Ms Valerie Callister PSM
Chairperson
Valerie Callister has worked in a number of senior roles in the public and community sectors, including Regional Director of the Department of Human Services – Gippsland Region, President of the Latrobe Regional Hospital Board, and Chief Executive Officer of the Latrobe Community Health Service.
Ms Callister was previously the Chair of the Gippsland Emergency Management Relief and Recovery Planning and Preparedness Committee and was awarded a Public Service Medal for outstanding public service, especially in the areas of relief and recovery following natural disasters in 2012.
Valerie lives in rural Victoria.
Ms Anna Kilborn
Member
Anna Kilborn is an environmental planner with over 30 years of experience in natural resource management, regional infrastructure, strategic planning and policy development. She has also helped to develop spatial models and emergency response plans for environment, mining and transport sectors in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific.
Ms Kilborn is currently a member of the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council. She has previously served as a Board Director for South Gippsland Water Corporation, Regional Development Australia’s Gippsland Committee, and as a community member for West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority’s ecosystem advisory group. She has lived in Gippsland for the past 15 years.
Anna is a graduate of AICD’s Company Directors Course, holds a Bachelor of Science, and is currently studying for a Master of Public Policy.
Mr Michael Walker AFSM
Member
Michael Walker is an experienced firefighter, who joined the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1976 and worked in the organisation until retiring as an Assistant Chief Fire Officer in 2015. He has held a range of key operational roles, including Acting Director Operations, and Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer. He spent several years as a member of the Operational Training and Fire Safety Departments.
Mr Walker was a member of the small team that re-wrote the Emergency Management Arrangements for Victoria. He also completed a review of marine rescue operations along the Victorian coastline for the then Department of Justice.
Michael received an Australian Fire Service Medal in 2007 and a National Emergency Medal in 2014 for services performed during the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.
Contact the panel
The Panel can be contacted via email at enquiries@fdrp.vic.gov.au.
Reviewed 19 May 2023