Staff

The Board employs a team of staff to manage the operations of the NSA.  The current team comprises of:

Karyn Lisignoli - Chief Executive Officer

Phone: (08) 9249 5221

Mobile: 0459 176 603

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Karyn is a community development executive with extensive experience in youth, community and business development areas.  Karyn is a social entrepreneur who thrives on the challenge of developing and maintaining community and corporate partnerships, and other key strategic relationships, in order to address social injustices and disadvantage.  She is passionate about working collaboratively to address Aboriginal disengagement and despair, and believes that many in the community are keen to work together to address this.  Sport, physical activity and healthy lifestyles are excellent vehicles to achieve this, through building physical and emotional health, resilience, a sense of purpose and achievement, as well as positive life experiences.

Since graduating from Curtin University of Technology in 1995, with a double major in Psychology and Sociology, Karyn has worked exclusively in the youth and community development sector, for both community agencies and local government authorities.  Since 2004, Karyn has been employed as the senior executive of a significant youth affairs organisation; including the Regional Education and Careers in Highways Foundation (REACH) and the Youth Affairs Council of WA (YACWA).  She is a Fellow of Leadership WA (LWA), an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and most importantly delighted to be working with this small, dynamic and passionate team to improve the quality of life for all Nyoongars. 

Luke Watson - Senior Sports Development Officer

Phone: (08) 9249 5221

Mobile: 0416 209 312

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Luke is a proud Queenslander who now calls Perth home.  Luke has been fortunate to combine his career and interest in travel, working in sports development and education.

Luke holds a Bachelor in Business (Sport Management) from Griffith University, and a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education. His previous accomplishments include being an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development working as the National Cricket Development officer in Nepal, and working for 5 years in a prestigious Australian Boys School. He is a great advocate of sport as method of development, and has held key roles including Teacher-in-Charge of Cricket and PSA Cricket Secretary. He also coached a variety of teams from firsts to juniors in both Rugby and Cricket and loves to get on the field when time allows. Luke is a Wudajala who is committed to helping the Nyoongar nation, embracing `Leadership through Sport’ as his motto. 

Jayden Resuggan - Sports Development Officer

Phone: (08) 9249 5221

Mobile: 0435 406 114

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Jayden, a Yamaitji man from his mother’s side and English-Australian from his father's, is a recent graduate from Swan Christian College in 2010. He has been employed by the NSA as a full-time trainee. Jayden has a strong passion for sport and realises the positive influence it can have in people’s lives. Basketball and Athletics are his chosen sports. He currently plays in the Western Australian Basketball League.

Tilman Lowe - Sports Development Officer

Phone: (08) 9249 5221

Mobile: 0457 720 753

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Tilman, an Arrernte man of Central Australia from his father’s side and English from his mother’s side, was born in Perth before moving to Alice Springs at a young age. Since returning to Perth in 2012 Tilman has been employed by Nyoongar Sports Association as a Sports Development Officer. Tilman has worked as a tutor in a high school working closely with disengaged young Aboriginal students and has also worked as a Sport and Recreation Officer with an Aboriginal organisation that operated within the Aboriginal communities of Central Australia.

Tilman has acquired sporting knowledge from many sports such as soccer, AFL and rugby through years of dedication to sport and representation side for Alice Springs and the Northern Territory. He has also completed his Cert II in Sport and Recreation. Tilman hopes to be able to pass on his knowledge to the greater Aboriginal community through his position at NSA.

Cleve Humphries - Sports Development Officer (Great Southern)

Phone: (08) 9892 0185

Mobile: 0488 764 697

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