Board of Directors

  • Dr Rob Burdock

    Director & Chair

  • Dr Kate Umbers, Western Sydney University

    Founding Managing Director

  • Kate Pearce, Melbourne Zoo

    Director

  • Micaela Jemison

    Micaela Jemison

    Director & Chair of the Communications Committee

  • Kirk Simmons

    Director

  • Kate Eddy

    Kate Eddy

    Director & Chair of the Partnerships and Fundraising Committee

  • Christine Fenwick

    Director & Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee

  • Liz Pearson

    Company Secretary

Finance, Audit & Risk Management Committee

Christine Fenwick (Ch), ARC Centre of Excellence

Kate Pearce, Zoos Victoria

Laura Steel, Zeal Futures

Partnerships & Fundraising Committee

Kate Eddy (Ch), CARE Australia

Kirk Simmons, Canva

Communications Advisory Committee

Dr Perry Beasley-Hall, University of Adelaide

Alan Henderson and Deanna Henderson, Mini Beast Wildlife

Caitlin Henderson, She’s Got Legs

Mel Logozzo, Rewilding Suburbia

Lachlan Manning, Coffs Critters

Emma Patterson, Freelance Communications Specialist

Romily Spiers, Freelance Macro-cinematographer

Nick Volpe and Lucyna Kania, NLWild Media

Clancy Lester, PlantingSeeds Environmental Educator

Scientific Advisory Committee

Professor Marie Herberstein, Macquarie University

Professor John Zichy-Woinarski, Charles Darwin University

Professor Ary Hoffmann, AC, University of Melbourne

Dr Mark Harvey, Western Australian Museum

Dr Scott Hoffman Black, Xerces Society

Dr Libby Rumpff, University of Melbourne

Dr Lizzy Lowe, CESAR Australia

Dr Sue-Ann Watson, James Cook University

Dr Anna Scott, Southern Cross University

Dr Thomas E White, University of Sydney

Dr James Baxter-Gilbert, Mt Allison University, Canada

Dr Eleanor Drinkwater, Writtle University College, UK

Dr Bryan Lessard, DCCEEW

Professor Leigh Simmons, University of Western Australia

Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries, The University of Adelaide

Dr Elena Kupriyanova, Australian Museum

Dr Pat Hutchings, Australian Museum

Dr Nicholas Porch, Deakin University

Dr Perry Beasley-Hall, University of Adelaide

Professor Heloise Gibb, La Trobe University

Devi Stuart-Fox, University of Melbourne

Cameron Webb, University of Sydney

Charlotte Lassaline, Univeristy of Adelaide

Alan Henderson, Mini Beast Wildlife

Juanita Rodriguez, CSIRO

Michael Brightwood, Amused Group

Samantha Brightwood, DCCEEW

Zoe Richards, Curtin University

Dr Fonti Kar, UNSW

Dr Payal Bal, University of Melbourne

Simon Lawson, University of the Sunshine Coast

Myles Menz, James Cook University

Nigel Stork, Griffith University

Katharina Fabricus, Australian Institute of Marine Science

Jessa Thurman, CSRIO

Helen Nahrung, University of the Sunshine Coast

Renee Rossini, Bush Heritage

Michael Rix, Queensland Museum

Sven Uthicke, AIMS

Craig McAdam, Buglife UK

Operations Team

  • Dr Kate Umbers

    Managing Director and Founder

  • Dr Kenny Wolfe

    Programs & Fundraising Manager

  • Daniel Müller

    Business Manager

  • Rachel Unicomb

    Communications and Fundraising Manager

  • A/Prof Tanya Latty

    Outreach Lead and Founder

  • Dr Jess Marsh

    Conservation Lead and Founder

  • Dr Megan Head

    Project Leader

  • Dr LIzzy Lowe

    Stakeholders Lead

  • Josh Nitschke

    Analytics Officer

  • Dr Hauke Koch

    Outreach Officer

  • Dr Bruno Buzatto

    Outreach Officer

  • Dr Thomas Mesaglio

    Outreach Officer

  • Oliver Brown

    Administrator/Programs Coordinator

  • Josh Coates

    Membership Officer

  • Justin Carino

    Social Media Officer

  • Debbie Tanzer

    Volunteer Coordinator

  • Hannah King

    Communications Assistant

  • Hannah Zurcher

    Conservation Officer

  • Dr Isabel Hyman

    Conservation Officer

  • James Bickerstaff

    Outreach Officer

  • Dr Jane Ogilvie

    Conservation Officer

  • Nikki Chin

    Programs Volunteer

  • Shawan Chowdhury

    Shawan Chowdhury

    Programs Volunteer