CEO State Schools Relief

• Mar 2018 - Present

Sue Karzis is the first female Chief Executive Officer of State Schools Relief, a Victorian based not for profit organisation that supports the needs of financially disadvantaged school students by providing them with new school uniforms, footwear and educational resources during times of vulnerability. Since her appointment, Sue has propelled the charity to record numbers of impact, assisting over 56,000 financially disadvantaged Victorian school children in 2018 alone and has set the goal of positively impacting 70,000 underprivileged Victorian school children in 2019. Under her leadership the not-for-profit has distributed items exceeding $5M, widely promoted SSR’s own independent uniform label, Students Choice, established the SSR Ambassador Program, worked with 180 schools who have donated approximately $124,000 through a range of school based fundraising activities during the 2017/18 financial year and collaborated with a range of corporate sponsors including Bank of Australia and Bank First, which has enabled SSR to impact 83% of all Victorian state schools during 2018.

Member Board Of Directors

• Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

Non Executive Director

• Aug 2020 - Nov 2021

Treasurer

• Mar 2020 - Oct 2020

Associate Director, Student Services

• Oct 2015 - Mar 2018

The Student Services unit is responsible for providing a strategic and coordinated function across Monash College to ensure the highest quality of student engagement and student support and experience activities in a multi-campus environment. It has a particular focus on the provision of Homestay and Accommodation services, care-giving arrangements for under-age students, counselling support to students across both campuses and student advisory and experience activities delivered as part of the Monash College co-curricular program.

Director Young Leaders Programs and Coordinator, Strategic Partnerships.

• May 2009 - Oct 2015

Young Leaders Programs are short term residential programs for high school students from all around the world. These programs offer students a pathway to university and an opportunity to experience college life and The University of Melbourne. They also experience what it means to be a global citizen learning from like-minded young people from over 10 different countries. Young Leaders Programs are short term residential programs for high school students from all around the world. These programs offer students a pathway to university and an opportunity to experience college life and The University of Melbourne. They also experience what it means to be a global citizen learning from like-minded young people from over 10 different countries.

Youth Donor Coordinator

• 2001 - 2009