Leaders
Paul Henley
Paul trained in England in community development and has worked for 20 years in Australia in the field of housing, youth, family, specialising in male and boys issues. He has worked as restorative justice convener for NSW Juvenile Justice, and a facilitator of men's groups relating to separation, violence health & wellbeing. He is a co-founder of the Pathways Foundation and the secretary of NSW Men's Health & Wellbeing Association. He lives on the NSW South Coast where he has run workshops as a Health in Men Project Officer for that region. Paul is a senior facilitator for the Pathways Foundation, and is now working for Pathways in the capacity of National Training Manager.
Ranald Allan (B.A .Dip. Ed.)
Worked with Aboriginal people for five years before working as a writer in film and television. His first experience of "men's business" was his participation in Aboriginal ceremonial life which created a passionate belief in the necessity of ritual and rites of passage for healthy communities. This was reinforced after involvement with Native American rituals and training with Navaho and Sioux medicine men. Ranald established the first Pathways program in Tasmania in 1995, founded the annual Tasmanian Men's gathering and has taken groups to desert Aboriginal communities every year since the early nineties. He is a qualified teacher and university lecturer in Aboriginal Studies and Screenwriting with over 14 years experience as a workshop facilitator.
Marybeth Zang
Marybeth is a facilitator of Rituals and all Rites of Passage work from birth to death. She is a Bereavement Counsellor, Marriage Celebrant, part time school teacher and yoga teacher for the last 20 years. She runs programmes and workshops for girls (menarche) and workshops and support groups for women in Menopause. She designs and facilitates ceremonies to mark these times. She has been facilitating the process for women in Pathways for 4 years. Marybeth is the mother of 3 grown sons and a daughter. She is one of the senior Leaders and trainers for the Pathways Foundation.
Elvian Drysdale
Elvian is a co-founder of the Pathways Womens Leadership team since 1999. She has been practicing complementry and preventative medicine as a naturopath and herbalist for twelve years and specialises in community and family health. She also leads and facilitates womens circles.
Maree Lipschitz B Sc (Hons) Grad Dip Lib Sc
Maree Lipschitz is an executive coach, corporate facilitator and mother of 2 children. She has over 14 years experience training in the corporate arena and 7 years facilitating women's circles and groups. She is one of the co-founders of the Pathways into Womanhood Program and one of the Senior Leaders for the mothers in the 'Pathways to Manhood' program and also offers puberty workshops for 9-12 yr old adolescent girls and their mothers. Maree is an associate member of The Institute of Group Leaders (NSW).