Meet our team
Suzy Dimaline,
CEO
Suzy has over 27 years’ experience in the not-for-profit industry, particularly within the disability and employment sectors. She has lent her expertise to roles with the MS Society of SA & NT, Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Suzy is an experienced multi-channel fundraiser, who specialises in driving income generation, donor development, stakeholder engagement and managing teams.
Suzy is excited to join the fight and partner with the cystic fibrosis community to advance a cure.
Jodie Simpson,
Research and Development Lead
Working for more than 30 years in Health and Academia Jodie’s passion is supporting health research and researchers. Her curiosity made the science the perfect home for her to begin tertiary education and training and she love’s talking about science and research to a range of audiences including scientists, clinicians, policy makers and consumers. Her combination of expertise as a basic science researcher, a clinical science researcher and a research leader within the University sector means Jodie can support the Cure4CF researchers in their quest. Jodie is based in NSW and works on the land of the Wonnarua people.
Jodie can’t wait to join the fight with Cure4CF and support the talented researchers who are working to find the cure so desperately needed.
Birgit Smith,
Fundraising and
Operations Coordinator
Birgit brings a wealth of knowledge and experience having worked for over 10 years’ in marketing and membership management.
Specialising in developing and managing partnerships and running national marketing and communications campaigns, Birgit is a driven individual, passionate about the power of communications.
Birgit is excited to work alongside our CF community and help raise our collective voice in the fight against cystic fibrosis.
Jessica Buckley,
Partnerships Manager
Jessica is an experienced fundraiser, having worked for over 14 years in the not-for-profit industry in both Australia and the UK, most recently as the Fundraising Manager at the Childhood Cancer Association. She has also worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP and the University of Adelaide
You may remember Jessica as Cure4CF’s Donor Development Manager from 2018 – 2021, where she was instrumental in building the Foundation’s fundraising capacity through community-based fundraising.
Jessica has continued to be a strong supporter of Cure4CF and is excited to return as Partnerships Manager. Cure4CF CEO, Suzy Dimaline said of Jessica, “I am delighted to welcome Jessica back to the team. She will be responsible for developing and maintaining innovative partnerships to help build our research funding capacity. Jessica is a committed, hard worker who shares our values and commitment to the fight. I can’t think of a better fit for the role.”