Emeritus Professor Toni Makkai, AM


Toni Makkai is a non executive director of the Ted Noffs Foundation who provide drug and alcohol services for young people and a former director/CEO of the Australian Institute of Criminology. She has had a long involvement in research on drug and alcohol issues starting with the first National Household Survey on Drugs in 1985 and was a long standing member of the Technical Advisory Group, lead the initial evaluations of the Queensland Drug Court, established the first monitoring program on police detainees (DUMA) which included routine urinalysis testing, and lead the operational evaluation team for the first sanctioned pill testing trial in the ACT. She is chair of the Griffith Institute of Criminology’s Industry and International Advisory Board, a member of the ACT Reducing Recidivism Research Advisory Committee, and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.