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University of Technology Sydney, Host of award-winning SBS podcast My Bilingual Family
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Sydney Opera House, Lead of the Hunar collective
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Ambulance Victoria
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Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)
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Australian Human Rights Commission
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Assistant Secretary Legislative Reform Branch
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The University of Melbourne
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ARC Gender Relations Project, Men and Family Centre (Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers, NSW)
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Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
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California State Senate
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Former Justice of the High Court of Australia, Educator and Jurist
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Curtin University
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RMIT University, Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE)
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Australian Education Union (AEU)
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Victorian Institute of Teaching
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NSW Education Standards Authority
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Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
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Chief Building Regulator
Queensland Building & Construction Commission
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Noetic Group
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Chair of the National Committee , ANZSOG National Regulators Community of Practice & Former Deputy Secretary, Better Regulation Division & Commissioner
NSW Fair Trading
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Principal Policy Adviser, System Reform & Workforce Division
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing Victoria
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Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
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Queensland Department of Education
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Chief Executive Officer
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
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CSC & Bar, Director General Land Worthiness
Department of Defence
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Principal Project Manager, Biodiversity Conservation & Science
Department of Planning & Environment NSW
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Author
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Elite EA Academy
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CSIRO Data61
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Product Growth and Optimisation
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proud Bundjalung, Torres Strait Islander and South Pacific Islander woman, Deputy Secretary Families and Communities
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Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, QLD
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Office of the Special Commissioner Public Sector Commission, QLD
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Department of Health & Human Services
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Wiradjuri/Muruwari//Gamilaraay woman & Assistant Manager, Aboriginal Recruitment
Department of Justice and Community Safety
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Head of Transport for Brisbane
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Menopause Friendly Australia
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Magistrate
Magistrates Court of Queensland
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Department of Education, QLD
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Manager Disability & Access Services
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Head of the Respect at Work Taskforce
SafeWork NSW
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Co-Chair DCJ Pride LGBTIQA+ Executive Committee & Manager, Environment & Heritage Planning
NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Dr Devini Ameratunga (She/Her)
Fellow Reproductive Endocrinology & InfertilityCare Fertility
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
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Social Entrepreneur, Gender Equality Researcher, Speaker & Deputy Director
Global Institute of Women's Leadership
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Director, Workforce Inclusion and Experience
NSW Public Service Commission
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Chief People Officer
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Professional Speaking Coach & Director
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Githabul woman & Chief Executive Officer
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office
Susan Pearce AM (She/Her)
Secretary
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Wiradjuri woman, City of Sydney Councillor, Deputy Chair Metro Land Council
Author, Mum & Nin
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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
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PhD, Professor & Director
BehaviourWorks Australia Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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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
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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
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The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP (She/Her)
Minister for the Environment and Water
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Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission
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proud Mithaka woman, Director Operations, Aboriginal Land Strategy
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
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Chief Executive Officer
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance
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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
Michael Ramalli
Executive Director Aboriginal Land Strategy, Crown Lands and Public Spaces
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
Matthew West
Wiradjuri man, Director Closing the Gap, Aboriginal Outcomes, Crown Lands and Public Spaces
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
Trish Connolly
CEO
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Lisa Stark
Disability Focussed Caseworker
Macarthur Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
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Practice Manager, Child & Family Counsellor
Uniting Counselling and Mediation Parramatta
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)
Courtney Jacques
Practice Manager, Sydney Children’s Contact Service
CatholicCare Sydney
Megan Duffy
Child Safety Team Leader
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services, Rockhampton (QLD)
Sarah Nickson
General Manager, Mara Pirni Health Place
Hope Community Services
Emma Rogers
DFV Principal Project Officer
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs (QLD)
Nicole Yade
Deputy CEO
Women & Girl’s Community Centre
Cathy Richardson
Director, First Peoples Studies at Concordia University &
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Darcy Cavanagh
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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
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Dr. Anita Morris
Statewide Family Violence Principal Practitioner
Department of Families, Fairness & Housing (VIC)
Melanie Hawyes
Deputy Secretary Crown Lands and Public Spaces
Department of Environment and Planning NSW
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
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Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi Woman, Chief Executive Officer
Office of Maori Crown Relations - Te Arawhiti
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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
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Phillip Brooks
Bidjara, Kairi and Ducabrook Man, Deputy Director General First Nations Strategy and Partnership
Department of Education QLD
Stan Grant
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Australian journalist, writer and radio and television presenter
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Director of Data Science, Domestic Skills System
Jobs and Skills Australia
Rohan Samaraweera
Senior Director - Data Science Branch Warehouse
Department of Home Affairs
Darshil Mehta
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
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
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CEO
Canberra Rape Crisis Centre
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Managing Lawyer, ACT
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Human Rights Lawyer, PhD (Medicine), Mentor, Mother of tween twins & Pro Bono Leader
Illawarra Reproductive Medicine and Laparoscopy
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Institutional CSA survivor and advocate
Attorney-General's Department
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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
Jo Cantle (She/Her)
Director, APS Professions
Australian Public Service Commission (APSC)
Robin Edmonds
Assistant Director, Media Reform, Online Safety, Media and Platforms Division
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Traci-Ann Byrnes (She/Her)
First Assistant Secretary
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Budi Sudarto (They/Them)
Intersectionality, Inclusion and Belonging Expert, Educator and Consultant
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Head of Operations & Geography Teacher
Knox Grammar School
Andrew Pfeiffer (He/Him)
TEDx speaker, Neurodiversity Advocate & Data Leader
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
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Director Research Access and Workforce Diversity, Neurodiversity & Inclusive Leadership Advocate
Australian Research Council
Leslie Loble AM
Industry Professor, University of Technology Sydney & Expert Panel Member
Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education & Care
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Major General, Head Force Design
Department of Defence
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Head, Patent Analytics Hub
IP Australia
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Former CEO, Diversity Council of Australia & Associate Dean, Indigenous Leadership & Engagement
UTS
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Assistant Secretary, Communication and Media Branch
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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Manager, Leadership and Talent Development & Chair, ABC Inclusive
ABC
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Gomeroi Woman & Deputy Secretary, Chief Commissioner of State Revenue & Commissioner of Fines Administration
Revenue NSW
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General Manager, Smart Centres Operations Division
Services Australia
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Assistant Secretary, Vaccine Priority Populations and Stakeholder Engagement Branch
Department of Health and Aged Care
Jacqueline Wilton
CEO
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Louka Parry
Education Futurist, CEO & Founder
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Principal Consultant and Owner
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Associate Director - Research, Advocacy and Policy, Centre for Innovative Justice
RMIT University
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Sarah Decrea
Manager Family Led Decision Making, Ngartuitya Family Group Conference Service
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Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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Head of Local Area Coordination NDIS Partners in the Community
Uniting
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Manager Child and Family Early Intervention Services,
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Richard Burn
Executive General Manager Growth
Independence Australia
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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
Professor 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)
Disability, Equity, Inclusion and Gender Equity Activist, Family and Intimate Partner Survivor-Advocate, Accessibility Educator & Trainer. Councillor
Victorian Disability Council - International Day People with Disabilities Ambassador | United Nations - Consultant: Senior Co-Design & Engagement Advisor | National Disability Insurance Agency
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Senior Manager of Education and Early Intervention Services
Berry Street
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2021 Queensland Australian of the Year
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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
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Dr Michelle Veljanovska
Director, Data, Advice, Research and Testing
NSW Transport Safety, Environment and Regulation Division
Rachel McNamara
Assistant Director – Intelligence and Engagement
Inspector General of Water Compliance
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
Carla Jago
Group Executive Director, Performance Audit Services Group
Australian National Audit Office
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Adam Dent
Chief Executive & Board Member
NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority
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Chief Executive Regulation Coal Mining Industry
Long Service Leave Funding Corporation
Alan Clamp
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Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, UK
Belinda Hughes
Director of Prosecutions
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
Simon Humphries
Head of General Inspectorate
WorkSafe NZ
Natasha Mann
Deputy Secretary, Better Regulation, Commissioner for Fair Trading NSW, Head of SafeWork NSW
Department of Customer Service
Anna Cronin
Commissioner
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Professor Malcolm K Sparrow
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Harvard University
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Safer Care Victoria
Professor Brett McDermott
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Tasmania & Tasmanian Nominee for Australian of the Year 2023
Fonda Voukelatos
Deputy Chief Executive
Uniting AgeWell
Mary O’Hagan
Executive Director of Lived Experience
Department of Health Victoria VIC
Dr Rosy Walia
Chief Executive Officer
Multicultural Care
Dr. Jonathan Karro
Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Pat Sparrow
Chief Executive Officer
COTA Australia
Dr. Ruth Vine
Australia’s first Deputy Chief Medical Officer & Interim CEO
National Mental Health Commission
Michael Lye
Deputy Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care
Department of Health and Aged Care
Hon Anika Wells MP
Minister for Aged Care & Minister for Sport
Dr Tom Brunzell
Director of Education
Berry Street
John Meng
Deputy Principal
Rooty Hill High School NSW
David Carroll
Deputy Headmaster and Head of Senior School
Brisbane Girls Grammar, QLD
Dr Michael Carr-Gregg
Psychologist & Author
Dr Margot McNeill
Chief Product & Quality Officer
TAFE NSW
Michael Sankey
Professor & Director, Learning Futures and Lead Education Architect, Charles Darwin University & President
Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning (ACODE)
Briony Scott
President
Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL)
Jim Kelly
Director Health and Safe Design
SafeWork NSW
Mia Lauze
Director Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
Australian Financial Security Authority
Ian Oppermann
Chief Data Scientist
Department of Customer Service NSW
Jessica Hamilton
General Manager, External Communication & Marketing
Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Samantha Gavel
Privacy Commissioner
Information & Privacy Commission NSW
Leonardo Cervera Navas
Director, Office of the European Data Protection Supervisor
Data Protection Authority of the European Union
Susan Calvert
Assistant Secretary
Office of the National Data Commissioner
Craig Foster AM (He/Him)
Former Socceroo, Broadcaster, Adjunct Professor of Sport & Social Responsibility, Author & Human Rights Activist
Yemi Penn
Researcher (PhD), Engineer, Author & Curious Rebel
Dr Sian Proctor
Geoscientist, Explorer & Diversity in STEM Advocate
SpaceX Inspiration4 Crew Pilot
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Chief of Personnel
Australian Defence Force
Captain Mona Shindy CSC
Reserve Naval Officer, Royal Australian Navy, Australia’s First Muslim Navy Captain and Engineer, Author, Shattering Identity Bias
Courtney Act
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James Clear
Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller “Atomic Habits”
Hon. Julie Bishop
38th Foreign Minister of Australia, Chancellor Australian National University
Adam Goodes
Adnyamathanha man, Legendary AFL player, community leader & anti-racism advocate
2014 Australian of the Year
Grace Tame AO
2021 Australian of the Year & Advocate for Survivors of Child Sexual Assault
Dylan Alcott AO
2022 Australian of the Year, Paralympian, Tennis Player, Philanthropist & Motivational Speaker
Hon. Julia Gillard AC
27th Prime Minister of Australia, Founder & Inaugural Chair, Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
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Claire Harrison
CEO, Coach, Business Strategist & Meditation Teacher
Speaker & Facilitator
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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
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Founder | Leadership Communication Strategist & Coach
Behind The Scenes Communications
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Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator & Director
SynergyIQ
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Archwise Psychology
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Lifestyle Psychology
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Veteran, Defence Executive Coach, Psychologist & Mentor
The Jackson Company
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Departmental Officer, Job Seeker Payments Section & DSS Pride Committee Co-chair
Department of Social Services
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International Development Specialist & CALD Advocate
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Director, Global Institute of Women's Leadership & Co-researcher who discovered the 'Glass Cliff' phenomenon
Australian National University
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National Disability Insurance Agency
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Assistant Secretary, Migration and Citizenship Litigation Branch
Department of Home Affairs
Robyn Shannon (She/Her)
A/g Deputy Secretary | Disability and Carers Stream
Department Social Services
Jo Evans PSM
Deputy Secretary
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Melinda Turner (She/Her)
Yuin/Monaro woman from Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community and First Assistant Secretary First Nations Health Division
Department of Health and Aged Care
See me at: Women in Leadership Summit
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Jim Betts (He/Him)
Secretary
Department of Infrastructure, Transport Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Usha Narain (She/Her)
A/g Deputy Commissioner, Superannuation and Employer Obligations
Australian Taxation Office
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Jody Broun (She/Her)
Yinjibarndi woman & Chief Executive Officer
National Indigenous Australians Agency
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Rebecca Skinner PSM (She/Her)
Former Chief Executive Officer
Services Australia
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Lawyer & Writer, Executive Director
Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Victoria University
Dr Louise Mahler
Keynote Speaker of the Year, Speaker, Executive Coach, Media Commentator & Author
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