Hi all, I am the Board Secretaryof Deaf Australia, and we have an update/announcement for everyone. DeafAustralia wants to let you all know that our CEO, Shirley Liu, has made thedecision to resign from her position as CEO. Shirley will continue her workwith us until her last day, Monday 30 November 2026.

We want to thank Shirley for herwork with Deaf Australia over the past 5 years and we acknowledge and recogniseher valuable contribution to Deaf Australia. We wish her all the best goingforward and know that she will still and always be in the Deaf community so wewill still see her around.

You may be curious as to what the plan is going forward. It was not an easydecision for the Board. We reviewed and discussed our options and ultimatelymade the decision to appoint Debra Swann as the interim CEO until the end ofJune 2027.

This will give the Board time to review the CEO position and advertise for anew CEO.

Since Debra has become theinterim CEO, this has meant she had to step down from the Chairperson role, sothe board has appointed Sheena Helton to take on this role.

Circling back to Shirley, we want to again thank Shirley for her involvementwith Deaf Australia, and we extend our thanks to all of our members for yourongoing support.

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