Darren and Cheri have 30 years’ experience working and living with people who cannot access the resources required to be a home owner. They often open their home for people in need, providing a safe and supportive environment during times of transition and uncertainty. Darren and Cheri married in 2000 and seek to model a life of service to others, including to their four children.
Cheri works in a local NGO supporting a diverse range of families, having graduated with a Masters of Applied Social Work. Darren completed a Bachelor of Commerce because of a love for numbers and finance.
After graduating from The University of Melbourne, he put his skills to work in not-for-profit organisations, increasingly finding himself gravitating into management roles. As Darren’s career progressed, he identified it was people that most intrigued him.
Encouraged by others who identified his entrepreneurial potential, Darren undertook to further his business knowledge. He also pursued a more people-centred ideology which included a Master of Arts. As a small business owner, Darren increasingly operated at a strategic level, across project management and management accounting.
Darren brings extensive expertise in strategy and getting things done, and plays a key role in realising organisational vision. As a long term coach and lecturer, his greatest enjoyment comes from maximising individual and team potential.
Darren has applied project management skills as an avid home renovator and investor. He was the regional team leader for Habitat for Humanity and has been involved in managing the development of two Community Centre builds. He and Cheri support moves towards a rental WOF and are supporters of decent affordable accommodation.