Ambassadors.
LTGEN Ash Power AO CSC (Retd)
Ash Power graduated from RMC Duntroon into the Royal Australian Artillery and retired after a 40-year career as Lieutenant General in the role of Commander Joint Force Operations. He has held a number of command and operational appointments. Ash was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross for service as the Commanding Officer of the 4th Field Regiment and appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.
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LTCOL Barham Ferguson (Retd)
Commissioned at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Barham has served on a range of operations including in Bougainville, Southern Thailand, Iraq and Afghanistan. Barham is an author and artists. He has published a number of times including A Feeling of Belonging, 1999, and Love, Life and Anzac Biscuits, 2014. Barham regularly posts about his photography. Barham retired from the Australian Army in 2018 and resides in Canberra with his daughter.
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Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) AM
Born in Tasmania BTG grew up in Southeast Asia and Western Europe, before returning to Australia to complete his education. A graduate of RMC Duntroon BTG served as a paratrooper platoon commander with 3RAR(Para). BTG has written numerous New York Times best-sellers and is Australia’s highest selling author, having sold more than 30 million books in 155 countries. His international bestseller, Penguin Bloom, is being made into a movie starring Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln. In 2014 BTG was awarded the Order of Australia for services to literature and wildlife conservation. BTG, his wife Amy, and their daughter, Genevieve, are based in the United States.
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Connie Boglis
Connie is a Counsellor, Youth Worker, Author and Mental Health Advocate.
Connie tragically lost her former partner, Jesse Bird, to mental illness in 2017. This loss inspired a passion in Connie to advocate for veterans and families using her lived experience for the benefit of all in the veteran community. Connie sits on national advisory committees including Beyond Blue and Open Arms.
In 2019 Connie published Once Upon A Feeling with the aim of helping children express their emotions in creative ways. For her advocacy and leadership Connie was a finalist in the 2019 Australian Mental Health Prize.
In 2020 she is undertaking a Leadership Pathway Program into Politics.
Image: Connie Boglis