Alison Page is currently a Director of the Australian Government’s Indigenous Land Corporation and Chair of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. She has also served as a member of numerous boards, including the Expert Panel for Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Peoples, the Museums and Galleries NSW Board and the Australian Museum Trust. Ms Page has substantial experience in design, communications and marketing and was a panelist for eight years on the ABC television program The New Inventors which showcased Australian innovation. She is currently a Professor of Practice in the school of design at the University of Technology Sydney.

 

Kenny Bedford lives on and represents the remote island of Erub (Darnley) on the Torres Strait Regional Authority Board. He is also a Board Member of Reconciliation Australia and has held the Executive position of Portfolio Member for Fisheries since 2008 and is President of the Erub Fisheries Management Association, a member of Erubam Le Traditional Land and Sea Owners (TSI) Corporation and sits on Far North Queensland’s Abergowrie College Community Consultative Committee. Mr Bedford has a Bachelor of Applied Health Science and Diploma of Youth Welfare, received the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship in 2000, and is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program.

 

Dillon Kombumerri  is employed by the NSW Government Architects Office as a Principal Government Architect. He is a registered architect with 30 years’ experience and has designed several award winning projects. During this time his work has focused heavily on projects addressing the well-documented disadvantages faced by Indigenous communities. Dillon has extensive experience in tutoring and lecturing on a national and international level. He has been Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney since 2012. Dillon has featured on national radio and television and written articles for several highly regarded professional journals.

 

Ray Ingrey is of Dhungutti and Dharawal descent and is from the La Perouse Aboriginal community at Botany Bay. He holds a number of leadership positions including: Chairperson of the Gujaga Foundation, Deputy Chairperson of the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council and leads language, culture and research activities within his community.

 

John Maynard is of the Worimi people of Port Stephens, New South Wales. He is the Director of the Purai Global Indigenous History Centre and Chair of Aboriginal History at the University of Newcastle. He completed a Diploma of Aboriginal Studies from the University of Newcastle in 1995 and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Australia in 1999. He was awarded a PhD examining the rise of early Aboriginal political activism from the University of Newcastle in 2003. Professor Maynard was an Australian Research Council post-doctoral fellow and was Deputy Chairperson of Council with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) in Canberra until 2016. John was the recipient of the Aboriginal History (ANU) Stanner Fellowship for 1996 and the New South Wales Premiers Indigenous History Fellowship for 2003–04. John was a member of the Executive Committee of the Australian Historical Association 2000–02 and the Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Committee 2006–07 he has worked with and within many Aboriginal communities urban, rural and remote. He is the author of twelve books.

 

Nicholas Wappett is a Senior Analyst at JBWere and manages over $300 million in investments on behalf of various not-for-profit organisations. Prior to joining JBWere in June 2015, Nick participated in the NAB Graduate Program and participated in Career Trackers Indigenous Internship Program. Nick has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney, a Diploma of Stockbroking from Deakin University and is an accredited Foreign Exchange Advisor.