Board of Directors

  • Dr Rob Burdock

    Director & Chair

  • Ellie Dowling

    Company Secretary

  • Kate Eddy

    Kate Eddy

    Director & Chair of the Partnerships and Fundraising Committee

  • Christine Fenwick

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

  • Micaela Jemison

    Micaela Jemison

    Director & Chair of the Influence and Communications Committee

  • Kate Pearce, Melbourne Zoo

    Director

  • Kirk Simmons

    Director

  • Dr Kate Umbers, Western Sydney University

    Founder & Managing Director

Operations Team

Executive

  • Dr Kate Umbers

    Founder & Managing Director

  • Dr Kenny Wolfe

    Programs & Fundraising Manager

  • Daniel Müller

    Business & Operations Manager

  • Rachel Unicomb

    Communications & Fundraising Manager

Business & Partnerships

  • Debbie Tanzer

    Volunteer Coordinator

  • Sandy Eager

    Bookkeeper

Programs

  • Dr Jess Marsh

    Founder & Project Lead - Conservation Assessments

  • Dr Megan Head

    Project Lead - Threatened Species Database

  • Dr Jane Ogilvie

    Project Lead - Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider

  • Joseph McCormick

    Project Lead - Orchid Pollinators

  • Dr Isabel Hyman

    Project Lead - Lord Howe Island Snails

  • A/Prof Tanya Latty

    Founder & Project Lead - Christmas Beetle Count

  • Eleanor Drinkwater

    Project Lead - Bogong Watch

  • Alison Mellor

    Project Lead - BugHunt

  • Oliver Brown

    Programs Coordinator & Project Lead - No Spray Spring

  • Lizzy Lowe

    Lizzy Lowe

    Volunteer Stakeholders Lead

  • Hauke Koch

    Hauke Koch

    Volunteer Outreach Officer

  • Bruno Buzatto

    Bruno Buzatto

    Volunteer Outreach Officer

  • Thomas Mesaglio

    Thomas Mesaglio

    Volunteer Outreach Officer

  • James Bickerstaff

    James Bickerstaff

    Volunteer Outreach Officer

  • Josh Nitschke

    Josh Nitschke

    Analytics Officer

  • Hannah Zurcher

    Hannah Zurcher

    Volunteer Conservation Officer

  • Shawan Chowdhurry

    Shawan Chowdhurry

    Programs Volunteer

  • Nikki Chin

    Nikki Chin

    Programs Volunteer

  • Annaliese Johnson

    Annaliese Johnson

    Programs Volunteer

  • Brooke Zanco

    Brooke Zanco

    Programs Volunteer

  • Caitlyn Forster

    Caitlyn Forster

    Programs Volunteer

  • Hannah Black

    Hannah Black

    Programs Volunteer

  • Tori Lang

    Tori Lang

    Programs Volunteer

Marketing

  • Josh Coates

    Membership Officer

  • Laura Unicomb

    Laura Unicomb

    Website Officer

  • Justin Carino

    Social Media Officer

  • Larissa Hutton

    Larissa Hutton

    Volunteer Communications Officer

  • Jessica Coleman

    Jessica Coleman

    Volunteer Communications Officer

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

Finance, Audit & Risk Management Committee

Christine Fenwick (Ch), ARC Centre of Excellence

Kate Pearce, Zoos Victoria

Laura Steel, Zeal Futures

Influence & Communications Committee

Micaela Jemison (Ch), Climateworks Centre

Ellie Dowling (Secretary), Indigital

Lily Weinberg, Wilderness Society Australia

Bri Hudson, Climateworks Centre

Emma Peterson, Freelance Policy Advisor

Partnerships & Fundraising Committee

Kate Eddy (Ch), CARE Australia

Kirk Simmons, Canva

Juanita Rodriguez, CSIRO

Michael Whitehead, Amused Group

Samantha Brightwood, DCCEEW

Zoe Richards, Curtin University

Dr Fonti Kar, UNSW

Juanita Rodriguez, CSIRO

Michael Whitehead, 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

Anthony Rice

Greg Holwell, University of Auckland

Saul Cunningham, Australian National University

Vanessa Kellerman, LaTrobe University

Theresa Jones, University of Melbourne

Dr Karen Richards, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Tasmania

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

Jaana Dielenberg, University of Melbourne