The Buda Committee of Management
Bronwyn Rudolph – President
Registered Building Practitioner
BA interior Architecture RMIT 1976
Runs Design Connections building design service
Member of:
BDAV (building designers association of Victoria)
National Trust Victoria
Furniture History Society of Australia
Pat Grumont – Secretary
Retired Teacher
Education Consultant
Associated with Buda since 1981
Teeshia Fitzgerald
Castlemaine Uniting Church Councilor 15 years
B & B Operator
Garden Room Coordinator 10 years
Christine Lloyd
Retired secondary art and design teacher.
Buda Tour Guide since 2018.
Treasurer, Friends of Castlemaine Art Museum
Castlemaine Art Museum trainee Guide
Cr Tony Cordy
Co-opted member Mount Alexander Shire Council
Peter Lukaitis – Vice President
Sergeant of Victoria Police (Retired)
Accredited Mediator
George A. Milford – Treasurer
Accountant FCPA
Trustee Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum
Trustee S R Stoneman Foundation
Previously Finance Controller Thompsons Kelly & Lewis Pty Ltd
Lengthy experience as Hon Treasurer of community organizations
Colin Tracey
Retired: Operations Manager Telstra Satellite Services
Retired: Bendigo Campus Manager Girton Grammar School
Primarily associated with Buildings and Grounds maintenance work
Claire Bayliss
Retired Assistant Principal (Maryborough Education Centre)
Professional Associations: Board Member Victorian Principals Association (ex)
Association with Buda: Since 1988 (intermittent)
Buda Staff
Lauretta Zilles – House curator
Post Graduate Diploma in Cultural Heritage – Museum Studies Deakin University,
Alex Copland Attingham Scholar (2016)
Former Curator Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum (1986-1995)
Carol Henderson – Garden curator
Master of Urban Horiculture – Melbourne University (Burnley)
BA (Education) – Deakin University
Permaculture Design Certificate – Southern Cross Permaculture Institue
Cert 4 in Assessment and Training – Plenty
Vivienne Hamilton – Communications and Administration Manager
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Management – UniSA
BA (Fine art Phot) – RMIT University