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Deidre Mulkerin (She/Her)
Director-General
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, QLD
Tricia Malowney OAM (She/Her)
Chief Accessibility Advocate
Department of Transport and Planning
Dr Rachel Chay (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General and Chief Biosecurity Officer
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, QLD
Dr Niki Vincent (She/Her)
Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner
Public Sector Gender Equality Commission
Dr Linda Colley
Special Commissioner
Office of the Special Commissioner Public Sector Commission, QLD
Nicole McCartney (She/Her)
Yorta Yorta woman & Chief Aboriginal Health Adviser
Department of Health & Human Services
Beth Jones (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary, Rural and Regional Victoria
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Michelle Sheppard (She/Her)
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Advisor
Department of Transport and Planning
Florine Baerlocher (She/Her)
Co-Chair VPS Women of Colour Network, Co-Founder DEECA Women of Colour Network and Senior Policy Officer
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Hon Jodie Harrison MP (She/Her)
Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Anne Moffatt (She/Her)
Chief Operations Officer
Department of Transport and Main Roads, QLD
Tania Porter (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General Early Childhood
Department of Education, QLD
Erin Earle (She/Her)
Senior Executive Director
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, QLD
Dr Elise Stephenson (She/Her)
Social Entrepreneur, Gender Equality Researcher, Speaker & Deputy Director
Global Institute of Women's Leadership
Emilie Priday (She/Her)
Director, Workforce Inclusion and Experience
NSW Public Service Commission
Catherine Carvolth (She/Her)
Chief People Officer
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Monica Forlano (She/Her)
Head of AFL Studios, AFL Digital, Chair and Director
Endometriosis Australia
Famey Williams (She/Her)
Githabul woman & Chief Executive Officer
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
Yvonne Weldon AM (She/Her)
Wiradjuri woman, City of Sydney Councillor, Deputy Chair Metro Land Council
Author, Mum & Nin
Stacie Hansel (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General Schools and Student Support
Department of Education, QLD
Mark Rossiter
Executive Director Operations
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)
Amanda de Jong
Strategic Environmental Consultant & Director
Making Good Decisions Certificate Holder - Certified Independent Commissioner
Aaron de Rozario
Executive Leader, Regulatory Reform
National Transport Commission
Liam Smith
PhD, Professor & Director
BehaviourWorks Australia Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
Louise Lazzarino
Assistant Ombudsman, Systems Oversight
NSW Ombudsman
Stephanie Morrow
Specialist Advisor, Compliance & Enforcement
Essential Services Commission
Jarrod Cowley-Grimmond
Acting Deputy Director-General
Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing & Water, Queensland
Rebecca Billings
Commissioner, Victorian Essential Services Commission
Interim Commissioner, Better Regulation Victoria
Dr Marie Doole
Principal Advisor| Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Regulatory Strategy & Stewardship
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
David Ironside
Assistant Secretary, Plant Import Operations, Biosecurity Plant & Science Services Division
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP (She/Her)
Minister for the Environment and Water
Dr Anna Cody (She/Her)
Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
Jaimee Morgenbesser She/Her
Co-founder and Managing Director
ICOS
Theresa Anderson & Ruth Marshall
Dr Allan Wade PhD, Cathy Richardson & Shelly Dean
Dr India Bryce & Dr Simone Collier
Elena Campbell & Silke Meyer
Steve Grant & Bruce Fuda
Eleanor Groat
Developer of Leaders and Teams
Your Best Asset
Professor Sandra Creamer AM
Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance
Dr. Emma Katz
Associate Professor
Durham University, SHERA Research Group & Author of 'Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives’ 2022
Craig Rigney
Chief Executive Officer
KWY Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family Services
Lisa Stark
Disability Focussed Caseworker
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Mayra Lindao
Youth Focussed Case Manager
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Meena Singh
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children & Young People
Commission for Children and Young People
Adam Hasandedic
Family Violence Practice Leader
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (VIC)
Megan Duffy
Child Safety Team Leader
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, Rockhampton (QLD)
Emma Rogers
DFV Principal Project Officer
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (QLD)
Arron Johnston
Founder & Director
Founder & Director
Cathy Richardson
Director, First Peoples Studies at Concordia University &
Co-founder, Centre for Response-Based Practice
Superintendent Greg Moore
Commander, Incident & Emergency Management Command
NSW Police Force
Annette Jackson
Executive Director Statewide Services
Berry Street
Dr Tony Stanley
National Practice Advisor Design at Oranga Tamariki
Ministry for Children (NZ)
Corey Trembath
proud Kurnai brother boy
Director, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board and Board Director & Secretary, Wear It Purple
Zoe Weston
Manager Practice and Permanency - Northern Cluster
Department of Communities and Justice
Tahlia-Rose Vanissum
Woppaburra women, Commonwealth Public Servant
Board Director and Chairperson, Department of Social Services
Dr. Anita Morris
Statewide Family Violence Principal Practitioner
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing (VIC)
Melanie Hawyes
Deputy Secretary Crown Lands and Local Government
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
Micaela Cronin
Australia’s First
Domestic, Family & Sexual Violence Commissioner
April Lawrie
Mirning and Kakatha Woman
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People SA
Wendy Ah Chin
Proud Waanyi Woman, Chief Superintendent First Nations and Cultural Capability
Queensland Corrective Services
Wynetta Dewis
proud Torres Strait Islander Woman, Joint Council Representative for Queensland, Coalition of Peaks & Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Prevention Service
Richie Ah Mat
descendant of the Yupungathi and Wuthathi peoples, Co-Chair
Cape York Partnership Board and Chairperson, Cape York Land Council
Vonda Malone
Torres Strait Islander Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Torres Strait Regional Authority
Shane Hamilton
Wakka Wakka and Bundjalung Man, Deputy Secretary Aboriginal Affairs and Outcomes
Aboriginal Affairs NSW
C’Zarke Maza
descendant of the Meriam people of Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres Strait Islands and Yidinjdji people
Commissioner (Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa)
Renee Blackman
proud Gubbi Gubbi Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane
Pele Ware
Proud Torres Strait Islander Woman, Chair
Queensland South Native Title Services
Lil Anderson
Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Office of Maori Crown Relations - Te Arawhiti
Theresa Anderson
Social Informaticist, Connecting Stones Consulting Honorary Fellow, Connected Intelligence Centre
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Women in Data Science (WiDS) Ambassador
Emma Liversidge GAICD
Advisory Committee Member, Queensland AI Hub, Founder
The Insight of Things
Phillip Brooks
Bidjara, Kairi and Ducabrook Man, Deputy Director General First Nations Strategy and Partnership
Department of Education QLD
Stan Grant
Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharrawal man
Australian journalist, writer and radio and television presenter
Rohan Samaraweera
Senior Director - Data Science Branch Warehouse
Department of Home Affairs
Darshil Mehta
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Adam Bridgeman
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education & innovation)
University of Sydney
Alicja Mosbauer
Chief Data Officer
IP Australia
Laura Bain
Head of Emerging Technologies and Innovation
Flinders Anglican College
Fawad Abro
Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Data & Analytics
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Paul Kidson
Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) & Senior Lecturer - Educational Leadership
Australian Catholic University
Kane Bradford
Head - Professional Practice, Innovation and Partnerships
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School
Ella Camporeale
Curriculum Leader for Art, Design and Digital Technologies
Westminster College
Pip Cleaves
Deputy Principal - Strategic Initiatives
NSW Department of Education
Dr Romina Santos Reyftmann (She/Her)
Human Rights Lawyer, PhD (Medicine), Mentor, Mother of tween twins & Pro Bono Leader
Illawarra Reproductive Medicine and Laparoscopy
Nora Fraser (She/Her)
Social Mobility speaker, Founder & Managing Director
The Multicultural Professional Network
Josh Byrnes (He/Him)
Institutional CSA survivor and advocate
Attorney-General's Department
Liam Scotland (He/Him)
Senior Advisor, Safety, Leadership and Comm-State Engagement, Office for Women & PM&C Pride Co-Chair
Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet
Jason Lodge
Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) & Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
University of Queensland
Budi Sudarto (They/He)
Intersectionality, Inclusion and Belonging Expert, Educator and Consultant
Andrew Pfeiffer (He/Him)
TEDx speaker, Neurodiversity Advocate & Data Leader
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Leslie Loble AM
Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney & Expert Panel Member
Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education & Care
MAJGEN Tony Rawlins DSC, AM (He/Him)
Major General, Head Force Design
Department of Defence
Professor Nareen Young (She/Her)
Former CEO, Diversity Council of Australia & Associate Dean, Indigenous Leadership & Engagement
UTS
Anita Agett (She/Her)
Co-Assistant Secretary, Communication and Change Branch
Department of Health and Aged Care
Mandy Young (She/Her)
Gomeroi Woman & Deputy Secretary, Chief Commissioner of State Revenue & Commissioner of Fines Administration
Revenue NSW
Nicky Bell (She/Her)
General Manager, Smart Centres Operations Division
Services Australia
Elena Campbell
Associate Director - Research, Advocacy and Policy, Centre for Innovative Justice
RMIT University
Catherine Baulch
Manager, Children, Youth and Families | Family Support and Commissioning Oversight
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (QLD)
Sarah Decrea
Manager Family Led Decision Making, Ngartuitya Family Group Conference Service
Relationships Australia SA
Aunty June Riemer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
First Peoples Disability Network Australia
Lakshmi Sri
Manager Child and Family Early Intervention Services,
Relationships Australia SA
Nerida Mason
DET Implementation, Victorian Child Information Sharing and Early Childhood Systems Division
Victorian Department of Education
Tamara Weaver
Director Community Engagement
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Kate Alexander
Executive Director, Office of the Senior Practitioner
Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)
Dr Jeffrey Chan
Deputy Commissioner Practice Quality and Clinical Advisory Division & Senior Practitioner Behaviour Support
NDIS Quality and Safeguards
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre & Professor of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts
Monash University
Silke Meyer
Chair in Child & Family Research
School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith Criminology Institute & Griffith Centre for Mental Health, Griffith University
Akii Ngo (They/Them)
Activist, Survivor-Advocate, Model and Consultant: Senior Co-Design & Engagement Advisor
National Disability Insurance Agency | International Day of People of Disability Ambassador - United Nations | Councillor - Victorian Disability Council
Andrew McCausland
Senior Manager of Education and Early Intervention Services
Berry Street
Rani Kumar
Deputy CEO
NAPCAN
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM
2021 Queensland Australian of the Year
Doctor, Lawyer, Researcher and Disability Advocate
Heidi Bradshaw
CEO
Narang Bir-rong Aboriginal Corporation
Prof. Richard Rose
Director, Therapeutic Life Story Work International (TLSWi) &
Associate Professor, Latrobe University
Barbara Causon PSM
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Children and Young People Advocate ACT
The Honourable John Ryan AM
Royal Commissioner
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Jodie Griffiths-Cook
Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner
ACT Human Rights Commission
Jacqueline McGowan-Jones
Former Executive Director, Office of Aboriginal Education
Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
Dr Michelle Veljanovska
Director, Data, Advice, Research and Testing
NSW Transport Safety, Environment and Regulation Division
Anne Hollonds
National Children’s Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
Bronwyn Dwyer
Strategic & Tactical Intelligence
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Valerie Griswold
Executive Director, Investigations and Enforcement, Better Regulation Division
NSW Department of Customer Service
Kate Rossiter
Director of Intelligence
Fairwork Ombudsman
James Dodwell
Principal Advisor – Regulatory Systems
Taumata Arowai
Carla Jago
Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
Australian National Audit Office
Adam Dent
Chief Executive & Board Member
NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority
Anna Cronin
Commissioner
Better Regulation Victoria Red Tape Commissioner
Professor Malcolm K Sparrow
Professor of the Practice of Public Management, John F Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Lucy Poole
General Manager, Digital Strategy, Architecture & Discovery
Digital Transformation Agency
Michael Sankey
Professor & Director, Learning Futures and Lead Education Architect, Charles Darwin University & President
Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE)
Maryanne Dever
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education and Digital
Australian National University
Tom Lee
Director, Innovation and Technology
Monte St Angelo Mercy College
Briony Scott
President
Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL)
David de Carvalho
CEO
Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Craig Foster AM (He/Him)
Former Socceroo, Broadcaster, Adjunct Professor of Sport & Social Responsibility, Author & Human Rights Activist
Adam Goodes
Adnyamathanha man, Legendary AFL player, community leader & anti-racism advocate
2014 Australian of the Year
Shane Michael Hatton
Speaker, Trainer, Coach and Author of Lead the Room & Let's Talk Culture
Claire Harrison
CEO, Coach, Business Strategist & Meditation Teacher
Speaker & Facilitator
Hillary Rodham Clinton (She/Her)
67th United States Secretary of State & first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party
Live streamed from the USA
Catherine Hollyman
Founder | Leadership Communication Strategist & Coach
Behind The Scenes Communications
Lucy Archinal-Hudson (She/Her)
Registered Psychologist & Clinical Director at Feel The Magic
Archwise Psychology
Zebunnissa Khan (She/Her)
Work/Life, Family and Workplace Psychologist
Lifestyle Psychology
Dr Bec Jackson (She/Her)
Veteran, Defence Executive Coach, Psychologist & Mentor
The Jackson Company
Isobelle Winter (She/They)
Departmental Officer, Job Seeker Payments Section & DSS Pride Committee Co-chair
Department of Social Services
Anna Szabo (She/Her)
Acting Director, Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion & Co-Chair, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Network
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Donna Purcell (She/Her)
Branch Manager, Participant Advocate & NDIA Disability Champion
National Disability Insurance Agency
Lil Gordon (She/Her)
Ngemba Woman, Seasoned Executive Leader, Consultant & Facilitator
Robyn Shannon (She/Her)
A/g Deputy Secretary | Disability and Carers Stream
Department Social Services
Jim Betts (He/Him)
Secretary
Department of Infrastructure, Transport Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Jody Broun (She/Her)
Yinjibarndi woman & Chief Executive Officer
National Indigenous Australians Agency
Leigh Sales AM (She/Her)
Former Host of 7.30, Journalist, Author & Podcast Co-Host
Dr Louise Mahler
Keynote Speaker of the Year, Speaker, Executive Coach, Media Commentator & Author
Leadership communication and body language expert
Professor Maja
Sociologist, Author, TedX Speaker & Confidence-Builder
The world’s foremost expert and researcher on gendered confidence inhibitors
Deidre Mulkerin (She/Her)
Director-General
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, QLD
Tricia Malowney OAM (She/Her)
Chief Accessibility Advocate
Department of Transport and Planning
Dr Rachel Chay (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General and Chief Biosecurity Officer
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, QLD
Dr Niki Vincent (She/Her)
Public Sector Gender Equality Commissioner
Public Sector Gender Equality Commission
Dr Linda Colley
Special Commissioner
Office of the Special Commissioner Public Sector Commission, QLD
Nicole McCartney (She/Her)
Yorta Yorta woman & Chief Aboriginal Health Adviser
Department of Health & Human Services
Beth Jones (She/Her)
Deputy Secretary, Rural and Regional Victoria
Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
Michelle Sheppard (She/Her)
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Advisor
Department of Transport and Planning
Florine Baerlocher (She/Her)
Co-Chair VPS Women of Colour Network, Co-Founder DEECA Women of Colour Network and Senior Policy Officer
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Hon Jodie Harrison MP (She/Her)
Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Anne Moffatt (She/Her)
Chief Operations Officer
Department of Transport and Main Roads, QLD
Tania Porter (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General Early Childhood
Department of Education, QLD
Erin Earle (She/Her)
Senior Executive Director
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, QLD
Dr Elise Stephenson (She/Her)
Social Entrepreneur, Gender Equality Researcher, Speaker & Deputy Director
Global Institute of Women's Leadership
Emilie Priday (She/Her)
Director, Workforce Inclusion and Experience
NSW Public Service Commission
Catherine Carvolth (She/Her)
Chief People Officer
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Monica Forlano (She/Her)
Head of AFL Studios, AFL Digital, Chair and Director
Endometriosis Australia
Famey Williams (She/Her)
Githabul woman & Chief Executive Officer
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
Yvonne Weldon AM (She/Her)
Wiradjuri woman, City of Sydney Councillor, Deputy Chair Metro Land Council
Author, Mum & Nin
Stacie Hansel (She/Her)
Deputy Director-General Schools and Student Support
Department of Education, QLD
Mark Rossiter
Executive Director Operations
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA)
Amanda de Jong
Strategic Environmental Consultant & Director
Making Good Decisions Certificate Holder - Certified Independent Commissioner
Aaron de Rozario
Executive Leader, Regulatory Reform
National Transport Commission
Liam Smith
PhD, Professor & Director
BehaviourWorks Australia Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
Louise Lazzarino
Assistant Ombudsman, Systems Oversight
NSW Ombudsman
Stephanie Morrow
Specialist Advisor, Compliance & Enforcement
Essential Services Commission
Jarrod Cowley-Grimmond
Acting Deputy Director-General
Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing & Water, Queensland
Rebecca Billings
Commissioner, Victorian Essential Services Commission
Interim Commissioner, Better Regulation Victoria
Dr Marie Doole
Principal Advisor| Kaitohutohu Mātāmua, Regulatory Strategy & Stewardship
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
David Ironside
Assistant Secretary, Plant Import Operations, Biosecurity Plant & Science Services Division
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry
The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP (She/Her)
Minister for the Environment and Water
Dr Anna Cody (She/Her)
Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
Jaimee Morgenbesser She/Her
Co-founder and Managing Director
ICOS
Theresa Anderson & Ruth Marshall
Dr Allan Wade PhD, Cathy Richardson & Shelly Dean
Dr India Bryce & Dr Simone Collier
Elena Campbell & Silke Meyer
Steve Grant & Bruce Fuda
Eleanor Groat
Developer of Leaders and Teams
Your Best Asset
Professor Sandra Creamer AM
Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance
Dr. Emma Katz
Associate Professor
Durham University, SHERA Research Group & Author of 'Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives’ 2022
Craig Rigney
Chief Executive Officer
KWY Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family Services
Lisa Stark
Disability Focussed Caseworker
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Mayra Lindao
Youth Focussed Case Manager
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
Meena Singh
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children & Young People
Commission for Children and Young People
Adam Hasandedic
Family Violence Practice Leader
Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (VIC)
Megan Duffy
Child Safety Team Leader
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, Rockhampton (QLD)
Emma Rogers
DFV Principal Project Officer
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (QLD)
Arron Johnston
Founder & Director
Founder & Director
Cathy Richardson
Director, First Peoples Studies at Concordia University &
Co-founder, Centre for Response-Based Practice