Experience

Think+DO Tank

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Sep 2013 - Present

  Think+DO Tank is an innovative social policy and community engagement practice. I established The Foundation to enable community members, governments, corporations and communities to work together creatively to generate lasting communities of action. Think+DO Tank is highly respected for our work with young people, refugees and Indigenous people.

• Founder and Director Lost in Books

  • Jul 2017 - Present

• Executive Producer, The Motion Room

  • 2014 - Present

  The Motion Room is a long-term project using creative arts to disrupt entrenched locational disadvantage in one of Australia’s most disadvantaged places, Green Valley, Liverpool, NSW. In collaboration with the community, we generated enterprises and processes to tackle local problems and increase people’s ability to determine change in their own communities. I conceived the project and I am its Executive Producer.

• Executive Producer, Against the Tide: A Highway West

  • Oct 2013 - Present

  I lead a creative team that is making Against the Tide: A Highway West.Against the Tide is an interactive transmedia storytelling experience staged on the Parramatta River. An innovative fusion of art, history and technology, the project brings the community and audiences together with a group of highly skilled artists in a transformative experience. Taking audiences between Sydney’s Circular Quay and Parramatta by ferry, participants discover the rich sediment of untold stories on Sydney’s Burramatta River and Harbour. I conceived the project and am the Executive Producer. Show less

• Director

  • 2018 - Present



University of Technology Sydney

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Founder and Project Leader, How Big Are Your Dreams? Program Australian Centre for Child and Youth:

  • Aug 2008 - Dec 2011

  I created an innovative youth support program for Indigenous high school students across Sydney where I led a team of five staff (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) to provide strong support around participants and their families throughout the year of the program and beyond. I created an innovative youth support program for Indigenous high school students across Sydney where I led a team of five staff (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) to provide strong support around participants and their families throughout the year of the program and beyond.



Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers

• Head, Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Apr 2007 - Jun 2010

  I established an award-winning corporate social responsibility program, supporting Indigenous employment, cultural competency and community strategies. I undertook law reform/advocacy work; developed new service offerings; built sector relationships; recruited and trained new staff; mentored and supervised pro bono lawyers; and reported to a firm-wide Pro Bono Committee.

• Lawyer

  • 1998 - 2008

  Lawyer, Litigation – 2001 – 2003Lawyer, Communications & Technology, 1999 – 2000I conducted large scale commercial litigation in the Supreme and Federal Courts; drafted complex legal advice and documents; represented women survivors of domestic violence in contested proceedings; trained lawyers in domestic violence representation; and trained lawyers to deliver legal services.

• Acting Director, Pro Bono Services

  • Mar 2006 - Mar 2007

  I managed the firm’s highly regarded pro bono legal practice, the first dedicated pro bono practice in Australia. I ran and supervised matters in civil law (discrimination, Native Title, refugee claims, administrative law) and trained lawyers to deliver effective legal services in the community;

• Commercial Lawyer (IT/Communications)/ Litigation Lawyer

  • Dec 1999 - Jul 2003


UNSW Australia
• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Lecturer/ Course Coordinator, Contemporary Issues in Human Rights

  • 2008 - 2010


Talking Back!

• United States

• Community Producer

  • 2006 - 2007

  I developed a youth empowerment strategy using personal narratives in response to the Redfern, Macquarie Fields and Cronulla riots. I developed a youth empowerment strategy using personal narratives in response to the Redfern, Macquarie Fields and Cronulla riots.



Australian Human Rights Commission

• Australia
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Legal Officer

  • Feb 2005 - Mar 2006

  I provided legal and policy advice to the President, Commissioners and to policy teams of the Commission in the fields of discrimination, international law, human rights and governance and procedure. I provided legal and policy advice to the President, Commissioners and to policy teams of the Commission in the fields of discrimination, international law, human rights and governance and procedure.



Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd

• Policy Officer

  • Jan 2005 - Feb 2006

  I led PIAC's counter-terrorism and human rights protection work. I led PIAC's counter-terrorism and human rights protection work.


UNHCR
• Netherlands
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Fellow

  • 2004 - 2004