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05
FROM THE CHAIR
In August 2013, we celebrated Ninti One’s
tenth anniversary with a major event in
Canberra, where our researchers and
practitioners presented highlights of our work.
At the event, we affirmed our commitment
to be an ongoing not-for-profit research,
innovation and community development
organisation. Good progress has been made
this year with the completion of the Ninti One
Strategic Direction and the implementation of
key activities, including the establishment of the
Ninti One Foundation to attract philanthropic
funding in addition to our contract revenue. I
take this opportunity to thank all our partners
and Ninti One staff for their involvement
and hard work in growing Ninti One into the
company it is today. Importantly, this would not
have occurred without the vision and leadership
of Jan Ferguson, who has been Ninti One’s
Managing Director since 2005
and in May 2014 announced her decision to
step down. Her outstanding contribution and
major achievements are discussed on
p. 35, but I will talk here about the Aboriginal
Community Researcher (ACR) program,
which she initiated, supported and grew despite
many obstacles and very little external support.
The program defines the way we conduct
research in remote communities by employing
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
in our projects. The ACRs are trained to
undertake important research that offers the
potential for unprecedented success in terms
of community development, employment and
policy formulation outcomes.
On behalf of the Board and all our staff I
warmly thank Jan for the hard work, enormous
amount of time and passion she has put in
to manage and grow Ninti One over the
past nine years. I wish her the best in her
future endeavours. Finally, I thank my fellow
Board members for their work and support
throughout the year.
DR TOM CALMA AO
CHAIR
NINTI ONE LIMITED BOARD