Our Founder

Born in Melbourne to Mil and Lois Napthine, Andrea Cheetham has spent her life committed to community wellbeing, especially in rural and remote Australia. Together with her husband Rob, she lived for over four decades in Western NSW and on French Island, forming a deep connection to the land and its people.

Now retired in Portsea, Victoria, Andrea continues this lifelong work through the foundation — a reflection of her compassion, collaborative spirit, and belief in the power of empathy and innovation to change lives.