The Committee of Management (CoM) is made up of 3CR programmers, volunteers and supporters. This group of volunteers is elected once a year and the committee's role is to make decisions about the overall purpose and direction of 3CR, to ensure that funds and property are properly managed, to ensure that 3CR abides by its governing documents and to ensure that staff and volunteers best carry out 3CR's services. Meet our current Committee of Management.
Brendan Bonsack
Brendan joined the 3CR Spoken Word Show in 2016, an arts program dedicated to poetry and storytelling. He became involved in volunteer training at the Station, and is a member of the Training Subcommittee. Brendan has a background in information and media technology, education and performing arts. He joined the 3CR Committee of Management in 2022.
Amy Aednat Ciara
Amy hates mean people who use power to oppress and mistreat other people, which is why she loves to make radical radio to stick her finger up at those mean people. Amy and her head mates started at 3CR in 2024 on the Local Food Connections show and as a sluggish painter of windows. She now produces Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day, Kill Your Lawn & Kick Your Fence and appears on Stick Together. She is a member of the Station Worker and Subscriber Committee and in several activist groups. She wants to see 3CR remain a strong, democratically run and community-controlled organisation that continues to fight the good fight no matter what storms come.
Vittorio Grando
Vittorio has been involved with 3CR as a volunteer since 2024. Vittorio has a professional background in law and is a programmer on 3CR's bilingual Italian language program Radio FILEF.
Nat Grant
Nat has been a 3CR volunteer since 2018: as an OB technician, former host of weekly experimental music program Let Your Freak Flag Fly, and also as a trainer. Nat was Station Manager at community radio station 3MDR in the Dandenong Ranges from 2023–26, leading day-to-day operations and supporting a diverse volunteer base. Nat produces the award winning Prima Donna podcast, celebrating the creative lives of older artists, and is also a mentor with the Community Media Training Organisation (CMTO). They’re passionate about helping more people get on air and supporting accessible, community-led media.
Cleis Hart
Cleis joined 3CR as part of the Tuesday Breakfast show and has been part of the Women on the Line team since 2015. They have undertaken many roles at the station including broadcasting, training, outside broadcast technician, reception and Training and Projects subcommittees. Cleis was on the Board of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia from 2017 - 2021. Cleis previously served on the Comittee of Management from 2016 - 2025 and is delighted to be back this year.
Pat Khor
Pat has worked in international banking for over 25 years, with a second career of 20 years in the health industry across outpatients, oncology and palliative care. She joined 3CR as a volunteer in 2003 and worked through various areas of the station from front reception to Committee of Management Chairperson for 3 years. Landing on her favourite past time of discussing current affairs and politics as co-host of Talk Back with Attitude for last 15 years.
Priya Kunjan
Priya is a South Asian settler and non-binary trans person living, working and broadcasting across Wurundjeri Woi wurrung and Boon Wurrung Country. They have been a member of the Thursday Breakfast current affairs program crew since 2020, and have also co-hosted Women on the Line and contributed segments to the Earth Matters show. Priya was elected as Secretary of 3CR's Committee of Management in April 2026, and they are also a member of the Projects Subcommittee and convenor of the Station Worker and Subscriber Committee.
Joe Malignaggi
Community Radio in Melbourne coincided with Joe going to Art School and it has been part of his consciousness ever since. His activism began there. Joe has undertaken voluntary work in the community as a long-time member of Earthcare St Kilda (serving on the committee), Port Phillip Eco centre and eventually being invited to join 3CR in 2014. He has been on COM since 2016 and is the Music Coordinator as well as a member of the Programming Subcommittee. He is a passionate supporter of live music and the arts in Melbourne, especially by our First Nation artists.
James McKenzie
James is a journalist and long-time broadcaster at 3CR with a special focus on LGBTIQA+ issues. James has a professional background in community development, governance, policy and community media. He joined 3CR's Committee of Management in 2002.
Michael Ricardo
Mick Ricardo is a workers' rights activist, registered plumber, elected workplace union delegate, and health + safety representative. He co hosts the Plumbers Union's Fire Up show. A long time 3CR listener, he is focused on ensuring the station remains as strong as its listeners.
Ayan Shirwa
Ayan is a broadcaster and trainer at 3CR, where she’s been part of the community since 2017. She has produced stories for Women on the Line, Accent of Women, and Tuesday Breakfast. In 2020, she created Diaspora Blues, a show grounded in conversations about home, community, and belonging. Ayan is passionate about telling stories that reflect and uplift community voices. In 2025, she wrote and produced Our Stories, Our Flats, a series sharing the experiences of residents in Carlton’s public housing estates, and hopes to continue the project with a second season.
Therese Virtue OAM
Therese has worked in the Australian music industry for over 40 years. She has sung at many national and local music festivals and venues, and since the late 1980’s she has worked for Melbourne’s multicultural music presenter The Boite, setting up opportunities for performances and collaborations for newly arrived and culturally diverse artists. As part of her work with The Boite Therese has been a music broadcaster for 30 years, on PBS FM, 3ZZZ FM and 3CR. She currently presents on 3CR's Music Sans Frontieres. Therese has a deep commitment to radio as a vehicle of communication, and recognises its enormous value as a means of introducing the population to new musical forms. Therese sits on the Boards of three community organisations, and has served on the 3CR Committee of Management since 2010. In 2006, Therese was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her services to Multiculturalism and the Arts.
Fiona York
Fiona York is Executive Officer of Housing for the Aged Action Group. She has been working with older people for over 20 years in a variety of roles within the community sector, including in elder abuse, community aged care, cultural diversity and most recently, in housing. She has post-graduate qualifications in Community Development, Ethics and Legal Studies and brings a social justice perspective to all aspects of her work. Fiona has also volunteered as a forest campaigner in East Gippsland for over 25 years as part of the Goongerah Environment Centre and participated in community arts projects and has been a member of management committees for numerous community-based organisations.
Mercedes Zanker
Mercedes joined 3CR as a volunteer broadcaster with Uprise Radio in 2021. She joined as a broadcaster on A Friday Rave in 2025. Since joining 3CR, Mercedes has become a member of the Outside Broadcast Team, a technician for Beyond the Bars, and more recently, a volunteer trainer and a member of the Station Worker and Subscriber Committee. On the streets, she is a part of the Renegade Solidarity Audio crew, amplifying protests and actions, as well as publishing anti-military research to bolster on the ground campaigns against ever encroaching militarism. Mercedes sees 3CR as a stalwart for a politics and formation that challenges mainstream narratives not just in media but in community and it's resistance to corporatism and beyond. Truly by the people for the people.