About MOH

Board & Governance

Melbourne Open House was founded by eight professionals who came together under the Committee for Melbourne’s 2008 Future Focus Group (FFG) leadership program. The first two Melbourne Open House events in 2008 and 2009 were delivered under the FFG program.

These founders wanted to establish MOH as an independent, ongoing annual event after the FFG program came to an end. Melbourne Open House was therefore incorporated as a not-for-profit association in Victoria in 2009. This was the first step towards ensuring the event’s longevity as a vital part of Melbourne’s annual event calendar.

Today MOH is managed by 13 committee members with the assistance of Emma Telfer, Marketing Consultant and Laura Sullivan, Marketing Co-Ordinator. This team is assisted by an enormous number of volunteers.

Board Members

Steven Cornwell, Director, Cornwell
Management Committee Member

Mark Davis, Director, Efront
Management Committee Member

Sue Dight, Director, Touring Enterprises Event Management
Project Manager and Association Secretary

Mary Dougherty, Executive Director, Embark Australia
Management Committee Member

Max Garrido, Group Manager - Strategic Marketing, Schiavello Group
Management Committee Member

Marcia Harkins, Development Manager - Docklands, VicUrban
Founding Board Member

Aoife Keigher, Architect, RotheLowman
Management Committee Member

Tim Leslie, Associate Director, Bates Smart Pty Ltd
MOH Vice President

Nathan Milesi, Senior Landscape Architect, LandDesign Partnership
Founding Board Member

Steven Neave, Manager Design Solutions, CitiPower and Powercor Australia Ltd
MOH Treasurer

Shaun Newing, Director – Infrastructure Advisory, RBS Group (Australia)
Founding Board Member

Charles Tremlett, Director – Running Boards.
Founding Board Member

P. Joy Villalino, Marketing and Events Manager, Melbourne University Sport
MOH President