Company Secretary - Sharon Goddard (MBA)

Ms Goddard joined the Board of DRE in 2015 as Company Secretary. Sharon has been the General Manager-Corporate for Gold Road Resources since 2011 and has more than 20 years of experience in mining, agribusiness and legal. At Gold Road, Ms Goddard's primary responsibilities are managing aspects of the organisation including external affairs, management, IT and day-to-day operations including integrating and management of all services and systems. .

Previously Ms Goddard held senior position as Practice Manager for a newly merged Perth law firm Middletons and was instrumental in the fit-out and set-up of the new merged office including implementation of an IT solution, financial and human resources functions and risk and compliance. Sharon has also worked for Wesfarmers as an Executive Assistant to the Finance Director and assisted with all investor relations briefings including Annual and Half Yearly Results and presentation, as well as preparation of national roadshows to analysts, fund managers and shareholders.

Ms Goddard holds a Masters of Business Administration, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Diploma in Financial Markets at Financial Services Institute of Australia.

Rural Ambassador and Director Des Pauley (Dip Ag)

After graduating from the Muresk Institute Of Agriculture with an Associate Diploma In Agriculture he owns and operates his own broad acre  farm in WA's wheat belt, which enables him to continue his other passion, travel. 

With teenage nieces in mind, Des decided to sponsor a DRE student and after visiting Ethiopia  on many occasions,  has now developed a deep empathy and affection to the DRE/HFCOE community and his broad farming skill set has enabled him to spend many productive weeks helping them.

Des provides a helpful, caring and handy role model for the DRE/HFCOE boys who mostly lack a father. His business, and private enterprise skills have also come to the fore in identifying business opportunities for some of the HFCOE unemployed mothers and assisting them with those ventures.

Director - Monique Rampono 

Monique Rampono brings an interesting, varied, and much appreciated skill set to DRE. Monique has a Bachelor of Arts (English Literature Major) from the University of Western Australia (UWA). She also has a Cambridge Certifcate in EnglishTeaching to Adults, from Stanton School of English, London. Monique has partially completed an Environmental Design bachelor degree course at UWA. 

Monique was recently employed as a Contract Manager, for non-government group home and foster care services, with the Child Protection and Family Support Division of the recently amalgamated Department for Communities. Previous positions with what was formerly the Department for Child Protection, include: Ministerial Project Officer; Executive Assistant, Metropolitan and Country Services; Case Support Officer and Secretariat, Case Review Panel.

Monique has also worked as a Policy and Project Officer for the Research Development Unit of the Western Australia Health Department and as a Human Resources Coordinator and Project Officer for Relationships Australia (WA). Monique has been to Ethiopia twice.  

Director - Philip Eaton LLB, BJuris

Philip Eaton recently retired as a judge from the District Court of Western Australia. He joined DRE in search of adventure and as an opportunity to "give back". Formerly a barrister and partner of Godfrey Virtue and Co, Philip had many years of broad legal practice in both the country and the city. He brings with him a long standing legal career and experience in many areas. Philip has travelled throughout Ethiopia, and with his equally adventurous wife Elizabeth, together they have seen first hand, the changes DRE brings to the sponsored children.

Director - Penny Grant

Penny joined us in 2021 in the middle of the pandemic. She brings youth, enthusiasm and a great deal of marketing and tech knowledge to our board. We are very grateful to have Penny join our ranks. In her other life, Penny has 4 years experience working with Dexus and Hesperia in property development.