Glen is one of the longest ever serving board members, being on the board since 2004. A passionate longboarder  who grew up surfing the breaks of Phillip Island, Glen has been involed across all aspects of surfing from competing, to judging and boardriders clubs.

Glen been Surfing Victorian Longboard State Rep, National Rep as well as team manager for the Victorian State Team at the Longboard Australian Titles.

Carmen has been on the Surfing Victoria Board since January 2020. She loves watching the community around me being enriched through surfing and the ocean.

Carmen is the director of CC Virtually Admin and has over 20 years’ experience within local government and the private business sector which provided a high expertise across the areas of Office Management, Administration and Event Management which has led to assisting Surfing Victoria with its strategic objectives. She enjoys spending time with family and friends and walking our dog along the beach.

Kate is a committed surfer who started her journey on a knee board when she was 18, being located in Melbourne she moved to windsurfing for about 10 years and then later transitioned back to surfing after getting the longboard bug in her 30’s. She hasn’t looked back and has been actively engaged in the longboarding community since then, surfing as many times a week as she can as well as actively competing in state and local competitions.

Kate is passionate about seeing greater diversity in surfing and particularly committed to increasing the participation of female and indigenous people in surfing, closely aligning with two of the pillars in the Surfing Victoria Strategic Plan.

Kate is a strategic land use planner who has worked for over 30 years in the public and private sector, the last 15 of these have been in executive positions in state and local government within the Geelong region. She lives on the Surf Coast with her partner and daughter Sam and her family.

Cal is a lifelong surfer hailing from the Mornington Peninsula and was elected to the Surfing Victoria board in 2021.

Cal holds an LLM (Public Law) from the London School of Economics & Political Science where he studied as a Chevening Scholar and was awarded the Stanley De Smith Prize for the best overall performance in the public law specialism. Cal has also co-authored book chapters on UK and Australian constitutional law issues for the Cambridge University Press. Cal is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

Prior to being called to the Bar, Cal held the role of Deputy General Counsel to the Premier of Victoria, where he advised on public law, parliamentary processes, inquiries and royal commissions, commercial and industrial disputes and policy issues arising across the justice portfolios.

Cal previously served in legal policy and constitutional recognition advisory roles at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and originally practiced as a lawyer in commercial litigation at Hunt & Hunt Lawyers.

Emilie is an experienced Tourism, Events and Business Development professional and has spent the last 12 years working in the beautiful Bass Coast/Phillip Island region. Holding a bachelor of business and tourism management, Emilie’s true love is distance running and is a proud member of the Traralgon Harriers Athletics Club whilst also dabbling in surfing in her adult life.

Emilie is passionate about sporting events and strategic partnerships, particularly those that can be leveraged to increase visitation and provide economic and social benefit to regional communities.

Neil Ridgway is a lifelong surfer and snow skier who loves living in Jan Juc. He currently works as Head of International Licensing at Rip Curl International. From 2003 to 2022 he served on the RC executive team as Chief Brand and Marketing Officer responsible for all brand touch-points online and offline across the world. In that time the RC pro surfing team won a record 12 WSL world surfing titles over 14 years helping many young surfers achieve their goals.

Prior to RC, Neil was a journalist, editor and Publishing Director at EMAP magazines on over 30 mainstream and action sports titles including Tracks, Australian Skiing and Snowboarding, Barbie, FHM, Smash Hits, Surfgirl, Outdoor, Australian Mountainbike and Australasian Dirt Bike Magazine. Along the way, he has had consulting experience at Newscorp, the Magazine Publishers Association of Australia and the Geelong Cats Football Club among others; and on the Board at the Association of Surfing Professionals and the World Surf League.

Chris is a passionate surfer/bodyboarder who lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his two children and wife. He currently works as a Learning and Development professional specialising in technical capability and capacity for the Asia Pacific region. He holds an MBA from Torrens University/Ducere Business School.

Chris competes in shortboard and bodyboard disciplines and regularly judges club events. Chris received the “Tom Wilson – Spirit of Bodyboarding Award” at the 2022 Australian National Titles for significant contributions to the sport. Chris is a 6-time Bodyboard State Title winner and current president of Bodyboarding Victoria. He believes strongly in creating an inclusive, diverse community of people who love the sport of surfing and hopes to increase participation and engagement with unique events and offerings catering for everyone from beginners to professional-level athletes.

Adam is a former professional surfer hailing from Portland in Victorias far south west. Robbo is best known for his power surfing at Bells culminating in a runner-up finish at the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach against Joel Parkinson.

Appointed the CEO at Surfing Victoria in 2015, he has coached some of the best in the world including world champions Kelly Slater and Carissa Moore whilst also guiding Surfing Victoria events and programs to commericial viability.

Elley Harrison is an experianced and respected sports administrator who has been at Surfing Victoria since 2002. Growing up in Cape Paterson, Elley graduated from Victoria University with a Bachelor of Sports Adminstration/Business Management. Elley manages the day to day operations of Surfing Victoria with a focus on finance, administration and governance.

Liam started with Surfing Victoria in 2008 as a trainee before obtaining a Bachelor of Sports Management / Business at the University of Ballarat. Liam started full time with Surfing Victoria in 2013 as the Marketing and Comms manager.

He oversees all events, marketing, partnerships and government.

Growing up on the hill at Bells Beach, Cahill’s surfing has been honed on the long right hand waves in the area. As a junior Cahill was not astand out, but developed into one of Victoria’s top Pro Junior surfers, finishing the WSL series as the highest rated Victorian in 2008. One of Cahill’s career highlights was winning the Rip Curl Pro Trials and surfing in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach mainevent in 2014.

Post surfing career, Cahill worked under the tutelage of Adam Robertson to become Surfing Victoria’s High Performance Coaching Director. Since starting in the role Cahill has worked with athletes such as Carissa Moore, Ethan Ewing, Jarvis Earle, Connor O’Leary, Morgan Cibilic, Ellie Harrison, Mia Huppatz, Kehu Butler and more.

Jordie is a Muna Muna man, who grew up on Boonwurrung Country at Sandy Point. Before starting with Surfing Victoria in 2015, Jordie participated in the Victorian Indigenous Surfing Program whilst also completing a carpentary trade.

Since starting with Surfing Victoria as our Indigenous Aquatics Manager, Jordie has led the Indigenous Surfing Program expansion whilst also working on events and in the coaching team. Jordie also oversees all programs across the Surfing Victoria business

Simon started with Surfing Victoria in 2017 in a casual role working and judging at events across the state. In 2019, he moved into a full time role as Events Manager. Prior to being a Surfing Victoria, Simon worked across the Surf Industry.

Simon manages our calendar of state, national and international events throughout the year.

Chad started a Surfing Victoria in 2018 and came to Surfing Victoria from the AFL. Chad has a Bachelor in Sports Management / Business from Federation University, Ballarat.

Chad leads the administration within Surfing Victoria whilst also delivering on Surf School, Club and Membership.

James hails from Phillip Island and started with Surfing Victoria as a volunteer at the Rip Curl Pro in 2018. James came to Surfing Victoria with a Bachelor of Human Movement.

James helps deliver on Surfing Victoria programs across the state including the Indigenous, Multicultural, All Abilities and Women and Girls programs.

Linda Morris is the stalwart of Surfing Victoria, having been with the organisation since 2000. Linda manages the day to day finances and previously worked in law firms as a Legal Secretary.  Linda resides on the Mornington Peninsula with the majority of her work conducted from her home office.