Martin Splitter (Chair)

Martin Splitter is the principal at the design agency ImageWorks. He has a lifetime of leadership experience in community and not-for-profit organisations. His previous roles include Managing Director of Signarama (St Kilda); CEO of Hadassah Australia; executive member and Education Committee Chair, The King David School Council; board member, Victorian Union for Progressive Judaism; President, Photo Marketing Association Australia and Vice President, Photo Marketing Association International; youth leader, scout leader and Queens Scout. He is also a musician, composer, performer, director, and producer. Martin has experience across sales, marketing, financial management, HR and training, IT and project management.  He studied Electrical Engineering at Monash University and holds a Cert IV in Training and as well as various industry qualifications.

Craig Rowley (Treasurer)

Craig Rowley has held leadership and management roles in both the public and private sectors and a diversity of industries, including engineering and construction; defence; financial services; government; management consulting; media; regional advocacy; tertiary education; urban greening; and youth services. Craig is the founder and managing director of three companies: Campaignr, Connectr, and Rollout Brewing Co. He has also been a sessional academic and the secretary of a perpetual philanthropic fund.

An alumnus of Leadership Victoria’s Williamson Community Leadership Program, Craig holds a B.A. in Psychology (Macquarie University), a Diploma of Management (Victoria University), and a Graduate Certificate of Politics and Policy (Deakin University).

Dr Andre Oboler (Managing Director & Secretary)

Dr Andre Oboler is a founding Director of the Online Hate Prevention Institute and has been the organisations Managing Director and CEO since 2012.

He previously served for 9 years as a co-chair of the Israeli Government’s Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism where he co-led the working group on antisemitism on the Internet and in the media. He is a member of the Australian Government’s Delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and the Swedish Government’s Malmö Forum Expert Group. He also serves a Vice President of the IEEE Computer Society and a member of the IEEE’s Global Public Policy Committee. As a consultant he has worked for a range of organisations including the American Jewish Congress and the State Government of Victoria.

Dr Oboler received his PhD in computer science from Lancaster University (UK), and his LLM(Juris Doctor) and bachelor and honours degrees in Computer Science from Monash University, Australia. He has also been a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Political Science at Bar-Ilan University (Israel). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Robyn McNamara (CTO)

Robyn McNamara taught computer science and software engineering at Monash University for more than 20 years before moving to the Smarter Data Program in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) where she is part of an exciting digital transformation. Her lecturing experience includes software engineering topics such as software design, project management, technical documentation, system programming, advanced Java programming, and full-year capstone project units involving both internal and external clients. As well as her technical skills, she has extensive experience as a communicator and mentor in the IT space.

She holds an Honours degree in Computer Science from Monash University, and joins the board after previous employment as OHPI’s Senior Software Engineer.

Matt Quinn

Matt Quinn is a Director of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism at OHPI (non voting). He runs OHPI’s Exit Project which provides deradicalisation support in Australia to those seeking to leave extremism. Matthew is a former infantry soldier in the Australian Army, a member of red team for mission plannings against terrorism. In his youth he led a gang of extremists before finding his way out over 20 years ago.

Dr Nasya Bahfen

Dr Nasya Bahfen was born in Jakarta and grew up in Melbourne. She has worked as a journalist and academic in Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore and New York city. She was previously a reporter and producer with the ABC and SBS. She is currently the course director of the Masters in Journalism at La Trobe University. Nasya’s former students number in the hundreds and work in newsrooms and media roles across Australia and the world. She is regularly interviewed by Australian and international broadcasters on issues of diversity in the media, and diversity in sport. When she isn’t working on a book on sport and social inclusion, or acting as an AFL multicultural ambassador, Nasya plays indoor soccer and learns KPop dance routines. Nasya holds Bachelor of Journalism from RMIT, Honours in Media from La Trobe University, and a PhD in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney.

Anton Grodeck

Anton has held management roles in a range of private sector industries, with a background in
Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resources and Fundraising. He previously served as Executive Director of JNF Australia, and in a voluntary capacity on two other boards.

He holds a Bachelors of Applied Science (Physio.) and a Graduate Diploma of Ergonomics.