A police officer who developed a youth and community centre in Timor-Leste (East Timor) will be the guest speaker at an International Women's Day event on Saturday.
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Libby Bleakley will be the fourth high-profile speaker for the Central West Women's Forum's Leadership Series.
Ms Bleakley was a police officer for 29 years, is an author and runs a coffee roasting business to raise funds for the centre in Timor-Leste.
On Saturday she will address an audience at Quest Orange. The event is sponsored by Quest Orange and will start at 6pm with informal networking in the conference room on the ground floor.
Following the networking, drinks and canapes, guests will hear Ms Bleakley talk about her varied leadership story followed by more networking with the event finishing at 8.30pm.
The cost is $40 including drinks and canapes and booking is essential at www.trybooking.com/BIIRQcentralwestwomen@gmail.com.
The women's forum was established to give a voice to women of the Central West who want to make a difference, achieve results and influence choices available across the region. The group welcomes new members at a cost of $1.
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Tanya Marschke
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
