Lesley Ray

Lesley Ray

Lesley Ray is the executive manager of Philanthropy at Mater Foundation, one of Australia’s leading healthcare foundations where she has the greatest privilege of working with philanthropists to connect their personal values and motivations with Mater’s mission to provide exceptional healthcare, education and world-leading research.

She is past chair of CFRE International. Lesley is a fellow and past national chair of Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA) and gained her CFRE certification in 2002. Lesley is also a founding member of Women & Change, a women’s giving circle that aims to engage women in philanthropy.

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