Aquatics and Recreation Victoria Special

Podcast Episode – Taya Phillips and Kathy Parton Hello and welcome to the Aquatic Mentors podcast. I am your host, Katrina van Eyk. In this episode I interview two ladies who are at the head of the Aquatics and Recreation Victoria Office. Taya Phillips is the Member Services and Event Coordinator and Kathy Parton is the Chief Executive Officer at ARV. While not having a background in swimming these two ladies have brought the experience and skills they acquired through previous roles to ARV. Kathy’s experience covers local, state, and federal government in the areas of Community Wellbeing, Community Capacity Building, Health and Disability Services, Children’s Services Planning and Development as well as many more roles in government. Taya’s experience lies in event management and marketing which has included roles for guest services and events at Walt Disney World and Hospitality and Special Events at Cricket Australia. Kathy has experienced a baptism of fire into her role of CEO at ARV being only a month into her role when the 2019-20 fires hit Eastern Victoria. During ARV’s star VICSWIM program Kathy and Taya with the help of all the VICSWIM staff had the challenge of moving, cancelling and rehousing daily swimming lessons for the intensive 3-week program. ARV is now playing a large role in supporting the Victorian Aquatic Industry as we endeavour to come out of the COVID lockdown as a stronger more unified industry. I hope you enjoy my interview with Taya Philips and Kathy Parton from Aquatics and Recreation Victoria as much as I did. Please share your thoughts on Kathy and Taya’s interview on our Facebook page, Aquatic Mentors and you will find their contact details listed at the end of the show notes. If you want to share your aquatic story, please contact me via my email: [email protected] So, let’s jump in and find out more about Taya and Kathy’s journey in swimming. Aquatics and Recreation Victoria: Website: https://www.aquaticsandrecreation.org.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aquaticsandrecreation Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aquaticsandrecreationvic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aquarecvic Email: [email protected] Kathy Parton’s Contact Information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-parton-486b2b32/ Taya Phillips Contact Information: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taya-phillips-6ab66468/ Katrina van Eyk's Contact Information: Aquatic Mentors - https://www.aquaticmentors.com.au/ Facebook - Aquatic Mentors Regional Swim Clinics - www.regionalswimclinics.com.au Email - [email protected] Facebook - Regional Swim Clinics