President
Derek Boylen is currently the Director for Catholic Marriage Education Services (Perth). Derek is also Chair of the Bishop's Committee for Family and for Life for the Archdiocese of Perth and Chair of the promotions committee for the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning. Previously he was Campus Minister for the University of Notre Dame and Secretary for the Australian Network of Diocesan Youth Ministry Coordinators. Derek is married to Karen and they have five beautiful children. E: derek.cmfs@perthcatholic.org.au 

Secretary, FOCCUS & Threshold Liaison
Matthew MacDonald is the Executive Officer of the Life, Marriage & Family Office of the Melbourne Archdiocese - a role he has had since 2008. Matthew and his wife Julie have been involved in relationship education since 2002 when they began presenting Theology of the Body classes to youth groups. They have served on the Council for Marriage and Family in the Melbourne Archdiocese. Matthew completed a Grad Dip in Theology (Marriage & Family) at the John Paul II Institute 2006 and is currently completing a Masters program there. He and Julie have been married for 11 years and have five children. E: Matthew.MacDonald@cam.org.au 

Treasurer
Jennifer Mason is the Coordinator Pre-Marriage Education Services atCentacare Catholic Family and Community Services in Brisbane. Jennifer’s firstinterest in pre-marriage was ignited during her own experience of pre-marriagein 1986, prior to her marriage to Paul. She and Paul volunteered on programmesin Rockhampton from 1994 where she later became Coordinator of MarriageEducation. Jennifer has been working at Centacare in Brisbane since 1999,moving to the Coordinator role in 2005. Jennifer is a FOCCUS and PME Groupfacilitator, a Trainer in the FOCCUS Programme, enjoys working in schoolprogrammes in personal and social development education and is the past Qld Teacher Trainerfor Australian Council of Natural Family Planning. Jennifer and Paul are proudparents to four adult and teenage sons. Jennifer has a passion for cricket,hockey, walking, her dog and yoga, and dreams of developing her watercolour painting skills.E: jmason@centacarebrisbane.net.au

Communications Officer
Francine Pirola and husband Byron are well known for their work spanning twenty years in marriage formation. They are the co-authors of the Celebrate Love Experience, the Engage marriage preparation course, and the My School Diary range. They are members of the Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council, and past president of the Australian Council of Natural Family Planning. Authors of numerous articles on marriage and family they are frequent speakers at conferences both in Australia and abroad where their programmes have been adopted. They are the Directors of Marriage Formation for the Pastoral & Matrimonial Renewal Centre, Australia. They were married in 1988 and have five children.  E: francine.pirola@thepmrc.org