Dianne Buckles was appointed chair of the WA Divisional Advisory Board of Red Cross in October 2013 and has been a member of the Divisional Board since 2006, taking up the position of vice president in 2007 and deputy chair in 2009. She joined Red Cross in 1999 as a member and volunteer, and continues to volunteer in various areas such as emergency services, undertaking many deployments interstate and intrastate. She is AIIMS trained and has completed several Australian Emergency Management Institute courses, is a volunteer trainer, a REDiPlan facilitator/presenter, a Team Convenor and represents Australian Red Cross on the City of Stirling Local Emergency Management Committee, as well as volunteering in the Migration Support Program. Ms Buckles is chair of the WA Awards Committee, chair of the fundraising Flower Committee Unit, co-chair of the WA Volunteer Reference Group, and member on the National Services and Activities Committee, the National Emergency Services Advisory Committee and the WA International Humanitarian Law Committee. For her service, dedication and exceptional leadership to the organisation, Ms Buckles was awarded a Distinguished Service Award in 2010. She is now retired, but had previously worked in the corporate information technology sector for many years, and then in computer software consulting.
