Roy Bartlett
Roy, Co-Founder of StarJam has worked in the not profit sector since 1986. During this time he has worked for Presbyterian Support, Alzheimers’ Foundation, Home and Family Society and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Auckland. Roy is a member of the Fundraising Institute of NZ and has served on both the National Executive of its Council and the Northern Regional Branch. Prior to his move into management for non profits, he worked for 20 years as an engineer. Roy particularly enjoys the movies, the theatre, socialising with friends over a good meal as well as sharing a love of sun, sea and sand with his wife Julie.

Dick Hubbard
Dick Hubbard joined StarJam’s Board of Trustees in July 2008. Dick is the founder of Hubbard Foods Ltd and was the Mayor of Auckland City from 2004 to 2007. Dick has not only been a great supporter of StarJam but has really entered the Jammers’ world. Dick performed a cameo role in the show StarJam staged to open the Sir Woolf Fisher Arena at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in 2005 in Manukau City and joined the Jammers in the wheelchair dance section of the show. He attended the post-show Certificate of Stardom presentation and delighted the Jammers with his support of their efforts.

Tony Howe
Tony, Secretary of the StarJam Charitable Trust has worked at the Auckland Disability Resource Centre in the product and information showroom, for the past eleven years. He played wheelchair rugby for Auckland and New Zealand between 1990 and 1995 and coached Auckland and New Zealand wheelchair rugby between 1995 and 2000. Tony won a Bronze medal at the Atlanta and Sydney Paralympics and a Silver medal at the Toronto World Wheelchair Rugby Champs in 1998. He was the Torch carrier in the 2000 Olympics Torch Relay.

Andrew Seerden
Andrew has an extensive history in the IT industry, ranging from working for IBM in the Netherlands and New Zealand, Compaq and Hewlett Packard.
Andrew has a Master of Business Administration from Newport University, Utrecht, The Netherlands and a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the Institute for Economic Sciences in The Netherlands. He spends most of his spare time with his wife Maree and twin boys Ivo & Luca.
Andrew’s first StarJam experience was in StarJam’s live interview show in 2005. He enjoyed it so much that he offered to assist StarJam in realizing its vision.

John Abrahamson
John Abrahamson has been an academic engineer (teaching, research, consulting and administration) for almost 40 years, working at Canterbury University for most of that time, with some periods in the UK, US, Germany and India. During that time he has worked with many young people, with the luxury of being able to guide most to satisfying careers and independence, not only financial independence but also in independent thinking. His specialties are dust removal from air, early signs of snow avalanches, electric arcs and carbon nanotubes, and explaining ball lightning, and otherwise trying to forget about all of these!

Grant Sharman
Following my accident playing rugby at the age of fifteen I was approached by an amazing man, Bruce Hopkins, who could only move his head. Bruce introduced me to painting using a brush in my mouth. My first efforts were terrible but he insisted I kept trying.
The rest is history. In 1981 I received a small scholarship from AMFPA and in 1988 was made a full member. I still have my first two paintings that I did with my mouth and they hang in my art studio. They are a reminder of where I have come from in terms of my art as well as proof that anything is possible if you never give up.
I have also represented my country as a member of the New Zealand Wheel Blacks since 1995, captain from 1996 to 2000 when I retired. My career has included competing at two Paralympics and two World Cups with my highest medal being a silver at the Toronto World Cup in 1998. I also coached the team at the Athens 2004 Paralympics.
On January 1st 2004, I was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to people with disabilities. This was a great honour and something I am both proud of and humbled by, as I know there are many people in the community who daily give of themselves and would be worthy recipients in their own right.