Our Team | Champion Life

Kym Hunter

Founder & Managing Director

Kym is the daughter of a PE teacher and a Primary school principal and was lucky enough to grow up in a family that valued health and physical activity. Kym completed a Bachelor of Sports Science at the University of Canberra and worked at the Australian Institute of Sport early in her career.

Kym is now a Mum of 4 kids aged from 14 - 22 and was inspired to create Champion Life to support teachers and families in empowering students across Australia develop physical and health literacy to allow them to enjoy the benefits of having health and fitness as habits for life.

Nick Jenkins

Director of Partnerships

Nick is a Dad of two and devoted healthy family man. Stemming from a professional rugby league career spanning over a 10 year period, representing Western Australia in water polo, surf life saving and longboard surfing.

Nick spent 17 years with Mandurah Catholic College as the Director of Sport, responsible for 1700 students in a K -12 role. Nick went on to develop the sports program at the College that is now renowned nation-wide as one the leading sports schools in Australia.

Nick’s knowledge in secondary physical, health education and sport has won him multiple educational awards, highlighting his dedication, commitment and innovation in leadership.

Jesse Clement

Director of Information Technology

After starting out volunteering in inner-city schools, Jesse began a 20-year career as a Microsoft systems engineer. He always found time to support worthy causes and is proud to be serving on the team at Champion Life.

Jesse has recently taken on the challenge of a PhD in virtual and augmented reality interface design after moving to the gorgeous Sunshine Coast of Australia.

When he's not exploring virtual worlds, Jesse likes to go out for a kayak or bike ride, and spend time with his wife and cat.

Skye Johnson

Senior Web Developer

In her 15-year career, Skye has watched web development standards evolve and evolved with them. She's started her own business, worked as a consultant, and cultivated a reputation as a sharp and well-rounded developer.

Skye has many Drupal/WordPress development projects under her belt and is currently a senior developer at We Are VA in Maroochydore, Queensland. Prior to this Skye spent three years as a member of the web development team at Victoria University in Melbourne, and several years as a developer at Williams College in Massachusetts, USA.

When she's not carving code for Champion Life, she enjoys yoga, walking on the beach, and planning her next holiday.

Maria Doonan

Health & Physical Education content specialist

A passionate teacher of Health and Physical Education for over 20 years, Maria has taught in metropolitan and regional communities in both single sex and co-educational schools in Queensland, Western Australia and the United Kingdom.

After becoming a mother of two and completing a Masters of Education (with a focus on measuring and reporting on the facilitation of children’s physical activity in local communities) Maria moved to a tertiary setting, working with the School of Health Sciences and the School of Education at The University of Notre Dame Australia.

Stacey Umeh

Creative Movement Specialist

Stacey Umeh is one of Australia’s leading elite Women’s Artistic gymnastics coaches and movement specialists. She has provided gymnastics, artistic and choreographic services to hundreds of individuals worldwide including the Australian Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team, Chinese Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team and the Australian 2016 Rio Olympic Synchronised Swim Team.

Stacey has also acted as a creative movement specialist to many other champions from sports such as Rhythmic Gymnastics, Men’s Gymnastics, Synchronized Swimming, Rugby Union, Netball, Diving, Pole Fitness, Dance and Figure Skating.

Darren McCagh

Documentary Filming Specialist

An independent filmmaker based in Margaret River, Western Australia, Darren began his career 9 years ago on the beaches of the South West shooting surf contests and events. Since then his authentic style of filmmaking has led to the creation of content for national and international release mainly in the form of documentaries.

Darren recently directed, produced and filmed the documentary ‘One Shot- An Image And An Attitude’ for which he has won multiple awards for cinematography and best film.

His passion lies in the creation of character-driven content, to produce inspiring and compelling stories.

Georgia Perry

Operations and Logistics Manager

Georgia is currently studying Primary Education at Murdoch University and plays for Peel Thunder in the WAFL. Georgia enjoys being the example for young athletes through her positive outlook on life and uses social media to inspires others to get moving, nourish their bodies and believe they are worth it!

Phil Rubie

Senior Graphic/Multimedia Designer

Phil is a dedicated Dad of two teenage girls and is an active participant in his endeavours of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. He continues to have a life-long affinity with the ocean in particular surfing. Using the power of visualisation and imagery to help tell a story is a crucial element in all of his design work.