Our Team

Dion McCurdy
Founder and Managing Director
Dion is our democracy and politics expert and one of the main drivers of NewVote. He has degrees in political science, psychology and law. He has managed a small business and is a practising solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Hamish Pratt
Founder and Director
Hamish is the public face of NewVote. He has degrees in journalism and acting. He also manages his family agricultural business in Georgetown, rural South Australia.

Tom Wensley
Director and Head of Partnerships
Tom is our nonprofits expert. He has degrees in political science, sociology and law. He is also currently the Brisbane area manager of AIME (the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience).

Helen Stump
Founder
A dynamic thinker and talented artist, Helen created our NewVote brand. Helen is a practising, qualified graphic designer with Alleyoop Group but is not active with NewVote at the moment.

Patrick Orme
ACT Speaker
Pat has a wealth of experience from his time in nonprofits. He is currently a Senior Officer at Reconciliation Australia and NewVote's man on the ground in Canberra.

Rohan Richards
Chief Technology Officer
Rohan is a software developer with Quartermoon Designs where he has built countless apps. He built the majority of our prototype and will now oversee the development of NewVote's iOS and Android apps.

Daniel Nuttall
Software Developer
Daniel is a coder. He wouldn't let us say anything more than that.

Harsh Pandya
Software Developer
Harsh is a software developer, passionate about open source projects that aim to improve the human condition through the use of technology. He is currently working for ThoughtWorks Australia.

Jay Agrawal
IT Advisor
Jay is a software engineer at ISW. He was the early designer of our prototype and he provides high-level support for our IT team.

Sean Magin
UX / UI Lead
Sean is a front end web designer, passionate about designing Engaging Interactive User Experiences for the Web.

Sally Aldridge
Business Advisor
Sally is a Product Manager in the San Fransisco area. She is a lean startup and design thinking practitioner and likes to play in the intersection of engineering, design and business.

Juanita Wheeler
Marketing Strategist
Juanita is Managing Director at Full & Frank, Licensee at TEDxBrisbane and TEDx Speaker. Juanita is a strategic consultant specialising in nonprofits.

Claudia Estrada
Design Innovation
Claudia is an Economist with Master studies in Marketing and International Business. She has worked for Citibank, Deloitte Access Economics and is currently at the Design Innovation Research Centre (DIRC) at the University of Technology Sydney. She is passionate about social change and believes that NewVote is a great tool to enhance democracy.

Riley King
Researcher in Law
Riley is a student of political science and law. He is concerned about reducing the democratic deficit in Australia.

John Hooke
Researcher in Politics
John has a degree in political science and philosophy from UQ and is passionate about getting young people to care about governance. He works from our ACT branch and researchs issues to be added to NewVote.