MainFM is managed by a Committee elected by Members of the Association.

See our Committee Role Descriptions here.

The current Committee comprises:

President:  Richard McLeish

Rich co-hosts the Sunday Roast on Sunday afternoons. A refugee from the commercial media landscape, he’s a strong believer in the power of community. Outside of MainFM, he can be found building lego with Max, waving a camera around at regional events, or crashing his mountain bike on a nearby trail.

Vice President: Martin Lee

Martin is the host of Still Life With Pansy on MainFM, a show about contemporary queer art and artists. He works as a disability support worker while pursuing his own artistic endeavours. In previous guises, Martin has worked in a variety of public and private sector positions: from environmental consultant and university lecturer, to hospitality, administration and window dresser. Martin grew up in south west Victoria, lived in Melbourne for many years (punctuated by brief stints in Daylesford and Ballarat), and finally landed in Castlemaine about 10 years ago.

Secretary:  Rosie Collins

Rosie’s bio.

Treasurer: Suzanne Hogan
After retiring from the daily grind of a 30+ year public service career, Suze took a long break before starting up her own business as an investigator/consultant. She has extensive management, HR and project management experience. Suze packs dry goods at a local organic business and loves everything Castlemaine and its community has to offer. She likes cooking and sharing food, gardening, dancing in the kitchen and listening to MainFM.

General Committee: Ian Patrick
Ian’s experience in the media commenced as a presenter at 3CR in Melbourne with a music and talk breakfast program, subsequently working in freelance and staff positions at the ABC making radio documentaries and features. Ian has also worked as a teacher, university lecturer, arts administrator, project manager, and for the last 20 years as a self-employed consultant in the areas of evaluation, training and organisational development.  He enjoys producing The Latin Hour for MainFM drawing on his love of music and salsa dancing.

General Committee: Simon Smallchua

Simon is a digital professional with a passion for community. He founded his first consultancy at 17 in 2003 and went on to co-found Harvey, a business development consultancy with ethical leanings based in Chewton. His experience and vision will help MainFM reach its potential in the digital era.

General Committee: Tina Rae

Tina’s bio.

General Committee: Celia Finch (She/They)

Celia is an evaluator and policy strategy advisor who has worked across Australia, SouthEast Asia and the Pacific in government, community organisations and the UN. They have a passion for putting heart and soul into evidenced based decision making. They are currently supporting RRR to make sense of its impact and hope to bring these learnings to the Maine. Since moving to Castlemaine they have embraced the fun, creative and wondrous opportunities this little town has to offer.