Our Board
Tom Snow | Chair
Tom Snow is Chair of Snow Medical Research Foundation, which since 2019 has invested over $260 million into the Australian medical research sector and was Chair of Canberra Airport where he served on the board for over 15 years.
Tom Snow is also the Founder of Equality Australia and was a Co-Chair and Founder of the Equality Campaign, which led the successful Yes vote in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey and saw in the successful legislative change for marriage equality.
Before the marriage equality campaign, Tom created Whitehelm Capital with his business partner. They built Whitehelm into an infrastructure fund manager with nearly $5 billion in funds under management across 44 infrastructure assets and $16 billion in funds under advice.
Tom has served as a director at Perth Airport, the Port of Adelaide, Bankstown Airport, Peninsula Link, Etihad Stadium and the Australian Science Festival. He was also Chair of the Canberra Convention Bureau. He is a Rhodes Scholar and is a proud father of three kids.
Ginette Snow
Ginette Snow is a driving force behind the establishment of Snow Medical, and is on the Scientific Review and Advisory Committee. A former pharmacist, Ginette worked at Canberra Hospital for 11 years during which time she completed a Bachelor of Science at the Australian National University. She is also director of The Snow Foundation and an accomplished photographer and author of three books which include many of her own photos: Where did we come from? A Family History: Condon, Snow and Byron; Canberra Airport: A Pictorial History; and Two Dads, written for her 14 grandchildren as a memento of how the babies of son Tom Snow and his husband Brooke ‘were made’. Ginette is a keen campaigner for gay and lesbian rights and marriage equality.
Ginette has had photographic exhibitions in Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. As official photographer of Canberra Airport, Ginette has documented the transformation of the airport since 1998 when the Snow family acquired it from the Commonwealth. Ginette divides her time between Canberra, Sydney and their property at Willinga Park on the NSW South Coast. She and Terry have been married for more than 40 years.
Stephen Byron AM
Stephen Byron is a director of Snow Medical Research Foundation, the Snow Foundation and Chief Executive Officer of Canberra Airport and the broader Capital Property Group.
During his career, Stephen has led the transformation of the Canberra Airport precinct with a focus on excellent customer experience and sustainable design. He oversaw the addition of $2.5 billion in airport infrastructure, a new terminal, a retail precinct and three business parks which now cater to more than 12,000 people working for government departments and private enterprise tenants. Stephen also managed Capital Property Group’s expansion into real estate development at Denman Prospect, a new Canberra residential suburb and Constitution Place, an urban commercial precinct in the Canberra CBD. in 2021, Stephen was awarded a Member in the Order of Australia, receiving this honour for significant service to the aviation infrastructure sector, and to tourism.
Stephen grew up in Canberra and attended the Australian National University.
Georgina Byron AM
Georgina is CEO of The Snow Foundation, and since 2006 has significantly grown the Foundation’s reach and impact from its origins in Canberra. Through Georgina’s leadership, the Foundation has deepened its commitment to the local Canberra region, broadened into other key regions close to the family (Sydney and South Coast) and backed dynamic start-up social entrepreneurs with bold national agendas. Over the past decade, Georgina has led further expansion into social justice issues and championed major social change projects rallying with many others; marriage equality, Raise the Rate campaign, the Voice Referendum and the elimination of rheumatic heart disease and crusted scabies in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Georgina is passionate about creating social change to improve the lives of Australians, especially women, girls, and First Nations Australians. Collaboration is central to the Foundation and Georgina has led several co-funding initiatives and brought innovative programs to the ACT. Georgina is community-minded and committed to progressing a more inclusive, kinder and safer Sydney where everyone can thrive.
She is Co-Chair of Deadly Hearts Ltd, Deputy Chair of Sydney Community Foundation, Chair of Sydney Women’s Community Fund Advisory Council, Philanthropy Australia board member and previous Chair of their Family Foundation Network. Georgina was previously a director of Good360, the Australian Women Donors Network, and Hands Across Canberra Community Foundation.
Before her roles in philanthropy, Georgina had 13 years in the corporate sector holding senior executive positions at David Jones and AMP. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, holds a Bachelor of Business Degree, major in Marketing and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment. In 2021, was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia. Georgina lives in Sydney with her husband and four daughters.
Scarlett Gaffey
Scarlett is an experienced Speech Pathologist and has been working with children and adults for over 15 years. She has her own practice in Canberra and focuses on providing early intervention for children in the areas of speech, language, literacy and stuttering. She holds a Masters of Speech Language Pathology (Honours) from Sydney University and a Bachelor of Commerce from Macquarie University.
Scarlett is passionate about the formative role of education and how it can change improve lives, both via career, health and wellbeing. She is aware of the systemic gaps in how we teach reading and support struggling learners which has inspired a deeper commitment by Snow Foundation to advocacy and supporting teachers with evidence-informed approaches. She leads the education focus at Snow Foundation which started in Canberra but is now also focused nationally.
Scarlett lives in Canberra with her husband and three children. In addition to her responsibilities with The Snow Foundation Board, she sits on the Foundation’s Small and Medium Grants Committee and is on the board of ACT Water Polo.
Professor Doug Hilton AO
Professor Hilton is Chief Executive of CSIRO, having commenced in the role in September 2023.
He is a molecular and cellular biologist and previously Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). At WEHI, his medical research focussed on understanding how blood cells communicate and using this knowledge to improve disease treatments. He and his team held more than 20 patents and translated their research through collaboration with venture capitalists and the biopharmaceutical industry. Through an honorary appointment in the Zoology Department at University of Melbourne, he also studies a family of tiny day-flying moths involved in the pollination of Australian plants.
Beyond research, Professor Hilton has emphasised the importance of strong institutional cultures, and furthered diversity in science including as a member of the Champion of Change Coalition and a board member of Australians Investing in Women.
Professor Anne Kelso AO
Professor Anne Kelso was Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council from 2015 to 2023. In this role, she oversaw the agency’s national research grant program, the updating of national codes of research ethics, development of health guidelines and the regulation of research using human embryos. She served ex officio on the Board of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization, the Strategy Board of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases and a range of Australian Government committees.
In her earlier career, after completing her PhD at the University of Melbourne, Professor Kelso undertook research in immunology at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, WEHI, the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and the Doherty Institute, and held leadership roles as Director of the CRC for Vaccine Technology (2000-2006) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza (2007-2015). She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2018. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in medical science by the University of Melbourne where she is an honorary professorial fellow.
