Cycling Without Age Australia is a not-for-profit charity regulated by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). The incorporated association is governed by a Management Committee.
Our Management Committee
Simon Hemmings,
Chair
Tim Rogers,
Committee Member
Tim lives in Currimundi on the Sunshine Coast, Qld. He has 35 years experience in social work, community development and human services including 17 years in innovative program development and senior management. His work has included significant years both in the public service (Health, Family Services and Welfare) and the not for profit sector. Tim has a strong commitment to strengths based practice in all areas of his work. As a keen cyclist, he joined Cycling Without Age in 2019, establishing a Chapter on the Sunshine Coast and becoming a member of the Management Committee since its inception in 2019.
Malcolm Chandler
Secretary
Malcolm first came across Cycling Without Age at Teneriffe beside the Brisbane river and thought,’what a marvellous idea’. Having finished his 10 years of service with the State Emergency Service, he was looking to volunteer in a different role. His professional career was with a large not-for-profit organisation managing residential and fostering care services for children, and was instrumental in setting up affordable housing. The last 10 years of his working life was at an executive management level and directed a unit which was responsible for strategy and planning, risk identification and management, quality systems development and implementation including the associated documentation requirements and policy. He was also responsible for Board governance and development.
Carolyn Lilley,
Treasurer
Carolyn Lilley brings her passion for community building and education to her role as Treasurer for Cycling Without Age Australia. With a background in education, Carolyn spent two years volunteering in Zimbabwe as a mathematics teacher, an experience that deepened her commitment to fostering inclusive communities.
Beyond her voluntary contributions with Cycling Without Age, Carolyn is actively involved in her local community garden, where she dedicates time to cultivating both plants and connections. She believes that vibrant, inclusive spaces — whether through cycling, education, or gardening—are essential to the well-being of all community members.
Carolyn’s dedication to service is at the heart of everything she does, and she is proud to contribute her skills and energy to making the world a more connected and compassionate place.
Wayne Sticher
Committee Member
Wayne lives on the Gold Coast and enjoys retirement after 30 years in the Fire Service. He loves being ‘out there’ having ridden his bicycle unassisted from the Gold Coast to Perth via Uluru.
He believes contribution is the rent we pay for the space we occupy on earth, holding active positions with Volunteer Marine Rescue, DonateLife, Toastmasters, and Queensland Eye Institute. Wayne is also the Consumer Advisor to the Queensland Tissue Bank Governance Committee (Qld Dept Health).
Wayne is a passionate advocate for Cycling Without Age and In May 2023, the Gold Coast chapter was presented with the Queensland’s Volunteer Impact Award, for services to the community.
Cycling Without Age makes a huge difference everybody involved, and connections naturally flourish. He joined CWAA’s management committee in July 2021.
Cheryl Pope,
Committee Member
After many moves around Australia, Cheryl has settled in Orange NSW. For most of her career she has been involved in agriculture, having been involved in production, advanced science and biotech, education, resilience and wellbeing and management. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a keen advocate for good governance. Cheryl is a duathlete and became involved with Cycling without Age in 2022. She is the inaugural Chair of the Orange Chapter.
Deb Wall,
Committee Member
Deb joined Cycling Without Age in 2021 and is the Community Captain for our Rockingham chapter. Her career began in nursing and after meeting an AUSLAN interpreter with a patient her passion for the language blossomed. She began working within the education department after having children and also studied AUSLAN. She was employed as an Educational Interpreter delivering the curriculum to profoundly deaf students integrated into mainstream education. Deb has a strong belief in equality and inclusion. She sits on the Disability Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee and the Seniors Advisory Committee for the City of Rockingham.
Karen O’Connor,
Committee Member,
Karen is passionate about building intergenerational connections in our community. In-between raising a family, she has held various roles within the resources and health care sector, with a focus on Health and Safety. She was instrumental in forming a collaborative approach across Australian chapters of Cycling Without Age which led to the inaugural Australian Summit held in 2019 and subsequently the formation of Cycling Without Age Australia management committee. Through this grass-roots organisation, she is confident she has found her “Purpose”.
David Cochran,
Committee Member
David Cochran (DipDemCare, MAICD) was appointed CEO of Harbison in 2017. Harbison is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1956 to serve the predominantly rural community of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, located between Sydney and Canberra. Harbison established the first regional Butterfly Household in New South Wales, hosts the Southern Highlands chapter of Cycling Without Age, introduced Motiview to Australia, and has been recognised for its growing intergenerational care program which brings pre-school and school-aged children together with older people and people living with dementia. After a chance meeting with Ole Kassow in Copenhagen, David founded CWA Southern Highlands in 2018 and joined the management committee of Cycling Without Age Australia in 2024.