Special Supporters
Snowy Hydro SouthCare has gathered support from several well-known individuals that have chosen to voice their support for the Service by becoming Ambassadors and Patrons of the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Rescue Helicopter. These individuals include:
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, AC
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of
Australia
BA. LLB (Qld). Hon LLD (Macquarie). Hon DLitt
(Charles Sturt).
Hon DUniv (Griffith). Hon DU (QUT). Hon LLD
(Qld)
Chief Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare
Quentin Bryce was born in Brisbane in 1942 and spent her early years in Ilfracombe, a small town in Central Western Queensland. In 1965, she graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from The University of Queensland and, in the same year, was admitted to the Queensland Bar. She has since enjoyed a rich and distinguished career as an academic, lawyer, community and human rights advocate, senior public officer, university college principal, and vice-regal representative in Queensland, and now Australia.
Ms Bryce's former roles - some, among firsts for women in Australia include:
- Lecturer and Tutor in Law, The University of Queensland, 1968-1983
- Convenor, National Women's Advisory Council, 1982-1984
- Inaugural Director, Queensland Women's Information Service, Office of the Status of Women, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 1984-1987
- Director, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Queensland, 1987-1988
- Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1988-1993
- founding Chair and CEO, National Childcare Accreditation Council, 1993-1996
- Principal and CEO, The Women's College, University of Sydney, 1997-2003
- Governor of Queensland, 2003-2008
Her address at the 2011 Governor General Awards Function can be viewed CLICK HERE
General David John Hurley AC, DSC
Chief of the Defence Force
Special Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare
Professor Ian Chubb AC
Former Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University
Special Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare
Professor Ian Chubb served as the Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University from 2001-2010, and has been a Special Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare since 2005.
Michael Milton
Paralympics and Olympic Athlete
Special Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare
Michael Milton has competed at five Paralympics competitions, winning six Paralympics' gold medals and eleven world Championships medals in the process. In addition, he became the fastest Australian skier ever in 2006 by performing a record-breaking speed of 213.65km/hr. Having taken on the added sport of cycling and a battle with oesophageal cancer since 2007, many wonder if there is anything Michael Milton can't do.
In 2005, Michael became a Special Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare. Adding to his continually expanding list of talents, Michael supported the Service by competing in the 2007 Celebrity Ballroom event, joining seven other Canberran celebrities in Latin American and Ballroom dance-training and performance.
Stuart Diver
The sole survivor of the 1997 Thredbo landslide
Patron for Snowy Hydro SouthCare 
Stuart Diver is the miraculous sole survivor of the Thredbo landslide which took place on 30 July 1997. The event took the lives of 18 people after two alpine lodges slid from the steep hills of Thredbo and landed in a pile of rubble. Stuart spent 65 hours in freezing temperatures before he was pulled from the debris to begin a long road to recovery.
As Stuart knows what it is like to be in a crisis situation, he is fully aware of the benefits of the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Rescue Helicopter and became a patron of the Service in 1998.
Len Goodman AO
Special Ambassador for Snowy Hydro SouthCare
Len Goodman AO is a former Director and Chairman of Snowy Hydro SouthCare. Len is assisting Snowy Hydro with a number of projects including strengthening our relationship with Service Clubs and assisting in research for a book on the history of the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Rescue Helicopter.