Meet Our Team

Our team is dedicated to providing a nurturing environment for the sharing of knowledge and passion to reconnect parents and their children. Our core focus is enabling participants to build their perspective and resilience in life through encouraging teamwork and overcoming challenges together.
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Damien Schofield

Founder

Damien Schofield is the son of a Vietnam Veteran and the program’s founder and manager. Damien is a health and fitness professional who has extensive training in both group and individual physical therapy techniques, having studied under Dr Arne Rubinstein and ocean adventurer Mark Visser. He has an accomplished background in martial arts having been trained by 11 time World Champion John Wayne Parr. While Damien’s professional career has included work with professional sports people and other high performance groups, he has also worked broadly with those experiencing problems related to drug dependence and misuse, as well as those suffering mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and PTSD. One of Damien’s key strengths is the ability to design and deliver evidence based, best practice and holistic programs tailored to the specific needs of the individual or group.
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Scott Houston

Director

Scott Houston is a program consultant and Director, and is a former member of the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS). His military experiences have taken him from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the boardroom of his own award winning company Executive Risk Solutions (ERS).

After leaving the SAS in 2003, Scott joined the civilian workforce and gained valuable corporate experience, before starting the solutions-focused ERS in 2008. In 2014 Scott’s business won the Western Australian Business Rising Star award, and in 2015 was awarded Telstra Australian Business of the Year. Scott’s strengths are in his laser focus and unwavering dedication to achieving goals, evident in his great success as a businessman.

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Rebecca Christou

With over 16 years of experience in both full-time and reserve capacity in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Bec has a sound appreciation for both the challenges and diverse skill-sets of ADF personnel. She enjoys challenging herself, mentally, intellectually and physically which is displayed in a wide variety of activities conducted in military service and social activities.

In Bec’s professional civilian capacity, she is fortunate to be able to support Veterans and their families through the provision of mental health support via her Company, Critical Components, which provides specialist mental health support in part to the veteran community. Bec is passionate about giving Veterans the opportunity to self-develop and make the most of their breadth and depth of unique skills as they transition to the civilian sector. She believes that Veterans have an array of amazing skills that are valuable to businesses, in the form of training, leadership, management, safety, planning, coordination, loyalty, commitment and can-do-attitude.

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Jason Antunovich

Director

With over 30 years oil and gas industry experience, Jason imparts a specialised skillset – working with and leading teams in the execution of prominent global capital projects from concept to completion.

Renowned and respected for his pragmatic, results-oriented leadership, Jason’s expertise is in project management – specifically change management, talent development, mentorship and motivation, ensuring his teams and projects remain at the forefront of exciting industry developments.

Jason is a respected and attentive Board member of several Not for Profits – devoting time, energy and knowledge over the past decade to represent global charities in their fundraising for children’s cancer research. Creating real and impactful change drives Jason to continue collaborating with charitable groups, ensuring their compliance while effectively developing, directing and managing – refining organisational standards and elevating repute.