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Adam Fletcher
Associate director, NSW/ACT, Indigenous Business and Community, National Australia Bank
Exploring how First Nations communities can build economic sovereignty through coordinated action to support the Nations' other sovereign objectives.
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Alex Splitt
Managing director, Bundyi Girri Consulting
Advancing social and economic outcomes of First Peoples, specializing in the co-design, development and implementation of strategic policy frameworks to facilitate social and economic equity for First Peoples.
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Alicia Veasey
Obstetrician and gynecologist; co-chair, Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Clinical Network
Developing a novel clinical governance framework embedded in Indigenous knowledge and systemic cultural safety that places health equity, health justice and anti-racism as core hospital business.
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Alison Bentick
Senior adviser, National Indigenous Australians Agency
Co-designing strategies with Indigenous regional governance bodies to achieve equity. Seeking to close the gap in disadvantage through policies aimed at decision-making rights and empowerment.
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Alison Canty
Associate director, Learning and Teaching, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania
Researching live imaging of brain circuitry to visualize synaptic connections in the cerebral cortex and structural rearrangements in response to injury, aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
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Amanda Phaphama Fononda
Program director, TB program
Implementing the finding TB missing cases strategy with the goal of ending TB by 2030, funded by the National Department of Health through the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Amanda Young
Executive director, Pollination
Working as an Indigenous equity practitioner across political, social, economic and environmental spheres.
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Angela Rutter
Strategic projects manager, Leadership Victoria; co-founder and director, Common Cause Australia
Building collaborations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Victoria.
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Ariadne Gorring
Co-chief executive officer, Pollination Foundation
Elevating community-based climate solutions, unlocking incentives to sustain nature, and weaving local and global communities of practice to accelerate a just transition to a climate-resilient future.
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Brian Wyborn
Director and senior wealth adviser, JBWere
Building excellence in aged care for First Nations people by exploring models of holistic care including facility design and development, care components, the role of kin and community workforce in care and sustainable business practices.
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Carolyn Barker
Senior policy officer, First Languages Australia
Working with Indigenous language custodians to increase community control in interactions with government, with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language education, data, media and place names.
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Charles O'Leary
Director, Aboriginal culture and healing, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet VIC
Delivering evidenced-based Indigenous Australian strategy and outcomes, supported by the ability to develop trusting and ethical relationships with the Indigenous community and colleagues from across the sector.
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Christian Lugnan
Chief financial officer, Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation (BMNAC)
Developing a Gumbaynggirr language meditation and well-being program to connect Goori children and youth to country, strengthen their identity and create self-awareness and mindfulness through leading a balanced lifestyle.
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Damein Bell
Former chief executive officer, Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
Working on native title, cultural strengthening and heritage as well as community development; exploring ways to recognize and respect cultural landscapes.
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Dameyon Bonson
Founder, Black Rainbow, an Indigenous LGBTIQA+SB suicide-prevention foundation
Improving the health, well-being opportunities and suicide prevention for First Nations sexuality and gender minority groups.
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Daryle Rigney
Professor and director, Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research, Jumbunna Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Focusing on developments in Indigenous nation-building and governance following colonization.
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David Follent
Senior project officer, team focused on chronic care for Aboriginal people, New South Wales Agency of Clinical Innovation
Developing a collaborative decision-making process in health care to create change that rebalances power dynamics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing the health care system.
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Dean Heta
Senior manager, First Peoples Engagement
Strengthening young Indigenous men's cultural and spiritual connections to country through dance, storytelling and cultural land management.
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Dean Parkin
Director, From the Heart
Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organizations and communities to craft their own narratives and lead their own change and development.
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Durkhanai Ayubi
Writer and restaurateur
Working to decode what power could look like, based on a reconstructed sense of identity, and communicating this through speaking and writing. Making and sharing traditional Afghan food to shift boundaries.
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Ella Havelka
Creative director, The ELLA Foundation and Eco Dancers
Elevating the importance of dance for First Nations communities and exploring how to make Australia’s dance industry more inclusive, diverse and accessible.
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Faye McMillan
Associate professor of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Health, Univeristy of New South Wales; deputy national rural health commissioner
A proud Wiradjuri yinaa (woman) working on the health and mental health of her mob.
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Harold Ludwick
Cultural awareness and cultural heritage protection facilitator
Designing a project to reveal Indigenous narratives of historical events in Australia by co-authoring a book in which they strongly push for acceptance in the Australian curriculum.
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Hayley McQuire
Chief executive officer, National Indigenous Youth Education Coalition; co-chair, Learning Creates Australia
Designing a learning hub for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to be connected with thought leadership from activists, academics, community leaders and elders to supplement their senior secondary/tertiary studies.
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Heath Nelson
General manager, community and partnerships, Fortescue Metals Group
Building Indigenous business capability through the implementation of Indigenous procurement targets and strategies. Opening doors of opportunity to Indigenous entrepreneurs.
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Indu Balachandran
Director of strategic support, Aboriginal Housing Office
Reimagining lawful relationality with First Australians through cultural and economic collaboration with migrant communities.
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Jade Hadfield
Curator and conservator, State Library Victoria
Seeking to build Indigenous capacity and utilize platforms to elevate Indigenous art and culture. In doing this, Jade wants to recenter our place in the world and make systemic change.
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Jaki Adams
Director, social justice and regional engagement, The Fred Hollows Foundation
Working to define allyship accountability (and development of a tool/criteria for its assessment) from an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander perspective, while working with non-Indigenous allies to understand that accountability is action.
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Janine Mohamed
Chief executive officer, Lowitia Institute
Developing The International Alliance of First Nations Nurses, connecting and fostering their sense of resilience and mutual commitment to increase recognition, value and voice of First Nations nurses at an international level.
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Jeremy Nikora
Victorian Aboriginal inclusion officer, Victorian Electoral Commission
Creating stronger relationships between Maori and the many Aboriginal communities by sharing cultural and creative practices and walking a journey of cultural revitalization together
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Jody Barney
Leading consultant, Deaf Indigenous community consultancy
Working with many complex Indigenous communications styles, especially for Deaf and hard of hearing peoples, as a proud BirriGubba, Woppaburra Deaf woman and qualified disability cultural consultant.
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Jonathan Kneebone
Head, advocacy and growth, Phantm
Establishing and enabling collaborations, disrupting entrenched and extractive systems, and advocating for an inclusive and regenerative economy.
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Jonathon Captain-Webb
Director, Aboriginal cultural heritage, land and economy, Aboriginal Affairs New South Wales
Developing an Aboriginal cultural heritage land acquisition strategy to improve access and control of Aboriginal sites and landscapes for Aboriginal communities.
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Joshua Preece
Senior resident medical officer, New South Wales Health
Focusing passionately on the social determinants of health and advocating for young First Nations voices in crafting foreign policy.
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Juanita Wheeler
Founder and strategist, Full & Frank; executive director, TEDxBrisbane
Amplifying the impact of global changemakers by teaching social entrepreneurs, thought leaders and advocates to deliver compelling, strategically-crafted presentations that inspire action and do justice to their ideas.
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Karl Hampton
Regional director, Yuendumu, Northern Territory government
Empowering Warlpiri elders through the repatriation and research of their ancestors' artifacts and collections held around the world in many institutions as well as in private collections.
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Karla Brady
Chief executive officer,
Inala Wangarra
Championing the self-determination of Queensland’s Aboriginal Community Controlled Sector in exercising sovereignty, supporting communities and negotiating with state agencies.
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Karrina Nolan
Director, Original Power
Building the power of Indigenous peoples through organizing and campaigning. Working in partnership with existing campaigns, allies, networks and initiatives to power people, campaigns and solutions.
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Kerri Clarke
National reconciliation lead; possum skin cloak maker; cultural educator
Strengthening elders' connections to family, community and culture through collective storytelling and participation in cultural practices by placing Aboriginal culture at the forefront of dismantling colonial systems.
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Kim-Huong Nguyen
Research fellow, The University of Queensland
Using economic theories to study the social and economic values of health and social care and develop policies that improve value and achieve more equitable service distribution.
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Leanne Miller
Executive director, Koorie Women Mean Business
Building an Aboriginal-led national peak body to lead and inform approaches to ethical research, protection of traditional knowledge, and sustainable, ethical business with Aboriginal landholders for Aboriginal products.
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Lillian Gordon
Consultant/facilitator, First Nations strategy, partnerships and outcomes across New South Wales
Building enduring relationships of equality and ensuring fair exchange in all interactions by applying modern leadership practices such as a values-based, collaborative, and enquiry-based approach.
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Lisa McMurray
Learning and program development manager, Aboriginal Carbon Foundation
Building an assets-based, community-driven development (ABCD) planning process for remote Indigenous communities to dismantle the “problem narrative” perpetuated by non-Indigenous decision-makers.
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Maggie Kavanagh
Independent consultant
Working with Aboriginal people from remote desert communities to establish a leadership and governance knowledge center in Alice Springs.
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Marc Bennie
General manager, Indigenous programs and community investment; chair, Inclusion, Equity and Diversity Council, Accor Pacific
Working on better engagement between First Nations peoples and the tourism industry. Creating opportunities for cultural preservation, social and economic equity, and a more authentic tourism story for Australia.
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Marina Alefosio
Spoken word poet
Developing an international residency for Pasifika and Indigenous spoken word artists and practitioners to strengthen their voice, leadership capability and connection to culture.
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Melissa Kennedy
Co-founder and CEO, Tati Tati Kaiejin, First Nations-led nonprofit organization focusing on sustainable environmental practices
Decolonizing natural resource management through First Nations-led programs, education and employment to heal country, improve community wellbeing and restore justice for First Nations peoples.
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Meriki Onus
Director of First Nations, Foundation of Young Australians
Using experience in media and storytelling to share their matriarchal story and the lesson within.
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Michael Coleman
General manager, partnerships, Greenfleet
Building carbon forestry projects from the ground up that meet Traditional Owner aspirations.
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Michelle Steele
Chief First Nations officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation
Leading the COVID-19 primary care response for Indigenous and remote communities, in partnership with the Indigenous health sector, and continuing work to empower women, especially those exiting prison.
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Miguel Rentería
Principal investigator, Computational Neurogenomics Lab, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Using big data, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence to investigate the genetic and neuroanatomical basis of neurodegenerative diseases in diverse global populations, with a focus on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
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Nicholas Eakin
General manager, Campaign Sustainability, From the Heart
Developing a neuroscience-anchored multidisciplinary measurement and evaluation framework of human flourishing to inform self-determined social equity from personal, organizational and policy objectives.
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Nicole Jenkins
Executive director, The Centre - Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre
Ways of working guided by community development principles to ensure the voices of community are elevated.
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Pekeri Ruska
Ph.D. candidate, RMIT University; co-founder and director, Goompi Projects and Goompi Give and Grow
Exploring models of storytelling of First Nations’ resilience to reclaim the telling of our own stories whilst empowering today’s generation of young people to reflect, transform and be proud of their identity, culture and existence.
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Penelope Jones
Assistant secretary - access and inclusion, Australian Department of Education
Leading national early childhood education policy and program reforms to increase access and inclusion, through a senior executive role in government. Pride Champion, driving inclusion of LGBTQI+ people across the Department of Education.
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Peter Anderson
Executive director and professor of education, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
Developing dynamic approaches to embedding First Nation perspectives into western educational systems through professional development capacity building, using digital pedagogies and curriculum frameworks.
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Raylene Nixon
Aboriginal academic; lecturer in rural Aboriginal health, Department of Rural Health, University of Melbourne
Working to address the lack of inclusion and afforded value of Indigenous peoples in their own country; advocating for the elimination of deaths in custody of Aboriginal people.
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Raymond Brunker
Director, human services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service
Exploring how to redesign family services to work alongside families in building their restoration.
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Roxanne Bainbridge
Director, Center for Indigenous Health Equity Research
Developing and evaluating the social and emotional learning strategies implemented in Queensland boarding schools, to help remote Indigenous students better engage in life and learning.
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Sean Gordon
Managing director, Gidgee Group Consulting and Partnerships Pty. Ltd.
Working on the social and economic disparity of Indigenous Australians, ensuring that legislation, policy and programs have a positive impact, leading to opportunities for Indigenous economic empowerment and independence.
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Shane Webster
Chief executive officer, Jawun
Supporting First Nations to become digitally empowered, enabling them to prosper from the new digital economy.
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Shonella Tatipata
Director, Centre of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Statistics (CoATSIS) Engagement Management Unit, Australian Bureau of Statistics
Investigating how the interactions of data and First Nations’ narratives can contribute to more equitable systems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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Simba Marekera
Head, investment management,
Brightlight Group
Utilizing Indigenous-informed investment principles as a tool for investors to influence company and business behavior toward genuine Indigenous and community empowerment.
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Stacie Piper
First Nations art curator; cultural dancer and educator; consultant
Facilitating community voices, connecting past and present and highlighting the continuity and importance of cultural values; empowering community to care for country and heal trauma.
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Stephanie Salee
Aboriginal cultural coordinator,
Bush Heritage Australia
Identifying key cultural protocols to support self-determination as a proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman; unpacking intergenerational trauma and using her people’s cultural resilience to empower.
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Tegan Burns
Co-founder and director, Goompi Give and Grow Ltd. and Goompi Projects
Developing a strength-based approach to identify opportunities and ways to empower the Quandamooka community that ensure members are spiritually and mentally strong, immersed and proud of their culture, and create positive outcomes.
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Tracy Williams
Journalist and consultant
Working in philanthropy, social investment and Indigenous affairs to develop approaches for improving collaboration, engagement and knowledge in the sector.
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Tui Crumpen
Director, Kaiela Institute; Aboriginal academic
Building systems to navigate and bridge the cultural interface in First Nation and Australian institutional and organizational contexts, so that Indigenous people can thrive.
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