Barry Robson – adfa President
Barry Robson Adfa President
Elected as Union delegate of Waterside Workers Federation 1970. Senior Vice President Of Waterside Workers Federation 1988 to amalgamation with Seafarers Union, which became the MUA in 1993.
Elected Alderman to Blacktown City Council 1991-1995. Elected Assistant Branch Secretary of MUA Sydney Branch in 1995, served two terms until 2003. Represented the Union at the Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia from 1996 to present date.
Appointed President in 2002 and elected as President in 2003.
Jenny Lord – adfa Vice President
Jenny Lord.
Kate Robson – adfa Treasurer
On retirement as the Office Manager of The National Union of Workers, NSW Branch in 2005 I joined adfa and volunteered as the bookkeeper. I remained the bookkeeper until 2017 when I was elected onto the committee becoming the Treasurer in 2018.
I will continue to support adfa and assist in any way possible the victims and their families of asbestos related diseases.
Karen Martin – adfa Secretary
I was introduced to adfa through my lawyer, Turner Freeman Lawyers. My husband was diagnosed wtih mesothelioma and passed away in 2017. After his passing I wanted to help find a cure and help other victims and their families and I am doing that through my involvement with adfa.
I have been on the adfa committee for four years and Secretary since 2021.
Maree Stokes – adfa Committee Member
I first became involved with adfa in 1997 after my husband was diagnosed with mesothelioma at age 56 years. He was a bus driver in our local area on the Central Coast of NSW. He died in 2003. His sister also contracted mesothelioma and died in 2008.
In 2005, I became the coordinator of adfa’s Central Coast Support Group which is helping and giving friendship to the sufferers of asbestos diseases, their family and friends. We campaigned at the law courts to ensure that the James Hardie Company paid and will continue to pay into the compensation fund for future victims and their families.
I was elected as Vice President in 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010. I will continue in all ways possible to work in my voluntary capacity to make aware the dangers of asbestos and the devastation it brings to families.
Kate Wilcockson- adfa Committee Member
Kate Wilcockson.
John Limpus – About The House Safety Removal
I worked in the Workers Compensation industry for 20 years and then established my own company, About The House Safe Asbestos Removal. We have over 22 years of experience in safe asbestos testing, removal and demolition throughout the Central Coast, Sydney and Newcastle.
My involvement with adfa goes back over 10 years and I was elected as Public Officer in 2021.