Bonita Mersiades
Some people might think Bonita Mersiades is one dimensional because her professional life and her sporting passion combine, but it hasn’t always been that way. While she has been around football all her life as a child, player, community volunteer, ‘soccer mum’ and now as administrator/management (including time as the first and, so far, only female team manager of the Qantas Socceroos), she has also had real jobs in government and the not-for-profit sector in strategic policy/communications.
She also enjoys other sports (she counts Richmond, the Brumbies and the Raiders as three of her other teams), other cultural activities and politics and says that her passion for football has always had the broader dimension of Australia’s place in the world ... in fact, that point where international sport meets international politics. Bonita also authored Frank Farina’s book on his playing career.
She is head of Corporate and Public Affairs for the Football Federation of Australia.
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World Cup bid: Shine like a big, big star
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