Chair & Director
Angelo has lived and breathed football for the past 35+ years. He is a 250+ game veteran of the ACT Premier League, and also playing in the old NSL with the Canberra Cosmos. He also captained the first ACT Team to reach a Semi Final of the FFA Cup (now Australia Cup) against Sydney FC. He has also represented the ACT in Futsal, and his country as a long term member of the Futsalroos playing his first senior game in 1999. In 2016 he travelled with the Futsalroos to the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Columbia.
Angelo was born and has always lived in Canberra. Outside of football Angelo is a director of multiple companies, but predominantly spends his time working in the Club Lime business which has moved from a family business that started in 2004 to now an ASX Listed company as of 2019 (VIVA Leisure ASX: VVA). Club Lime is a health club business has grown to 150 clubs with over 150,000 members, along with a Franchised division of nearly 200 clubs and growing. The company now has over 1500 employees based Australia wide.
Angelo hopes to be able to provide his knowledge/experience as a current player and company director operating multiple businesses to assist Capital Football to grow in the region and is excited about the opportunity.
Director & Deputy Chair
Elizabeth (Libby) Hovasapian is a CPA, CA, Registered Company Auditor and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has run her own Public Practice Accounting firm and Audit firm, both as sole trader and in partnership in the Canberra region for nearly 20 years. Libby has been involved in the Football Community, both as a former volunteer on Club committees and has played as a Masters Player.
Elizabeth (Libby) Hovasapian is a CPA, CA, Registered Company Auditor and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has run her own Public Practice Accounting firm and Audit firm, both as sole trader and in partnership in the Canberra region for nearly 20 years. Libby has been involved in the Football Community, both as a former volunteer on Club committees and has played as a Masters Player.
Director
Involved in Football for more than 30 years, Gary Vandeburgt has experience as a player, referee, club and media official and competition administrator.
Having worked in high-performance environments and at a high level of sport administration, Gary is aiming to use his extensive experience to develop the relationship between Capital Football and different stakeholder groups to improve the sport in Canberra and the surrounding region.
A National Premier Leagues referee, Gary is highly regarded by his peers and the football community and intends on utilising his relationships with stakeholders to achieve the goals of the Board. Gary plans to ensure the safety and enjoyment of participants at all levels of Football through his work as a Director at Capital Football.
Director
Kim works within EY’s Health and Human Services team, and although now well established in the corporate world, her initial career was as a Sports Physiotherapist. For over 20 years Kim worked across a range of sports developing performance-focused, evidence-based rehabilitation programs for some of the world’s best athletes including Australian and international professional footballers.
Kim has also worked with Australian Girls National teams. As the parent of two keen footballers, Kim brings a focus on supporting robust grassroots competitions. She is passionate about enhancing participation for women and girls and optimising player development pathways with an effective, transparent and pragmatic approach to governance.
Director
Sarah is a Barrister at the ACT Bar, accepting briefs in criminal, family, and public law matters, and appearing in ACT, NSW and Federal courts. Sarah also has a passion for community sport, not only playing, but contributing to administration roles particularly on legal and governance matters. She has played football in Canberra for over a decade across a number of different clubs.
Sarah is a Barrister at the ACT Bar, accepting briefs in criminal, family, and public law matters, and appearing in ACT, NSW and Federal courts.
Sarah also has a passion for community sport, not only playing, but contributing to administration roles particularly on legal and governance matters.
She has played football in Canberra for over a decade across a number of different clubs.
Director
Steve is an experienced football administrator, company director and corporate consultant. Steve combines his wealth of knowledge as a former player, current coach and past club President with his professional interests in the environment, governance, strategy and planning to offer a practical and unique perspective to make football better.
Steve is an experienced football administrator, company director and corporate consultant. Steve combines his wealth of knowledge as a former player, current coach and past club President with his professional interests in the environment, governance, strategy and planning to offer a practical and unique perspective to make football better.
Under the Capital Football Constitution, there are 12 Members: