Staff

Jenifer has extensive experience in sponsorship, marketing and partnership management. A 20 plus year career with commercial and sponsorship management roles in media and sport. She leads commercial partnership, business development and fundraising activities for PNZ.

Mike is responsible for identifying, engaging, and stewarding high-net-worth New Zealanders to support Paralympics New Zealand. This includes connecting donors with Paralympians, Para athletes and key stakeholders, delivering engaging communications, hosting networking events, and creating meaningful experiences that make supporters feel valued and part of the team.

With a career spanning more than 20 years, Lynette has a wealth of experience in international and national sport event management, strategic and operational campaign planning and delivery for the New Zealand Paralympics teams and High Performance Sport Management.

Graeme is a Chartered Accountant with 30 years experience in Finance roles. His career started with 5 years at Deloittes, in the Business Advisory and Corporate Recovery divisions. Graeme has since worked for a variety of industries both privately owned and publicly listed entities. These have included Chubb System & Services, Tourism Holdings Limited and United Gaming.

Leilani provides planning, management, and support for identified PNZ core deliverables that have an impact across the whole organisation. She has a pivotal role in supporting the PNZ Board and related Committees, the CEO and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), and wider PNZ Team with project, governance, and administration support.

Kristin Farrell is the Senior Manager of Sport and Pathways at Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ).

Dale provides strategic advice and operational support to the development of Para Sport Performance Pathways strategies and programmes within PNZ and PNZ member organisations. A key outcome is to develop and improve the effectiveness of the performance pathways in Para sport to successfully identify, develop, support and progress Para athletes to achieve medal winning performances at international events and Paralympic Games.

Steve has more than 25 years of experience working in sport, media and communications. He leads on implementing agreed engagement plans with key PNZ stakeholders, that support core service delivery across the organisation. The role also entails leading on communications and media related activity, that support stakeholder engagement, contributing to the delivery of strategic outcomes within the PNZ Strategic Plan.  

Jo brings extensive Partnership and Events experience across sport, entertainment and media, developed through her work with New Zealand Cricket, New Zealand Rugby and most recently TVNZ. Originally from Ireland, she’s passionate about challenging perceptions, standing for equality and using sport as a catalyst for positive change. Jo thrives on building strong relationships, delivering seamless experiences, and creating innovative solutions to bring partnerships to life. In her role, she’ll work closely with PNZ’s partners and whānau to create impact and uplift the communities they support. Outside of mahi, you’ll find her in the gym or out in the bush – either training or trying to keep up with her son.