Jack is the Executive Chairman of the Forum. He is also President of WorldSkills International.

Jack has degrees in Social Science and Law. His working life has included time with the NSW Law Foundation, the Evatt Foundation and heading up the Office of Youth Affairs in the second Hawke government.

He has also served as a Board member of the NSW TAFE Commission and the Australian Student Traineeship Foundation.

With a special interest in skills and training, improving the opportunities for young Australians has been the goal underpinning Jack’s entire career.

In 2000, Jack received the Order of Australia Medal for services to education and to the community. He was awarded a Doctor of Social Science (Honoris Causa) by RMIT University in 2009.

Email: Tjerk Dusseldorp

Teya Dusseldorp, an active DSF Board member since 2004, has a long-standing interest in building partnerships between DSF and Indigenous organisations such as the Lumbu Indigenous Community Foundation, National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy, Reconciliation Australia, and the Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) with a focus on improving educational and training opportunities for Indigenous young people throughout Australia.

Teya has played a key role in major DSF projects over the past decade, including the Skills Across the World volunteer programs in Zimbabwe and East Timor with WorldSkills and PLAN International, Try-a-Trade Croc Skills with the Croc Festival, Same Kids Same Goals with Dare to Lead, Election Tracker 2007 with Vibewire and the development of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Early Childhood Skill Training Network with SNAICC.

As an independent documentary film maker Teya has produced a number of documentaries and educational videos, including for DSF, Skills Across the World 1998 and Skills Across the World 1999 , Manufacturing Team Challenge, Quick Hut 2000 and Same Kids Same Goals.

Teya worked formerly as a human rights lawyer with the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as an advisor to the Federal Race Discrimination Commissioner and with the National Inquiry into the Stolen Generations. Teya has an Arts/Law degree from Sydney University, a Certificate in Film and Television Production from North Sydney TAFE and a Masters of Arts in Social Inquiry from UTS. Returning from maternity leave in 2010 Teya works part-time with DSF and the rest of the time is mother to her three young children.

Email: Teya Dusseldorp

Since joining the Dusseldorp Skills Forum in 1994, Lesley has worked on a number of different projects related to young people’s involvement in education and employment. Of note, she co-ordinated the National TRAC Unit, assisted in the establishment of the Australian Student Traineeship Foundation, and was integral in the development and implementation of Central Coast Career WorkKeys (value-added casual labour pool).

Lesley was instrumental in developing the Plan-It Youth mentoring project - and in establishing the Youth Mentoring Network. Netional Mentoring Benchmarks and NRGize training for co-ordinators More recently she has worked on developing the Y Green project where young people are trained and subsequently employed as home sustainability advisers, helping residents to reduce their utility bills.

Email: Lesley Tobin

Judy’s passion for skills and sustainability has evolved through a long involvement in developing and delivering skills programs for young people in Australia and globally. In her youth Judy studied and then worked in Japan, giving her the skills to translate for the Japanese team visitors at the 1988 WorldSkills International Competition.

This experience allowed Judy to transition from a developing career in international telecommunications to join the WorldSkills Australia Foundation as a program coordinator, coordinating many of the regional and national Australian WorldSkills Competitions.

Continuing her engagement with Dusseldorp Skills Forum (DSF) enabled Judy to contribute in establishing a host of innovative youth in transition programs like TRAC, the influential first ‘How Young people are Faring’ Report, the Learning Choices Expos, Croc Skills and the On-site Assessment and Training initiative (OSAT).

Now a key member of the DSF team, Judy leads the Green Team partnership with WorldSkills Australia, the MoVE Research Project with RMIT and the Trade Secrets project underway with Institute for Sustainable Futures. Most recently Judy enjoyed partnering with the MacDonald family and WorldSkills Australia on The Ern MacDonald Fellowship.

Judy has a degree majoring in Political Science & Asian Studies from the ANU and a Grad Dip in Employment Relations from UTS. In her spare time Judy leads a family of boys and is an active member of their school community.

Email: Judy Turnbull