ongoing

ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Cyril Johns 1953-1961

Lexie Kunze & Meryl Hughes 1961 – 1962

Phyllis Danaher MBE 1963-1985

Phyllis Danaher & Mr Leslie White 1983

Wendy Lowe 1986

Leslie White 1987-1993

Louise Hellewell & Christopher Gillard 1994 - 2000

Shane Weatherby 2001

Trevor Green 2002 - 2003

Jodie- Anne White & Boris Bivona 2002 – 2012

Timothy Brown & Libby McDonnell 2012 - 2013

Timothy Brown 2014 ongoing

PRESIDENTS (from 1937)

Phyllis Danaher 1937 – 1946

Brenda McCullough 1947 - 1955

Miss Daphne Sapsford 1956 - 1959          

Mrs B. Falkiner 1960 - 1963

Mr James Barlow 1964

Mr John (Jack) Rodgers 1965 - 1970

Sir Mostyn Hanger, KBE 1970 - 1980

Mr Ira Smith 1980 - 1984

Mrs Cath Mackenzie-Forbes OAM 1985 - 1986

Ken McCaffrey 1987 - 1988

Mr Ray Magee 1989

Mr Jack Rodgers 1990 - 1993

Mrs Bev McKay 1994

Duncan B. Haig 1995

Marie-Ann Grosskreutz 1996 - 2002

Kim Swan 2002 - 2004

Ali Cameron 2005

Ann Jemesen 2006

Christine Spencer 2007 - 2010

Michelle Platz 2011 - 2012

Michelle Platz & Leah Radford 2013

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (from 2013)           

Denise Richardson 2013 ongoing

BOARD OF DIRECTORS (from 2014)         

Chair

Craig Spencer 2014 to present

Directors                                            

Sharon Christodoulou 2014 ongoing

Barbara Eversen 2014 ongoing

Michelle Platz 2014 ongoing

Jeremy Wicht 2014 ongoing

Nicole Kielly-Coleman 2016

Maree Sandford 2017 ongoing

CHAIRS  of COMMITTEES

Mr Ira. T. Smith 1977 - 1979

Mr Dennis Young 1980 - 1983

Mrs Pamela Keir 1983 - 1984

Mrs Gloria Smith 1985 - 1987

Mrs Marie-Ann Grosskreutz 1988 - 1994

Christopher Crome 1995 - 2000

David Marquet 1996      

Tim Rothwell 1998

Chris Crome 1999

Tony Gleeson 2001 - 2002

Greg Logan 2005

Christie-Jane Golledge 2007

Margaret Hall 2008

David James 2009

Margaret Stewart 2010

Karen Price 2011

Alison Lewis 2012-2013

VICE PRESIDENTS

Miss Audrey Brotherton  (later Mrs Buchanan)1957 - 1959

Miss Jill Cadden 1959

Mrs Knox 1961

Mrs Welsh 1962 - 1965

Miss Phyllis Danaher & Mrs S. Welch 1966

Miss Phyllis Danaher & Mr G. Perkins 1967 - 1968

Mrs B. Falkiner 1970

Mr Ken McCaffrey 1971

Mr John (Jack) Rodgers 1974 – 1979

Mr Ira T. Smith 1980

Mrs Pam Kier 1980 - 1983

Mrs Yvonne Boorman 1983 - 1984

Jacqueline Morland 1986

Mrs Gloria Smith 1988

John (Jack) Rodgers 1989             

Mrs Bev McKay 1990 – 1994

Julie Grennan 1995

Mrs Bev McKay 1996 -1997

Christopher Crome 1998

Mrs Bev McKay 1999 - 2002

Julie Ceslis 2005 - 2006

Ann Jemesen 2007

Michele Steward 2008

Margaret Hall 2009

David James 2010

Leah Radford 2011

Karen Price 2012-2013

SECRETARIES

Clare O’Bryen 1937

Phyllis Danaher 1947-1961

Mrs F.M. Hansford 1961 - 1967

Mr John Rodgers 1970, 1971

Miss C. Hill 1968

Mrs B. Trower 1973

Dayne Cory 1974 (acting)

Mr D. Downward 1975

Dayne Cory 1980

Miss Sue Jones 1981 - 1982

Mrs Pamela Coulter 1982 - 1985

Julie-Anne McNamara 1986

Phyllis Hawgood 1987 - 1996

Kim Swan 1998 - 2001

Diane Hodge 2002

Mary Armstrong 2003 - 2005                      

Ann Henderson 2004

Christy-Jane Golledge 2006

Susan Conway 2007

Robyn Bennett 2008 - 2012

Louise Smith 2013

TREASURERS/FINANCE OFFICERS

Glen Slater 1937

Mrs Flora Hetherington 1948 – 1960

Mrs K. Langan 1961 - 1963

Mrs H. Park 1965

Mr A. Marshman 1966 - 1968

Mr John Rodgers 1970 - 1972

Mr Dayne Cory 1973 - 1979

Mr J. Whitlock 1980

Miss Sue Jones 1981

Mrs Stella Kelly 1982 - 1984

Miss Monique Langley 1985

Mrs Earp 1986

Mr Ray Magee 1986 - 1987

Mr P. Gladwin 1988

David Topping 1989 - 1993

David Marquet 1994

Linda Dowling 1995

Bruce Murray 1996

Tony Gleeson 1998 - 2002

Kate Morey-Ferguson 2003 - 2004

Barry Furness 2005

Tamara Gannon 2006 - 2007

Barry Speirs 2008 - 2009

Nigel Prior 2010 - 2011

Sharon Christodoulou 2012-2013

Louise Towler-Smith 2014 – 2015

Leo Senese 2016

LIFE MEMBERS (throughout the decades)

Phyllis Danaher MBE

Brenda McCullough

Dayne Cory

Flora Hetherington

Elizabeth Proud

John (Jack) Rodgers

Daphne Sapsford

Charles Leonard

Pamela Coulter

Shirley Stanfield

Fred Grosskreutz

Marie-Ann Grosskreutz

Boris Bivona

Sharon Christodoulou

Trevor Green

Phyllis Hawgood

Max Hurley

Greg Logan

Theda Lowe OAM

Wendy Lowe

Beverley McKay

Michelle Platz

Ira Smith

Christine Spencer

Shirley Stanfield