Mediation – specialising in elder, wills and inheritance, associations, business mediation

Legal and government administration

Professional interpreting

Community radio broadcasting

2018 - NMAS Mediation Accreditation
Australian Mediation Association
MSB No 105-5095 (valid to 2023)

2016 - Organisational Behaviour
Macquarie University

2003 - Admission Legal Practitioner
ACT Supreme Court

2003 - Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Australian National University

2000 - Diploma in Law
LPAB / University of Sydney

1992 - Graduate Diploma in Public Law
Australian National University

1995 - NAATI Accreditation
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters

1987 - Bar Exam, Serbia

1984 - LLB, Serbia

1980 - Diploma in Cultural studies
Serbia

Leadership and management

Organisational behaviour

Interpersonal conflict based on race, gender and age, and at workplace

Work health and safety

Working with vulnerable people

Government policy, legislative development, administration and implementation

Aged care, focusing on quality of aged care service provision

Quality in health care

Privacy

Community regulation including not-for-profit sector

Business licensing

Working with vulnerable people

Land titles

Registration of births, deaths and marriages

Justices of the peace

2018 to present – Sole Trader
Mediator, Professional Interpreter

2019 to present – Mediator Panel Member
Conflict Resolution Service Canberra

2020 – Founder of Elder Group
Serbian Group Over 65s
Established and facilitated the first elder group in the Serbian Community in the ACT, auspiced by the NSW MCCI program and MyAgedCare (Cth)

2014 to 2018 – Director
Access Canberra, ACT Government
Leading a number Community and Associations registration functions; Deputy-Registrar-General of Land Titles and Births, Deaths and Marriages; Senior Manager of the Working with Vulnerable People registration scheme; Data security, AI and Biometrics projects

2011 to 2014 – Business Development Manager
ACT Government Justice and Community Safety Directorate

2007 to 2010 – Director
Commonwealth Government National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

2006 – Director
Commonwealth Department of Health

2003 – Solicitor
Ray Swift Moutrage and Associates
Estate/Inheritance, Property, Family law and Criminal and civil litigation matters

1999 to 2005 – Assistant Director of Private Health Industry Branch
Commonwealth Department of Health

1998 to 1999 – Health Policy and Legislation Officer
ACT Health

1996 to 1997 – Community Educator on Female Genital Mutilation
ACT Health

1992 to 1996 – Support Worker and Counsellor
Women’s support services (domestic violence services in Canberra)

1984 to 1990 – Solicitor, Legal Aid, Taxation Department
Yugoslavia

ACT Law Society

ACT Women Lawyers Association

Australian Mediation Association

Resolution Institute

Elder Mediation Australasian Network (EMAN)

Interact Online Inc - Strategic Development Group

AUSIT National Council - Vice-President, Communications and Public Relations

Present - Community Radio Broadcaster
Producing two weekly programs on Canberra Community Radio - Mediation Today and Serbia in My Heart
2XX 98.3 FM (2xxfm.org.au)

Present - Acquisition / Contribution Editor
Online magazine be:longing (belongingmag.com)

2020-21 - Community Facilitator
Instigating the first Serbian community group for people over the age of 65, under the MCCI program

2010 to 2013 - Board of Directors
Canberra Rape Crisis Centre

2003 to 2005 - Board of Directors
Women’s Legal Centre ACT (also held this role from 1997 to 1998)

1999 to 2002 - Chair of Board of Management
TOORA Women Inc

1995 to 1997 - Coordinator
Refugee Settlement Group, ACT Serbian Community Association

1995 - Coordinator
Health Education Program for Serbian Women in Canberra

1995 to 1998 - Editor in Chief
‘Health’ (‘ZDRAVLJE’) First Serbian Health Magazine for the Canberra Serbian Community

Poetry Writer and Performer