New Lifestart Chief Executive Officer Denise Shaw began her new role on Monday 27th April. Denise is replacing Andrew Wilson who has been acting in the position since August of 2008. Andrew will officially hand over the role on 15th May to assist Denise in settling in. Denise comes to Lifestart with 12 years experience as CEO of not-for-profit organizations, including Life Education NSW and AFS Intercultural Programs Australia. Denise has considerable experience in areas familiar to Lifestart, including promoting the value of not-for-profit organizations among Government agencies, exposure to Culturaly & Liguistically Diverse programs (CALD) and volunteer based organizations.