These 10 people have played vital roles in shaping our community and taking a lead during this year’s pandemic.

This is the fourth and second-last in our series.

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20: STEWART FLEMING

Mover and shaker in Logan, Stewart Fleming is a leading businessman and motivator, who has inspired and helped many small business owners navigate the pitfalls of running a successful business. The father, husband, community leader and life coach, he also fits in time to run the Logan Chamber of Commerce into his busy schedule. Along with dedicating his life to community projects such as Meals on Wheels and Scouts, he has also made a large impact in men’s health services as a member of the Men’s Health Network. This year he ran for mayor of Logan and has helped to establish a new business at Browns Plains. He left high school in 1987 and studied at University of Queensland, doing a bachelor of Science focusing on Computer Science and Psychology. In 1997 he received his Bachelor of Information Technology from QUT and rounded out his study with an MBA from the University of Wales while living in the UK. He often hosts community events, entertaining with his unique style and his signature red shoes and jacket. He is married to Lisa Lockland-Bell.

19: SUZ CORBETT

Husband-and-wife team Suz and Stan Corbett have stood up for all residents whose homes are along a designated freight train line which passes through some of Logan’s southern suburbs.

It takes guts to stand up and have your say but Ms Corbett said the train line was a matter of importance. She was born in Newcastle and has lived and worked on Groote Eylandt for six years, travelled with work to Weipa, McArthur River, Bing Bong, Townsville and Mt Isa.

She worked in the shipping and export industry for years before retiring as a shipping superintendent. Along with her work on the Community Consultative Committee for the Inland Rail and her group Inland Rail Action Group, she now enjoys retirement at home in Forestdale with her husband and is looking forward to taking time out with family.

The couple are now planning trips away in Australia and abroad.

They have two wonderful children and four grand children.

18: KAREN SPILLER

John Paul College principal Karen Spiller was named in Educator Australia’s Hot List 2020, which recognises professionals at the cutting edge of education. Mrs Spiller played a large role in bringing about changes at her college to adapt to the coronavirus restrictions and she ensured the school offered a balance between on-screen and off-screen learning for all students. The college set the standards using videos, forums, learning sharing platforms and live chat as well as a system of collaboration through video conferencing. She is the chair of the Independent Schools Queensland and is arguably one of the strongest voices on education in the state. She has been an educator and leader of schools for nearly 40 years. In 2017, she was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for her service to education and mentoring. She holds membership on several boards and advisory bodies including Yalari, Independent Schools Council of Australia, the International Education and Training Advisory Group, QUT Business Faculty CEO Advisory Group, Bond University Advisory Group to the Health Sciences Faculty and the AITSL School Leadership Advisory Group. She is also a Fellow of Bond University. Her vision for education in Queensland is that every student, regardless of where they attend school and where they live, can access and enjoy a high quality educational experience.

17: ROD SHAW

Logan’s Rod Shaw has played a major role in bringing the voice of ratepayers to the fore.

Mr Shaw was seminal in setting up the city’s first ratepayer association in 2017.

He said there had been an overwhelming response to the group from members of the public.

“I’m not sure why Logan has never had such an association but the city was only formed in 1981 and the 2008 amalgamation is relatively new,” he said.

“Until now, there has been complacency because there were people in council who had been there for a long time and had proven themselves as honest but now many of those long-serving people have left.

“I have had lots of people ring in wanting to join because they are fed up with the waste of ratepayers’ money — in particular overseas trips they believe are unnecessary.”

16: STEVEN BRADBURY

Speed-skater Steven created history in Salt Lake City in 2002 when he became the first Australian to win a Winter Olympic gold medal famously winning gold when everyone else fell over. The four-time Olympian was also a member of the 5000m relay team that won Bronze in Lillehammer in 1994. Recently, he has been working on the motivational speaking circuit and was a guest speaker for members of the Logan Regional Chamber of Commerce. He has kept close ties with Logan and “doing a Bradbury” has even become a phrase used for unlikely wins. In 2007, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his Olympic gold medal win and was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.

15: ANDREW PEACH

Andrew Peach is the much-loved executive principal at Marsden State High School, which is the largest high school in the regional with more than 2500 students attending from grades seven to 12. Mr Peach has more than 250 staff and works hard to provide superior opportunities built on a culture of high expectations. In 2018, Marsden was awarded a QUT Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence and was one of only two schools nominated for the Department of Education School of the Year Awards. Mr Peach was seminal in giving Logan high schools a profile and played a large role attracting the attention of rugby league clubs across the state. He graduated from QUT in 1996 with a Bachelor of Education before teaching in Roma, Cunnamulla and Ipswich. He successfully completed a Masters of Business Administration degree when he moved into school administration. In 2014, he was the Harvard Club of Australia Principal Scholarship recipient to attend Harvard’s Principal Centre in the Graduate School of Education. On his return, he led a group of Queensland principals on a study tour while attending the Emerging Leaders program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Mr Peach was the Chair of the Queensland National Science Week Committee between 2013 and 2016. He has been the Chair of the Queensland School Sport Rugby League Committee and revered by leaders in the NRL. He is also active in technology and IT and in areas related to pre-service and beginner teacher programs through Marsden High and recognised Staff Development programs. Last year, he won the award for Excellent Leadership in Teaching and Learning and his teaching staff won titles at this year’s prestigious awards.

14: HETTY JOHNSTON

It is hard to find a person that has been more influential in the child protection sphere than Hetty Johnston. The renowned child protection crusader founded Bravehearts in 1997 after learning her daughter had been sexually assaulted. Now, over 23 years later, Bravehearts has become a nationally and internationally recognised organisation of more than 70 employees who educate, empower and protect Australian kids from sexual assault. Locally, Mrs Johnston has also been influential. In the 90s she successfully fought off the construction of a Tollway through Logan. In 1995, she became a member of the Australian Democrats and ran in the 2016 Logan mayoral election. She ran for the state seat of Macalister in 2017 and also ran for the Senate in last year’s federal election. She was the 2015 Australian of the Year for Queensland and in 2016 was inducted into the Australian Businesswoman’s hall of fame. She is a full-time carer for her mother.

13: SILVIO TRINCA

Logan City Council acting chief executive officer Silvio Trinca has been with the council for more than 12 years and played a key role in keeping stability in the council after the elected representatives were dismissed. He took up the acting post in February 2018, after the former CEO Sharon Kelsey was sacked, and later worked closely with the Interim Administrator Tamara O’Shea, after the council was dismissed following fraud charges. He made a name for himself in civic circles as an even-handed engineer while he was the Director of Road and Water Infrastructure. Before arriving in Logan, worked at the City of Canning in Perth’s southeastern suburbs, where he spent 20 years riding to the post of deputy CEO and in the Executive Engineering and Technical Services department. He also spent two years in the city of Stirling after graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Western Australia. he was also past president of the WA Division of the Fellow Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia.

12: BRIAN TURNER

Centre Manager at the Hyperdome, Brian Turner has played a leading role in keeping the city’s shoppers happy. The businessman, who took up the post at the Hyperdome in 2018, is known for being unshakeable. He has brought experience and life skills to bear during this year’s pandemic, when he undertook a major building project while many retailers went into lockdown. He focuses on creating highly productive teams which work harmoniously to ensure Logan’s oldest shopping precinct functions as a much-loved community hub. He was also one of the masterminds behind sprucing up the centre with the popular marketplace. Mr Turner was the centre manager at Noosa Civic Shopping Centre from 2012 to 2018. But his experience extends to being a partner at Toowoomba Physio and Massage Centre for 27 years from 1987. He was also acting centre manager at Gardentown Shopping Centre from 2009 to 2012.

11: SHANNON FENTIMAN

The newly-elected Member for Waterford, Shannon Fentiman was yesterday elevated to the prestigious post of Attorney-General. Ms Fentiman has been a major player in Logan over the past decade and is known for her work to empower local women, establishing an annual Women’s Day awards. She has held challenging portfolios including Child Services but has made a strong fist of those roles, helping to force change in the community to protect families. Elected in 2015, she served her first term as Minister Communities, Women and Youth, Minister Child Safety and Minister Multicultural Affairs. In her last term, she served as Employment Minister. Before being elected, she worked as a solicitor for Hall Payne Lawyers and was a solicitor with the Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre. She was also an industrial advocate for the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union and a judge’s associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland to Justice Atkinson. But it has been her extra roles on community organisations that has helped shape Logan as a community. She is a board member of the Logan Women’s Health and Wellbeing Centre and secretary of the Centre Against Sexual Violence in Logan. She also took on the role of duty solicitor at the Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First class honours) from Queensland University of Technology and Master of Laws at Melbourne University. In the 2017 Logan floods, she was seen out helping others even when her house was inundated with muddy water.

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