OHPI is managed by a Board of Directors elected by the OHPI membership. The Board itself is run by the OHPI Chairperson, while day to day management is delegated to a Managing Director (the CEO).
Martin Splitter is Chair of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. He 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 studied Electrical Engineering at Monash University and holds a Cert IV in Training and as well as various industry qualifications.
Craig Rowley is Treasurer of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. He has held leadership and management roles in both the public and private sectors and a diversity of industries. He is 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).Adj. Assoc. Prof.
Adj. Assoc. Prof. Andre Oboler is CEO and Managing Director of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Law School at La Trobe University, a Fellow of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, and an Expert Member of the Australian Government’s Delegation to the International Holocaust Remebrance Alliance (IHRA). He served as a co-chair of the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism from 2009 to 2017 and co-led its working group on antisemitism online and in the media, on the expert advisory group for the Malmö International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, and as a panellist for the UN’s 13th Session of the Forum on Minority Issues which focused on hate speech and social media. He has served as a Vice-President of the IEEE Computer Society and Chair of the IEEE’s Global Policy Caucus. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Lancaster University (UK) and both an LLM(Juris Doctor) and an honours degree in Computer Science from Monash University (Australia).
Robyn McNamara is Chief Technology Officer of the Online Hate Prevention Institute. She is a Business Analyst at the Australian Taxation Office. She previously taught computer science and software engineering at Monash University for more than 20 years. She holds an Honours degree in Computer Science from Monash University and joined the board after previous employment as OHPI’s Senior Software Engineer.
Dr Nasya Bahfen is a member of the Board. She is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at La Trobe University. 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 regularly interviewed by Australian and international broadcasters on issues of diversity in the media, and diversity in sport. She has served as an AFL Multicultural Community Ambassador. 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 is a member of the Board. 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 Bachelor of Applied Science (Physio.) and a Graduate Diploma of Ergonomics.
Rebecca Katz is a member of the Board. She is a Transformation Graduate at NTT Data. After completing university in 2025 she spent the past summer as OHPI’s Communications and Donor Relations Manager, and on completing her work for OHPI was invited to join the board. She served as National Fundraising Coordinator on the national executive of the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS), and before that as treasurer of AUJS Victoria. She has worked in digital communications, marketing, research, disability support services, and administration. She has completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing Science) and Bachelor of Science (Mathematics).
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