Baseball Victoria Board of Directors

Meghan joins the Board with more than a decade of experience in various sports management roles. As a driven and dedicated professional with proven results in operations, stakeholder relations and project management, she makes a terrific addition to our organisation.

Meghan obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Sport Coaching and Administration from Deakin University, followed by a Master of Business in Sport Management. As part of her Master's Program, she was elected to participate in the San Diego Sports Consulting Project in July 2015, during which she delivered a report and presentation to MLB team San Diego Padres on leveraging the 2016 All-Star Event to maintain current partnership and attract new sponsors.

After working as Operation and HR Manager for Bowls Australia from 2007-2015, Meghan spent the past four years as the General Manager of Vicsport, the peak body for sport and active recreation in Victoria.

Grant's experience is vast, both within the sport of baseball and externally. Playing baseball for most of his life, he's been a part of teams in the Under 19's USA Tours, the Australian Baseball League and the 1988 Olympics.

As a coach, Grant has worked with the Australian Under 17's and Claxton Shield teams as a pitching coach as well as heading the Victorian and Australian Women's programs in their early years.

Grant currently lectures at Victoria University. He has worked previously for the Victorian Baseball Association and held multiple positions in the sports industry sector for other State and National organisations.

Joanna O'Connor has over 10 years of experience in digital marketing specialising in retail, media and entertainment markets.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Auckland and post graduate in Commercial Law.

Margie brings a wealth of experience to the Board, including over 20 years of success in the areas of administration, events, community development and marketing. She is a graduate of Victoria University and the University of Indonesia; Jakarta. Margie currently serves as the Company Director of an Australian Consumer products business that distributes both locally and internationally.

As the mother of two sons who are proud baseball athletes, Margie has been involved in the baseball world for many years. Margie is excited and enthusiastic about this opportunity to combine her love for the sport with her professional expertise.

She thrives to be a changemaker and values inclusion and diversity, two areas in which she will work closely on behalf of Baseball Victoria.

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Matt is a sports law academic at Central Queensland University, focusing on baseball, team sports, labour regulation/mobility, corporate governance, and integrity in sport. As a lecturer in business law at CQU’s School of Business and Law, Matt teaches commercial law, international commercial law, governance and business law. Previously, he taught business law units for 10 years at Monash Business School.

Matt has over 30 years of experience in community, elite pathway, and professional baseball as a player, coach and administrator. He is the former secretary and Vice President (Pennant Committee Chairperson) of the Melbourne Winter Baseball League. He is a former tribunal member for the VSBL, MWBL, and ABL, and was part of the baseball operations team at the Melbourne Aces for 10 years. Matt also coached in the Victorian Under 12 Kangaroos Program and the Under 14 National Youth Championships.

Amy is an experienced and decorated baseballer who represented the Australian Emeralds and the Victorian Aces for 12 years (2002-2014). Amy is also a passionate club person with 20 years of involvement with Doncaster Baseball Club. This included 300 games as a player, ten seasons in various coaching roles within the renowned women’s program, and several club committee positions. 

Professionally, Amy is the National Manager of Communications of AusCycling - Australia’s national cycling organisation representing more than 50,000 members across all disciplines and forms of the sport of cycling.

Amy produces a podcast titled Women’s Baseball - The Inside Pitch which features stories of women’s baseball and women in baseball. Amy is also a one-eyed Atlanta Braves fan who believes MLB should not ban the shift! 

Rob Stanley undertakes the role of Finance Director and professionally holds the UK CIMA qualification. He has held senior roles in finance at Cricket Australia and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and managed both organization's financial planning and analysis functions.

Rob is a father of two young girls and a keen runner who has completed both the Melbourne and Gold Coast Marathons. Rob also has a long history in community sport playing hockey for a number of years with Old Haileybury Hockey Club.