Team Liberator

Mel joined the Liberator team in January, 2009 as an experienced administrator with an extensive technical product background. With over 25 years’ experience in administration, customer service and product dispatch, while at Novita Children's Services Incorporated, Mel brought exceptional qualities to Liberator. She is the contact person for all product sales enquiries and device trials. Fortunately, Mel is an incredibly organised person with a relentless work ethic!

Nilendra is the latest addition to the Liberator Team at HQ in Adelaide. He is a talented & dexterous electronics technician who is developing his skill base rapidly. Nilendra is concentrating on building, supporting & repairing Liberator’s Number 1 product, the LR7. Liberator’s continuing expansion means we needed more staff to maintain premium levels of quality service. Nilendra is already proving to be a great asset.

Jo is a Speech Pathologist based in Sydney, working full time for Liberator. Jo has worked in a variety of not-for-profit organisations and gained experienced supporting children and adults with complex communication needs and their families. Jo has gained confidence working in a variety of settings such as home, schools and in the community and is passionate about promoting meaningful communication in everyday contexts using AAC.

Jessica is a Speech Pathologist based in Brisbane, working full time for Liberator. Jessica has worked with children, adults, families and educators across a range of settings in both face to face and consultative roles. She has also had the opportunity to work in rural, regional and metropolitan areas. Jessica enjoys setting goals with individuals that are most important to them and sharing in the joy when each step towards a goal is achieved.

Ash Colombini

(B.A. Speech Pathology)

Therapy Consultant

NEW SOUTH WALES 

Mob: 0406 380 905
Email: ash@liberator.net.au

Works - Monday to Friday

Ash is based in Sydney & works full-time for Liberator in tandem with Leanna Fox, delivering therapy services. She is a skilful clinician with a huge amount of experience in the field, having previously been a part of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance organisation. Ash is able to work very effectively in conjunction with other speech pathologists yet can also operate in a solo capacity. She brings a tremendous energy & focus to improving AAC competency for device users & is a welcome addition to Liberator’s elite team.

Leanna is a speech pathologist based in Sydney, working full time for Liberator. As a speech pathologist Leanna has supported people with complex communication needs, their families, teachers and therapists in Ireland, rural NSW, Sydney and Vietnam (Trinh Foundation). She is passionate about educating and supporting people to become confident & competent with AAC across all environments and activities. Leanna now focusses upon delivering Therapy Services for Liberator, along with clinical supervision & training.

Merryn is a speech pathologist based in Sydney, working full time for Liberator. She joined Liberator in 2015 as the Victorian consultant, based in Melbourne. With recent experience working in the Autism field, Merryn has gained a wide range of clinical experience through her roles in education and not-for-profit settings in QLD, NSW and VIC. Merryn strongly believes that every person has the right to spontaneous, independent communication, and she is committed to sharing this message. Heading up Liberator’s Consultant Team has allowed Merryn to ensure we provide consistent, quality support through the complex process of acquiring AAC.