To progress the rights, social and legal status of Australians using Surrogacy overseas and within Australia.
This website supports Australians who are planning on, or who are already parents via surrogacy arrangements. We are an incorporated charity, registered with the Australian Charities and Non-Profits Commission.
To this effect, we work with
- Politicians to educate and lobby for laws which protect surrogates, intending parents and children, in a process which requires careful planning and protections
- Academics to encourage quality research into outcomes for surrogates and children born through surrogacy
- Media to dispel misconceptions around the motives, the process and the outcomes for intending parents, surrogates and children
Non-Executive Directors
All the positions below are voluntary roles, elected at SA’s AGM each year
- President: Michael Langtree
- Secretary: vacant
- Treasurer: Felicity Kennedy
- Government Relations: vacant
- Corporate relations: Naomi Seddon
- Domestic Intended Parent representative: vacant
- International Intended Parent representatives: Felicity Kennedy
SASS Support manager: Anna McKie (paid part-time)
Join our Board – see attachment below including where to email expressions of interest
Monthly report of SASS Statistics
SASS Mentors
Intended Parents | Surrogates |
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Straight Mums | Amanda Meehan (VIC) |
Kristy Green (ACT) | Charmaine Stall (QLD) |
Leah Ellis (NSW) | Danni Duivesteyn (SA) |
Jessie Schuhart-McRae (QLD) | Sarah Bagnall (ACT) |
Sarah Wright (SA) | Madeline Greenberg (NSW) |
Hannah Smith (SA) (single mum) | Leanne Mackay (NSW) |
Kate Manning (WA) | Jodie Thompson (WA) |
Gay Dads | |
Brendan Campbell (SA) | Martin and Paul Smith (VIC) |
Mahesh Oliver (NSW) | Josh Bowman-Pinnock (ACT) |
Dwayne Jude (QLD) |
Previous SASS Mentors
Intended Parents | Surrogates |
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Hetero couples | Marnie McIntyre (NSW) |
Marian Sandberg (SA) | Hayley Christidis (WA) |
Lisa and Henry Leggett (VIC) | Amber Steers (SA) |
Zoe Stefan (QLD) | Susan Gambale (QLD) |
Kate Ranger (WA) | |
Gay Dads | |
Juan Fernandez and Christian (NSW) | John Doucas and Rick Evans (NSW) |
Ben Warner and Terry (QLD) | Mike Collins and Glenn Trainor (VIC) |