District Governor Elect 2026-27

Peter Comino (Georgina)
Rotary Club of Morisset
Email: pcomino1@gmail.com
Mobile: 0416 012 739

For over 40 years, Peter has been a change agent working in New Zealand, the UK, and Australia. He has gathered a wealth of experience as a practitioner and policy consultant in fields such as grief and loss, couples and family relationship counselling, supporting people with disabilities, and in the residential sectors of foster care, youth detention centres, and child protection. Peter is a group facilitator who has delivered workshops, written and delivered training packages for child protection agencies, service organisations, and small groups. Furthermore, Peter has presented conference papers and training sessions on relationships and change management. He is also a trained and experienced conflict resolution mediator.

Peter has been a member of the Central Coast Local Health District Ethics and Research Committee. Recently, he served as a committee member of the Allied Health Reference Group for Hunter New England and the Central Coast Primary Health Network. Peter presently works in private practice as an Accredited Mental Health Social Work Counsellor.

Peter’s communication skills bring together diverse groups of people to work towards a common goal, aligning with the 2025-2026 theme, Unite for Good.

Peter’s Community Experience

Conflict Resolution Mediator: Successful owner-manager of a business; Chair of the Board for Fairhaven Disabilities Services, Central Coast; Member of Central Coast Health Ethics & Research Committee; Hunter New England Central Coast Allied Health Reference Group Member; Social Work Advocacy Group to the Federal Health Minister; Co-wrote Lions Child Safe Policy, delivering online training and focus group sessions; Morisset Social Services Interagency; ‘Talk 2 Me’ communication program for businesses; Establish Dad’s with children with Disabilities support group – Central Coast; Established Torbay Youth Disability Activities Interagency Group (UK).

Peter’s Rotary Experience & Activities

Joined Rotary 7 Jul 2008; Club President (2019-2020, 2025-2026); Club Assembly Director; Membership Chair; Youth Exchange Student Counsellor for outgoing students 2018-2019; Chair District 9660 RAWCS 2019-2023; Convened consult meetings for analysis of community needs; Mock job interviews for high school students; Charter Member, Gosford City Rotary

Peter is very fortunate to have his wife, Georgina and his daughter Eleni also in the same Rotary club as him. Peter also has three other children, Shayne, Stavri and Yannis and two in-laws, Bronte and Jayden.