Amanda Rose - Founding Director

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Connect with me on LinkedIn

Follow me on Instagram

Email amanda@westernsydneywomen.com.au

Growing up and living in Western Sydney often has a stigma with a negative connotation, preventing women from realising their true potential and to live a safe, happy and financially secure life. 

My passion is to give a voice to the voiceless and to instigate generational change for women.

“Once a woman is equipped with confidence, connected to resources and provided with support, nothing can stop her from achieving greatness.”

Nerida Pearson - Event Manager

Nerida has extensive event management experience and has coordinated many high profile corporate and political events during her career over the last two decades.

Her portfolio includes events covered by Australian and international media such a Prime Ministers’ and Premiers’ election night receptions, major corporate, charity and political fundraisers. Nerida also managed the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual Gala Ball and Awards dinners for several years.

Recently, Nerida has worked primarily with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry to present a program of high profile corporate events.

Nicole Kastner - Community Manager

Nicole is an award winning entrepreneur and speaker with a specific focus on women in the Automotive Industry. A committed advocate for women, she offers consultancy services to help them propel their businesses forward. Nicole has been involved in Australia’s most reputable charity for the last decade and follows her passion by assisting Australia’s first not for profit campaigning for women’s justice. She is an accountant and wrangler of two active boys by profession. Together with her brother, Nicole established and runs a successful automotive workshop in Sydney’s Inner West. It is here she set up the flagship Ladies Car Care Courses to empower women and build their confidence in relation to mechanics.

Tiz Porreca - Mentoring Programs Manager

Coming from a large Italian family, Tiz is all about relationships and bringing people together. It’s this human-centred focus that underpins her marketing business, Amongst. Tiz helps businesses ‘get amongst it’ to create genuine connections and engage their audiences in more authentic ways. 

She honed her broad experience with 18 years in business consulting for an IT company, managing sales, customer service and marketing. She furthered her talents during six years running an advertising and design agency, overseeing high level branding projects, and developing messaging and positioning. In recent years, Tiz has earned a reputation as an expert in marketing strategy and relationship building.

Kathryn Price - Media and PR Advisor

Founder and director of Ruby Agency, you might also know her as: “new mum slammed for going back to work a week after giving birth” (cheers Sunrise, but we still love you), but she’ll respond better to: “firecracker who chose to be a mum and a business woman and is bloody good at both”.

First and foremost, Kat is a mum of 2 beautiful girls who tag along for the business ride, they're her sidekicks. 

With a crowd of creative and compassionate clients on her books, Kathryn prides herself on finding the hidden gem in your business thanks to her knack for storytelling, cutting to the chase and keeping it real. She has a no ‘BS’ approach to PR and marketing.

Her mission is to make her clients thought leaders in their industries.

Bev Barnfather - Relationships Associate WSEW

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Bev Barnfather is the proud founder, owner and CEO of award-winning Corporate Gift Consultancy and Gift Fulfilment Company the Ladybird Group.

Ladybird Group creates “thank you” strategies to help maintain client loyalty, retention and increase referrals.  Bev is enormously proud of their stylish, beautifully presented corporate gifts that generate a return on investment for their clients.

Clients that trust her expertise and advice include Crown International Holdings, Coronation Property, Arden Property Group, DGS Group, The Rilow Group, Laing and Simmons, Real Estate Institute NSW and Lexus among others.