Experience

Country Needs People

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Present

• Executive Director

  • Mar 2020 - Present



Pew Charitable Trusts

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Officer. Country Needs People

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2020

• Conservation Partnerships Manager

  • Feb 2009 - Mar 2020

  Working on a range of conservation issues in remote and outback Australia, land and sea.Particular focus includes supporting Indigenous land and sea management across remote and outback Australia including leading work with our Indigenous partners through the Country Needs People alliance www.countryneedspeople.org.au . My role involves a mix of advocacy, strategic planning, community organising, online/digital organising, media and communications, project management, across local national and international projects, initiatives and campaigns. Show less



Northern Territory Government

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Greenhouse Policy Officer

  • 2007 - 2008

  Drafting and contributing to Territory wide and national policies on greenhouse mitigation, energy efficiency, landclearing and greenhouse emissions, contributing to ministerial speeches. Participation in national policy development prior to introduction of emissions trading.

• Marine Protected Areas Policy

  • 2006 - 2007

  Contributing to development of a marine conservation strategy in the Northern Territory including marine protected area strategy, engaging and supporting stakeholder committees including recreational and commercial fishers, indigenous representatives, tourism, conservation and science representatives. Developing information materials supporting marine conservation, commissioning and contributing to the development of cross cultural management frameworks around Indigenous engagement in marine conservation. Show less



Northern Land Council

• Australia
• Legal Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Marine Policy Officer

  • 2002 - 2005

  A range of activities including project management of large consultancies around marine policy, support and development of sea-country plans, advice and support to traditional owners in fisheries, conservation and tourism forums, submission writing, brokering agreements between coastal traditional owners and government, environmental and conservation advice to the Land Council and regional Traditonal Owner groups in relation to fisheries, mining impacts, tourism and other pressures. A range of activities including project management of large consultancies around marine policy, support and development of sea-country plans, advice and support to traditional owners in fisheries, conservation and tourism forums, submission writing, brokering agreements between coastal traditional owners and government, environmental and conservation advice to the Land Council and regional Traditonal Owner groups in relation to fisheries, mining impacts, tourism and other pressures.


Marine and Coastal Community Network
• Northern Territory Regional Coordinator

  • 1997 - 2002

Environment Victoria
• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Forest Campaign Officer

  • 1994 - 1997