Thought leaders. Trailblazers.
Expert facilitators.
Our speakers are experts in their field.
Fred Alale AM (He/Him)
Senior Public Service Professional, Chair
African Music and Cultural Festival (AMCF)
Representative TBC
From the perspective of a person with a disability
Tanesha Bennell (She/They)
Bibulmun Nyoongar advocate and grassroots organiser, Communications and Programs Support Officer
Reconciliation WA
Isabella Choate (They,Them)
Intersectional Lived Experience Advocate
Founder Disability Pride Festival Perth | WA Young Person of the Year 2023
Marie-Anne Keeffe
Director, Communications
Department of Education WA
Danielle Newport (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
Relationships Australia WA
Lorraine Pryor (She/Her)
Whadjuk Noongar Woman, Founder
Voice of Hope
Jade Aye Chan Lwin (She/Her)
Substation Design Area Manager
Western Power
Michelle Reynolds (She/Her)
CEO
City of Perth
Morgan Marsh (She/Her)
Executive Director, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA
Jane Mitchell (She/Her)
General Manager of Information Technology Services
Water Corporation
Dr Jodi Graham (She/Her)
Executive Director, Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group
Department of Health WA
Michelle Hoad (She/Her)
Managing Director
North Metropolitan TAFE
Sally North (She/Her)
Worksafe Commissioner
Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety WA
Kameli Rova
Co-facilitator, We Can Together Men’s Brief Intervention Program
GRAMS Gascoyne Outreach Service
Charmaine Coglan (She/Her)
General Manager People & Culture
Port Authority of New South Wales
The Hon Verity Firth AM (She/Her)
Former NSW Minister for Women
Vice-President Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement, University of New South Wales
Clare Beech ASM (She/Her)
Executive Director Clinical Capability, Safety & Quality
Ambulance NSW
Deborah Chapman (She/Her)
CFO & COO
Infrastructure NSW
Laura Christie PSM (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary & NSW Government Chief Information Officer
NSW Department of Customer Service
Sonia Marshall (She/Her)
Chief Executive
South Western Sydney Local Health District
Calissa Aldridge (She/Her)
Executive Director, Markets
Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)
Nancy Chang (She/Her)
Executive Director Strategy & Policy
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Cara Gleeson (She/Her)
Director of Prevention in Action at Our Watch
| Director of the Our Watch Institute
Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon (She/Her)
Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics
Monash University
Dr Harvinder Kaur (She/Her)
Specialist Gynaecologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Consulting Group
Kristen Hilton (She/Her)
Former Commissioner
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
Fiona McLeay (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner
Victorian Legal Services Board
Nicola Quin (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary
Corporate and Delivery Services, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Jodi Henderson (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary, Youth Justice
Department of Justice and Community Safety, VIC
Elizabeth Molyneux (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary, Energy
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, VIC
Tanya Koeneman (She/Her)
La Perouse Koori community member and Jerrinjah and Wonnarua descendant, Assistant Secretary
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Melanie Montalban (She/Her)
Special Counsel
Environmental Defenders Office
Hoa Wood (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner, Behaviours of Concern, Private Wealth
Australian Taxation Office
David Reynolds (He/Him)
Chief Executive
Department for Housing and Urban Development, SA
Emma Kokar (She/Her)
Executive Director, Transport Policy & Regulation
Department for Infrastructure and Transport
Sophie Muller PSM (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary Parks and Wildlife Service
Department of Natural Resources and Environment (TAS)
Jenna Cairney (She/Her)
Acting Deputy Secretary Economic Development
Department of State Growth (TAS)
Mayor Mary Knowles OAM (She/Her)
Ambassador for the ‘Hearing Lived Experience’ campaign against family violence and Mayor
Northern Midlands Council
Natasha Vavrek (She/Her)
Director and Consulting Specialist Women's GP
The Bubble Tasmania
Leanne Nunn (She/Her)
Psychologist and PhD Student focusing on intimate partner abuse
University of Tasmania
Hannah Brown (She/They)
Executive Director, SARDI
Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA), SA
Danielle Elston (She/Her)
Non Executive Board Member, Australian Coalition for Endometriosis & Non-Executive Board Member, Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia
Managing Director, Good Government Advisory
Stacey Nelan (She/Her)
Co-founder of "Pay Our Respects to Australian Murdered Women”
Corporate Compliance Manager, SA Water
Jayne Flaherty (She/Her)
Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Flinders University
Carol T. Kulik (She/Her)
Bradley Distinguished Professor
Centre for Workplace Excellence, University of South Australia
Sumen Rai (She/Her)
Director, Defence Innovation Partnership | Director Defence & Space Innovation
South Australian Space Industry Centre
Katarina Carroll APM (She/Her)
First woman to serve as police commissioner in Queensland | Former Commissioner of Police
Queensland Police
Melina Connors (She/Her)
Proud Gurindji woman, Australia's Inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director, 2023 National Midwife of the Year,
Office of the Chief Midwife, Queensland Health
Jane Pires (She/Her)
Ombudsman
Energy and Water Ombudsman Queensland & Ombudsman, Land Access Ombudsman Queensland
Sarah Vandersee (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General
Corporate Services, Department of Tourism and Sport QLD
Michelle Tayler (She/Her)
Executive Director Corporate Affairs
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
Leah Kelly (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General, Infrastructure and Regional Strategy
Department of State Development and Infrastructure QLD
Jacqueline King (She/Her)
General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions
Deputy Chair & Non-Executive Director, WorkCover Queensland
Tess Raby (She/Her)
Team Leader Inclusion, Queensland Health, Developer and Facilitator - DFV Workplace Programs
Facilitator, MATE Bystander Programs, Griffith University
Dr Faiza El-Higzi OAM (She/Her)
Member, Queensland Multicultural Advisory Council
Deputy Chair, University of Queensland’s Cultural Inclusion Council
Charmaine Matebau (SES) (She/Her)
Executive Director - First Nations Residential Care Review, Office of the Deputy Director-General | Service Delivery (Child Safety), Department of Child Safety
Seniors and Disability Services QLD
Emma Tovell (She/Her)
A/Manager – Engagement , Strategy and Engagement, Community Services, Department of Treaty, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Communities and the Arts QLD
Member, Queensland Public Sector LGBTIQ+ Steering Committee
Jennie Fluin (She/Her)
Director Environmental Water Science
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Cheryl Axleby (She/Her)
Head of Aboriginal Housing
SA Housing Trust
Sarah Withell (She/Her)
Executive General Manager Health, Safety & Environment
Whitehaven Coal
Dr Sneha Wadhwani (She/Her)
Head of GP Wellbeing & National Clinical Director
Evoca Women’s Health
Amanda Sellers (She/Her)
Group Chief Executive Officer
Asahi Beverages
Jayne Hrdlicka (She/Her)
CEO & Managing Director
Virgin Australia
Dr Kirsten Connan (She/Her)
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
TasWomen by TasOGS & University of Tasmania
Trudy Pearce (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary Schools and Early Years
Department for Education, Children and Young People TAS
Leesa Van Niekerk (She/Her)
Clinic Director University Psychology Clinics and Lead Researcher, Compassion, Health, Intimacy and Perinatal (CHIP) Research Lab
University of Tasmania
Kate Mckenzie (She/Her)
Executive General Manager Governance, General Counsel & Corporation Secretary
Hydro Tasmania
Vanessa Pinto (She/Her)
Chief Operations Officer
Department of Natural Resources and Environment (TAS)
Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (She/Her)
Senator for the Australian Capital Territory, Minister for Finance, Women and the Public Service
Representative of the Prime Minister & Australian Government
The Honourable Katrine Hildyard MP (Invited) (She/Her)
Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Women and the Prevention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing
South Australian Government
Lalla Mckenzie (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
Family Planning Tasmania
Councillor Dr Zelinda Sherlock (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer at Sherlock and Dutta Constulting |
Deputy Lord Mayor of City of Hobart
Kristy Bourne (She/Her)
Acting Secretary
Department of Justice (TAS)
Dr Stephanie Hodson CSC PSM (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
Relationships Australia Canberra & Region
Marie Jackson (She/Her)
Assistant Secretary
Regional Services Northern Bases, Australian Department of Defence
Deborah Johnston (She/Her)
Registered Psychologist, Organisational Consultant & Coach
Psychological Safety at Work (Workshop Facilitator)
Julia Waddington-Powell (She/Her)
Chief Executive
South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM)
Emma Mckeon OAM (She/Her)
6x Olympic Gold Medallist
The most successful Australian Olympian of all time
Honourable Madeleine Ogilvie MP (She/Her)
Minister for Science and Technology, Minister for Corrections and Rehabilitation, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence
Government of Tasmania
Hon Sabine Winton BA BPS MLA
Minister for Early Childhood Education; Child Protection; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services
Fran Rockliffe
Women & Children’s Advocate
Relationships Australia NSW
Jeswynn Yogaratnam He/Him
Commissioner
NT Anti-Discrimination Commission
Liz Hefren-Webb She/Her
Deputy Secretary, Social Policy
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Padma Raman PSM (She/Her)
Executive Director, Office for Women
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Janice Law (She/Her)
First Assistant Director-General Enterprise Technology
Australian Signals Directorate
Stephanie Copus Campbell AM (She/Her)
Ambassador for Gender Equality
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Rt Hon Dame Jacinda Adern (She/Her)
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017-2023)
Senior Fellow, Harvard University; Patron, Christchurch Call; Board Member, The Earthshot Prize
Krissy Barrett (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner National Security
Australian Federal Police
Dr Liz Develin (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary, Primary & Community Care Group
Department of Health & Aged Care
Cain Beckett (He/Him)
Disability Advocate, Assistant Secretary, Inclusion and Disability
Department of Education
AVM Margaret Staib AM, CSC (She/Her)
Former CEO | Airservices Australia
Commander | Joint Logistics Command
Narelle Devine CSM (She/Her)
Former Commander, RAN & Chief Information Security Officer Asia Pacific
Telstra
Donna Purcell (She/Her)
Chair, APS SES Disability Network, Branch Manager, Participant Advocate & NDIA Disability Champion
National Disability Insurance Agency
Holly Ransom (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer, Emergent Global & Author
The Leading Edge
Hon. Sue Ellery MLC BA
Minister for Minister for Finance, Commerce & Women's Interests
Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council
NSW Department of Education Leader
Harriet Whyte (she/her)
Executive Director
Regional Programs and Partnerships, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, NSW
Catie Bradbear
Assistant Commissioner, Indigenous Policy and Reporting
Productivity Commission
Terri Reid
Project Coordinator
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice
Jess Evans
Youth Justice Family Led Decision Making
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane
David Casey (he/him)
Director - Men’s, LGBTIQA+ and Children and Young People
Department of Health and Aged Care
New Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities
Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ Communities
Casey Conway (he/him)
Member of Advisory Group, Black Rainbow & Organisational Development Lead - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (APAC)
Bupa
Renee Dixson (they/them)
Member of ACT LGBTIQ+ Ministerial Advisory Council & Co-founder, Chair of Forcibly Displaced People Network
Matthew Guy (he/him)
Manager, LGBTIQA+ Equality Programs
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, VIC
Martin Vinton (he/him)
Founding Member | Queensland Public Sector LGBTIQ+ Steering Committee & Program Director
Department of Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works, QLD
Michael West (he/they)
Director, Seniors Policy, Equality and Elder Abuse Reform
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, VIC
Rachel Moss (she/her)
Legal Officer, Office of International Law and Co-chair of Pride Network
Attorney-General's Department
The Hon. Harriet Shing MP (she/her)
Minister for Housing, Water, and Equality
Parliament of Victoria
Frances Gamble (she/they)
Assistant Director, NDDA and Co-chair of Pride Network
Australian Bureau of Statistics - invited
John Neil (he/him)
Assistant Secretary, Fiscal Policy and Co-chair of Pride Network
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Anita Agett (she/her)
Assistant Secretary
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Commander Prudence Hawkins-Griffiths (she/her)
Deputy Director, Navy Diversity & Inclusion
Department of Defence
Kylie Crane PSM (she/her)
Deputy Secretary
Early Childhood & Youth | Department of Education
Ian Thorpe (he/him)
5x Gold Medallist, LGBTIQA+ Champion, Olympic Commentator and National Hero
Alex Blood
Executive Director, Strategic Projects
SA Water
Shamsa Lea (She/Her)
Veteran, Leaders, Speaker & Facilitator, Director, Innovation and Strategy
Anglicare WA
Lesley Johnson
Head of Pedagogy and Practice Development; Director of Research
Trinity College, South Australia; Trinity Research Institute (SA)
Joslyn Eades-Tass & Leeanne Caton
Joslyn Eades-Tass (She/Her) | Noongar woman | Chair, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance ( NATSIWA)
Kalkadoon Woman, Ambassador, Smarter Justice for Safer Communities & previous recipient of Top End NT NAIDOC – Lifetime Achievement
Kate Weber She/Her
Gamiliaraay, Ngarabal and Dunghutti woman, Head of Indigenous Programs Division
JY Australia
Tanya Koeneman (She/Her)
Dharawal, Jerrinjah & Wonnarua woman & La Perouse Koori community member, Assistant Secretary - First Nations Partnerships
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications & the Arts
Sheryl Hedges She/Her
Walbanga, Assistant Secretary and Branch Head - First Nations Water Branch
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water
Sharni Wilson She/Her
Gamilaraay woman, A/g Assistant Director, First Nations Unit, Workforce & Inclusion Strategies Group
Australian Public Service Commission
Senator Lidia Thorpe She/Her
Gunnai, Gunditjmara & Djab Wurrung Woman
Independent Senator for Victoria
Michelle Steele She/Her
Kamilaroi/Gomeroi woman, Chief First Nations Officer
Paul Ramsay Foundation
Leeanne Caton She/Her
Kalkadoon Woman, Ambassador, Smarter Justice for Safer Communities & previous recipient of Top End NT NAIDOC – Lifetime Achievement
Dr. Lisa Conway She/Her
Yorta Yorta woman, Chair, APS Indigenous SES Network, Assistant Secretary, First Nations Employment Policy Branch - Employment Policy & Strategy Division
Department of Employment & Workplace Relations
Carlyn Waters She/Her
Kamilaroi woman, Assistant Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment & Water, Senior Fellow - Practice of Business, Australian National University (ANU), Mentor/coach
First Nations Director Scholarship Program, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Cara Brown She/Her
Wiradjuri woman, A/g Director, First Nations Employment Policy & Programs Branch, Employment Policy & Analytics Division
Department of Employment & Workplace Relations
Bek Hendriks She/Her
Darkinjung-Gadigal woman, Assistant Secretary, First Nations Partnerships Division
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications & the Arts
Ngarra Murray
proud Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta, Dhudhuroa and Dja Dja Wurrung woman, Co-Chair
First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria
Kaylee Anderson
proud Wiradjuri, Yorta Yorta/ Bangerang Woman, Director, The Indigenuity Lab, Former Director & Board Member
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance (NATSIWA)
Cristilee Houghton
Head of Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Affairs, Corporate & Indigenous Affairs
Coles
Trent Wallace
proud Wongaibon person raised on Darkinjung country, Head of First Nations Strategy
Ashurst
Dr Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes
proud Gomeroi woman who is vision impaired, Lecturer in Indigenous Studies, Deputy Associate Dean, Diversity & Inclusion - Disability, Faculty of Arts
The University of Melbourne
Michelle Crilly
proud Yorta Yorta woman, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Program Lead, Diversity & Inclusion
Ambulance Victoria
Suzanne Coates
proud Yorta Yorta & Wamba Wamba woman, Manager, Recovery Outcomes - Aboriginal Culture & Healing
Emergency Recovery Victoria
Jessica Mitchell
proud Gunditjmara & Wemba Wemba woman, Executive Manager of Workforce Development
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
Troy Williamson
proud Budawang –Yuin man, Director Aboriginal Practices & Partnerships
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing, VIC
Bonnie Dukakis
proud Gunditjmara woman, Executive Officer
Koorie Youth Council
Gail Lister
proud Wiradjuri woman, Manager, Aboriginal Employment
Victorian Public Sector Commission
Nyssa Murray
proud Dunghutti/Goorie woman, Manager First Nations, Australian Steel Products
BlueScope Steel
Jade Wilson (She/Her)
Proud Ngarrindjeri, Arabana & Pitjantjatjara woman, Deputy Director for Aboriginal Strategy
Department for Infrastructure & Transport SA
Matthew Duggan
proud Nyigina & Torres Strait Islander man, Executive Director Aboriginal Housing & Homelessness, Aboriginal Housing & Homelessness Branch
Homes Victoria
Michelle Matthews
proud Gangalidda / Tagalaka woman, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Affairs Manager
Bunnings
Kelly Williams
proud Bundjalung woman, Head Indigenous, Diversity & Inclusion
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Justin Agale
Kariyarra and Meriam man, Sector Lead - First Nations
Australian Institute of Company Directors
Luke Isaacs
proud Wadandi Nyungar man, Acting Director, First Peoples Energy, Community Consumer & First Peoples
Department of Energy, Environment & Climate Action, VIC
Tim McCartney
proud Wotjobaluk man, Executive Director, First Peoples Self Determination & Reform
Department of Transport & Planning, VIC
Dr.Jill Gallagher AO (HonLLD)
proud Gunditjmara woman, Chief Executive Officer
Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
June Oscar AO She/Her
proud Bunuba woman, Inaugural Chair
The Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice
Lateesha Jeffrey She/Her
proud Woowonga and Kukatj woman, Founder and Director
Wave of Change Consultancy
Tahlia Biggs She/Her
proud Barkindji and Ngyiampaa Wangapuuwan woman, First Nations Community Engagement Coordinator, Brown’s Mart and Youth Leadership Programs Coordinator
YMCA
Byron Davis He/Him
Kalkadoon/Waanyi man. General Manager Indigenous Participation TRECCA
Ventia
Candice Mackenzie (Invited) She/Her
Warumungu-Walpiri woman, Director Aboriginal Health - First Nations Health Unit
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Jade Ritchie She/Her
Gooreng Gooreng woman, General Manager Business Development
Tellus Holdings
Tara Liddy She/Her
Arrernte/Luritja woman, Assistant Director Health Policy and Programs, Student Wellbeing and Inclusion Programs and Services (SWIPS)
Northern Territory Department of Education
Nigel Browne He/Him
descendant of the Larrakia and Wulna peoples, Chief Executive Officer
Larrakia Development Corporation
Joshua White He/Him
Kunja and Wakka Wakka man, Director Pathways Programs and Transitions, First Nations’ Strategy and Partnerships
Department of Education (QLD)
Steve Rossingh He/Him
Kamilaroi man, Chief Executive Officer
Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation and Chairperson, First Nations Governance Advisory Forum, Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
Cindy Torrens She/Her
Warlmanpa/Wambaya woman, Chief Executive Officer
North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service
Rob McPhee He/Him
Aboriginal man from Derby, Chief Executive Officer
Danila Dilba Health Service
Professor Reuben Bolt He/Him
descendant of the Yuin/Wandandian and Ngarigo peoples, Deputy Vice-Chancellor First Nations Leadership
Charles Darwin University
Leanne Liddle She/Her
Arrernte woman, Executive Director Community Resilience and Engagement Command
Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services
Alistair Beasley He/Him
First Assistant Secretary, Evidence and Assurance Division & DEWR First Nations Champion
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Annette Pitman She/Her
Chief Executive
Create NSW
Ingrid Staggard
Director of Learning Design & Teacher Development
Christian College Geelong (VIC)
Charlotte Forwood
Director of Learning Design & Development
Camberwell Girls Grammar School (VIC)
Philippa Kirwan
Dean of Learning Diversity
Mazenod College (VIC)
Lindy Grahn
Assistant Principal - Learning and Innovation
Lauriston Girls School (VIC)
Stephen Clohesy
Director of Equity Access and Opportunity
Christian Brothers College, St Kilda (SA)
Fiona Cooney
Head of Learning Enrichment and Research K-12
Ravenswood School for Girls (NSW)
Bernadette Cronin
General Manager Student Wellbeing and Diversity
Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (VIC)
Veronica Murphy She/Her
Indigenous Inclusion Specialist
Sydney Water
Russell Hill He/Him
Wiradjuri man, Manager First Nations Programs & Engagement
WaterNSW
Jonathon Captain-Webb He/Him
Gomeroi and Dunghutti man, Director, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage & Land Strategy
Department of Aboriginal Affairs NSW
John Shipp He/Him
Wanggaapuwan Man, Aboriginal Heritage and Partnerships Manager
Forestry Corporation of NSW
Kylie Tarlerton She/Her
Wiradjuri Woman, Senior Manager Diversity and Inclusion
TAFE NSW
Nathan Moran He/Him
Chief Executive Officer
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
Danny Lester He/Him
Executive Director - Aboriginal Strategy, Policy & Engagement - Office of the Secretary
NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Rosli Wheelock He/Him
Wajarri man, General Manager First Nations
Fortescue
Ronald Jones He/Him
Biripi man, National Aboriginal Engagement Manager
UGL
Jason Gordon
Barkindji man, Executive Director of Operations
NSW Environment Protection Authority
Claire Beattie (She/Her)
Aboriginal woman, Former Deputy Secretary Transforming Aboriginal Outcomes
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Phil Duncan He/Him
Gomeroi man, COP 28 representative, 2024 Australian Water Professional of the Year & inaugural Galambany Professorial Fellow
The University of Canberra
Trish Oxford She/Her
Ngemba woman, General Manager Indigenous Business & Community Engagement
Australian Unity
Katrina Fanning AO PSM She/Her
2020 ACT Australian of the Year, Chair, Australia Rugby League Indigenous Council, Director Canberra Raiders, Fred Hollows Foundation & CEO
Coolamon Advisors
Benson Saulo He/Him
Wemba Wemba, Gunditjmara & New Ireland Province (PNG) man, Managing Partner
First Australians Capital
Nova Peris OAM OLY MAICD She/Her
Descendant of the Gija, Yawuru Iwatja and Gagudju people
Two time Olympic gold medalist and former Senator of the Northern Territory
Evonne Goolagong Cawley She/Her
Wiradjuri woman
Former World No. 1 Tennis Player & Australian of the Year
Shona Reid
The South Australian Guardian for Children and Young People, Training Centre Visitor
Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre & Director, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
Lucinda Barry AM (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Organ & Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority
Ben Peddie
Senior Teaching and Learning Specialist
Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
Jane Chen (She/Her)
Senior Policy Officer, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
& PhD candidate, University of Melbourne
Shannon Turner
Birthing and Early Childhood Services Manager
Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
Sarah Richardson
Program Director, Research & Evaluation
Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
Cate Whiting
Cate Whiting
Principal Teaching and Learning Specialist, Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
Aisha Aboulfadil (She/Her)
Diversity, Inclusion and Employee Experience Advisor
Southern Metropolitan Cemetries Trust
Jamey Nguyen (She/Her)
Manager, Marketing Major Projects & Co-Chair of the Transport Multicultural Network
Transport for NSW
Praveen Reddy (He/Him)
Executive Director, Freight Victoria
Department of Transport & Planning Victoria
Andrew Crisp (He/Him)
Former Emergency Management Commissioner, Emergency Management Victoria & Former Deputy Commissioner, Regional Operations
Victoria Police
Shruti Chandhok (She/Her)
Manager, Organisation Inclusion Culture
Department of Transport Victoria
Jenna Roberts
Assistant Commissioner
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission
Susan Elvery
Team Leader Family Safety program – Sydney City Centre
Relationships Australia NSW
Pushpa Siroley
Manager, Mental Health & Family Domestic Violence Services
Ishar - Multicultural Women's Health Services
David Batty
We Can Together Men's Behaviour Change Coordinator
Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS)
Hannah McGlade
Expert Member
UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, Expert Member, First Nations National Plan Steering Committee, & recently appointed Member, First Nations Advisory College
Professor Victoria Hovane
Adjunct Professor, Law School, University of Western Australia
Managing Director, Tjallara Consulting & Member, National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council on Family Violence
Jamey Nguyen (She/Her)
Product marketing manager, Co-Secretary, Transport Multicultural Network
Transport for NSW
Praveen Reddy (He/Him)
Executive Director, Freight Victoria
Department of Transport and Planning Victoria
Sharika Jeyakumar (She/Her)
Associate Director (Acting), Family Violence Response
Victoria Legal Aid
Michelle Cheng (She/Her)
Head of Creative Diversity, TV & Online Content, Special Broadcasting Services Australia (SBS)
Board Member, The Stella Prize & 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian 2022 Awardee Media Category
Gloria Yuen (She/Her)
GAICD, Risk and Compliance Executive, NAB
Winner of Women’s Agenda Private Sector National Award, 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian Australian, Women in Banking & Finance Rising Star Leadership Award
Vanya Kumar (She/Her)
Executive Director, Innovation, Commercial and Investment Attraction
Victorian Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Lama Tiavo (She/Her)
Commercial Office Associate Director
Pacific Community Australia and Papua New Guinea Lead, Deloitte
Ruby Anandajayasekeram (She/Her)
Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Excellence Advisor
Shell
Mariam Veiszadeh (She/Her)
Former Lawyer, Founder & Chair Islamophobia Register Australia, Ted Speaker | AHRC Anti-Racism Champion , 2023 Most Influential Asian-Australian of the Year
Chief Executive Officer, Media Diversity Australia
Sue-Ann Hunter (She/Her)
Proud Wurundjeri & Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman
Deputy Chair & Commissioner, Yoorrook Justice Commission
Hon Judge Sharon Burchell (She/Her)
Judge of the Commercial Division
County Court of Victoria
Poh (She/Her)
Malaysian-Australian Celebrity TV Chef, Artist, Judge on
MasterChef Australia & Author
Tracey Gordon
Chief Executive Officer, Orana Haven Aboriginal Corporation
& Chairperson, Brewarrina Local Aboriginal Land Council
Kristie Watego
Executive Director for Moreton
Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Community Health Services (ATSICHs)
Dr Jacob Prehn
Associate Dean Indigenous for the College of Arts, Law and Education (CALE)
University of Tasmania
Wiyi Yani U Thangani First Nations Gender Justice Institute Team
Banok Rind
Co-Lead Impact and Engagement,
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice
Sophie Spry
Co-lead Partnerships and Design
Wiyi Yani U Thangani Institute for First Nations Gender Justice
Dr Cassandra Sedran-Price
Senior Research Manager Indigenous Science and Engagement Program, CSIRO
& Executive Member, Maiam Nayri Wingara
Simon Gordon
Group Manager Strategy Group
National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)
Leonard Hill
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Tara Apps (Invited)
Director Strategic Communications and Engagement Group
Productivity Commission
Aunty Glendra Stubbs
Elder
Youth Koori Court
Professor Chelsea Watego
Executive Director, QUT’s Carumba Institute
& Commissioner, The O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination and Global Health
Cecilia McKenzie (She/Her)
Advocate, Educator, Connector
NSW Coercive Control Taskforce (Lived Experience & First Nations)
Kristy Drower
Motivational Speaker for domestic abuse
Lived Expertise Coercive Control Reference Group
Sarah Whitcher
A/Manager Climate Change Policy and Strategy
Department for Environment and Water, SA
Tayanah O’Donnell
Partner, Climate and Sustainability
Deloitte Australia
Chris Johnston
Branch Head - Climate Active Risk and Disclosure
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Nerita Waight
Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service & Justice
and Youth Justice Representative, Ngaweeyan Maar-oo
Nathan Schmaltz
Current client, Rainbow Lodge Walama Program, & Participant
NSW District Court Walama List trial
Paige Ridgewell (She/Her)
Assistant Director-General, Housing & Homelessness Programs
Department of Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works
The Hon. Natalie Hutchins MP (She/Her)
Member for Sydenham
Minister for Jobs and Industry, Treaty and First People and Women
James Clifford
Managing Solicitor, Children’s Criminal Law practice
Aboriginal Legal Services NSW/ACT
Stephen Morrison
Aboriginal Cultural Practice and Capability Manager & Men's Services Coordinator
Goldfields Hope Community Services & Mara Pirni Healing Place
Casey McMurtrie
Senior Project Officer Youth Justice - Member Services
Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP)
Tiana Koehrer
Manager, Aboriginal Programs
Ravenhall Correctional Centre & The GEO Group
Jacob Tumanako
A/Senior Policy Officer, Whole of Government Initiatives Team
Youth Justice NSW, Department of Communities and Justice NSW
Harry Whitting
Youth Justice Project Officer, Practice and Implementation Team
Youth Justice NSW, Department of Communities and Justice NSW
Professor Elizabeth Elliott
Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health and Consultant Paediatrician and Head of the NSW FASD Assessment Service
Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Westmead
Claude Robinson
Director
Rainbow Lodge
Her Honour Magistrate Sue Duncombe, Children’s Court of NSW and Presiding Magistrate
Youth Koori Court
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
Inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
The Hon. Jihad Dib, MP
Minister for Youth Justice, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government
Lucy McClean She/Her
Managing Director, Forelight Advisory
& Immediate Past Chair, Women in Mining NSW
Taylor Bamin She/Her
Indigenous Talent Acquisition Business Partner
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Assoc. Prof Bernadette Eather She/Her
Chief Nurse and Clinical Services Director
Ramsay Health Care
Prof Wendy Umberger She/Her
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Marianne Morton She/Her
Chief Information and Digital Officer
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Prof Nicole Grobert She/Her
Chair
European Commission's Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
Sarah Corrigan
NSW Director
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Alliance (NATSIWA)
Ben Taylor He/Him
Chief Executive Officer
Wollondilly Shire Council, NSW, Champion of Change Award Winner 2023
Meagan Shand (She/Her)
Experienced Disability Leader, Coach and Mentor
Disability Leadership Institute
Mayor Councillor Jennie Barrera She/Her
Mayor
Wyndham City Council, VIC
Rachel Oliver (She/Her)
Lived Experience Supervisor, Consultant, Researcher, Educator & Advocate
Fig Leaf Consulting
Rebecca Darby (She/Her)
Senior Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity Business Partner
Anglo Gold Ashanti
Margaret Chinowaita
Journalist, Editor, Author & Lived Experience Speaker
Australian Red Cross
Frank Flintoff (They/Them)
Neurodiversity & nonbinary advocate, Team Lead, Information Compliance
Western Power
Michelle Sims (She/Her)
Wadjarri Yamatji woman, Coordinator - First Nations Services
Legal Aid Western Australia
Amy Stanley (She/Her)
Chief People Officer
HBF
Melissa Pexton (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner, Strategy & Emergency Management Command
Department of Fire & Emergency Services
Melanie Samuels
Deputy Director General
Department of Communities WA
Josie Fourie (She/Her)
Winner 2024 Outstanding Woman in Resources, Head of Australia - Global Wells & Seismic
Woodside
Lorna Rechichi (She/Her)
General Manager Heavy Lift, Engineering Construction Division
Monadelphous
Sharon Deano
Director of Compliance & Enforcement, Energy Division
Essential Services Commission Victoria
Dominique Lamb (She/Her)
Small Business Commissioner
Queensland Small Business Commissioner
Natalie Lewis (She/Her)
Descendant of the Gamilaraay Nation, Commissioner
Queensland Family & Child Commission
Kate Connors (She/Her)
Deputy Director General Policy & Reform
Department of Justice & Attorney General, QLD
Vina Varsani (She/Her)
General Manager Resilience & Recovery
Queensland Reconstruction Authority
Anjuna Singh (She/Her)
General Manager Passenger Transport Strategy & Technology
Department of Transport & Main Roads, QLD
Stephanie Winson (She/Her)
Right to Information Commissioner
Office of the Information Commissioner, QLD
Debbie McNamara (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
Department of State Development & Infrastructure, QLD
Leeonee Thompson (She/Her)
Interim Director
First Nations Program Brisbane 2032 | Games Legacy and Venue Delivery Authority
Ashanthi Jayasekera (She/Her)
Policy Manager, First Nations Policing Division
Queensland Police
Freya Starr-Dmitrovic (She/Her)
Sergeant – Team Leader, Youth Crime Intelligence Unit (YCIU), Crime and Intelligence Command
Queensland Police Service
Dr Albert Jung (He/Him)
Fertility Specialist, Gynaecologist & Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon
Queensland Fertility Group
Julie Etchells (PSM) (She/Her)
Acting Deputy Director General, Department of Child Safety
Chief Human Resource Officer & Senior Executive Director, Seniors and Disability Services QLD
Dr Snezana Bajic (She/Her)
Deputy Chief Inspector Explosives
Resources Safety & Health (RSHQ) Queensland
Hon. Shannon Fentiman MP (She/Her)
Minister for Health, Mental Health & Ambulance Services
& Minister for Women, QLD
Melina Lipkiewicz (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
PeopleQ
Holly Cooke (She/Her)
SA Ambassador
Endometriosis Australia
Dr Sanjugta Vas Dev (She/Her)
Director, Inclusion, Support & Safeguarding
Office for Women, SA
Jacqueline Guerin (She/Her)
Chief Financial Officer & General Manager Business Insights & Excellence
SA Water
The Hon. Susan Elizabeth Close MP
Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy
Julie-Anne Burgess (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer,
Independent Commission Against Corruption
Sandy Pitcher (She/Her)
Chief Executive
Department of Human Services
April Lawrie (She/Her)
Mirning & Kakatha Woman
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children & Young People SA
The Hon. Justice Judy Hughes (She/Her)
President
South Australian Civil & Administrative Tribunal
Elouise Roach (She/Her)
LGBTQIA+ & Cystic Fibrosis Advocate, Assistant Project Officer
Department of Regional NSW
Aashna Rampal (She/Her)
Senior Project Officer, Policy Science & Research Office of the NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer
R&D NSW
Shannon Whyte (She/Her)
Gamilaroi Woman, Team Leader Health Country
Department of Planning Housing & Infrastructure NSW
Kirsten Morrin (She/Her)
General Counsel, Director Legal & Governance
City of Sydney
Megan Stiffler (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner
Fire & Rescue NSW
Dr Teresa Anderson AM (She/Her)
CEO
Sydney Local Health District
Pennie Snowden She/Her
Assistant Commissioner, Behaviours of Concern
Australian Taxation Office
Jennifer Mar Young (She/Her)
Kamilaroi woman with Chinese heritage, Executive Director
Department of Aboriginal Affairs NSW
Dr Victor Sojo (He/Him)
Affiliate, Global Institute for Women's Leadership & Associate Professor in Leadership
The University of Melbourne
Ilsa Wakeling (She/Her)
Former Elite Athlete & Acting Superintendent
Victoria Police
Kelly Sims (She/Her)
General Manager & Registrar of Trade Marks & Designs
IP Australia
Lill Healy (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary of Skills & Employment
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry & Regions, VIC
Michelle Cowling (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner
Fire Rescue Victoria
Dr Bridie O’Donnell (She/Her)
Author, Sports Broadcaster, Medical Practitioner, Former Professional Road Cyclist & Executive Director, Public Health Network and Programs
Department of Health, VIC
Courtney Hurworth (She/Her)
Acting Deputy Secretary Community Priorities and Partnerships
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Raylene Harradine PSM (She/Her)
Wotjabulluk, Latje, Latje, Dja Dja Wurrung woman, Deputy Secretary, Aboriginal Self-Determination & Outcomes
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing, VIC
Rebecca Saint (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner, Public Groups
Australian Taxation Office
Janey McGoldrick (She/Her)
Head of Implementation Practice, Black Dog Institute
& Facilitator, Menopause Friendly Australia
Indrani Sen (She/Her)
Director, Business Transition and Change, Transformation Office
Clean Energy Regulator
Yu-Lan Chan (She/Her)
Chief Executive Officer
ACT Gambling and Racing Commission
Nerida O’Loughlin PSM (She/Her)
Chair & Agency Head
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Dr Rachel Bacon (She/Her)
Deputy Commissioner Integrity, Reform and Enabling Services
Australian Public Service Commission
Tess Bishop (She/Her)
Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Secretary Portfolio, Strategy and Services Group
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine
CEO
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS)
Callie Barrett (She/Her)
Digital Strategy and Investment Manager
Department of Health & Aged Care
Ruth Guyula
Gurrutu Support Worker
Alex Kent
Mens Community Connections Worker
Eleanor McCall
Service Development Manager-Domestic & Family Violence Services
Aboriginal Community Housing Industry Association NSW
Rizsa Albarracin
Lead - Climate Risk and Adaptation, Office of Hospital Sustainability,
Queensland Health
Effie Niarchos
Principal
Canley Vale High School (NSW)
Louise Wallace-Richards
Assistant Principal of Teaching and Learning
Radford College (ACT)
Dr. Katie Richardson
Senior Research Fellow
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
Luke Mandouit
Vice Principal
Learning, Teaching and Academic Innovation, Geelong Grammar School (VIC)
Dr Paul Cahill
Executive Director
Curriculum Reform, NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA)
Deb Carlon
Project lead
Healing Place: Victoria’s first Lived Experience Residential Service, Mind Australia
Dr Zac Seidler
Clinical psychologist, Global Director - Men’s Health Research, Movember
and Senior Research Fellow with Orygen, University of Melbourne
Jonathan Holt
General Manager
Hunter New England Mental Health
A/Prof. Raju Lakshmana
MBBS, MD (Psych), FRANZCP, AFRACMA, Additional Director of Psychiatry, GVAMHS
GV Health
Janet Muir
Chief Executive Officer
RSL LifeCare
Stephen Becsi OAM
Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Care
& Chairman of the Board, Charingfield Aged Care Community & Bundaleer Care Operations Ltd
Representative
Helping Hand Aged Care
Anna Millicer
Founder and Consumer and Quality Advisory Body Facilitator
Get Smart Aged Care Consultancy
Louise Greene
Chair of the Clinical Governance Committee, Advantage Aged Care Group
and Chair of the Quality, Risk and Care Committee, Luson Aged Care, Director, Verde Consulting
David Brown
Professor, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC)
University of Technology Sydney
Meg Dalling
Customer Advocate
ANZ Bank
Liesel Wett
Chair, Goodwin Aged Care & Chief Executive Officer, Australian Pathology
& Non-Executive Director, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Melina Morrison
Chief Executive Officer
Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM)
Patricia Falcetta OAM (She/Her)
Founder, Facilitator & Neurodiversity Advocate
Social Living Solutions
Representative TBC
Our Watch
Dr. Varina Michaels She/Her
Executive Director, Women of Colour Australia (WoCA),
Educator, Global DEI Consultant, Published Academic
Evan Stark
Professor Emeritus, sociologist, forensic social worker, and award-winning researcher and author
Carolyn Robinson
Founder/Managing Director, Beyond DV,
Board Chair, Australian Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Recovery Alliance
Ajsela Siskovic
Executive Manager of Legal Services and Principal Lawyer
InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Geraldine Bilston
Independent speaker, also Senior Policy Officer, Family and Sexual Violence System Policy, Policy, Prevention and Impact Branch
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing
Kate Fylan
DFV and Children's Service Practice, Policy, and Sector Leader. Board Director. Social Worker, Approved Victim Services Counsellor, Play Therapist, and Clinical Supervisor
Non-Executive Director, Women and Girls’ Emergency Centre
Eloise Layard
Manager
LGBTQ+ Health Programs
Thelma Schwartz
Principal Legal Officer
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS)
Delilah Shinko
Community Liaison Officer, Multicultural Policy and Engagement
Department of Communities and Justice NSW
Elena Rosenman
Board Chair, Women’s Legal Services Australia
CEO, Women’s Legal Services ACT
Detective Sergeant Ellen Quinn
Investigations Manager
New South Wales Police Sex Crimes Squad
Detective Superintendent Jayne Doherty APM
Commander
New South Wales Police Sex Crimes Squad
Fran Jacka
Director MARAMIS Unit
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (VIC)
Annabelle Daniel OAM
CEO, Women’s Community Shelters, Chair of the Board, DV NSW, Independent Member
NSW Coercive Control Taskforce
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Founder & Director, Flequity Ventures & Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences
UNSW Sydney
Dr Hannah Tonkin (She/Her)
Inaugural Women's Safety Commissioner
Department of Communities & Justice NSW
