Robyn Glindemann is a director of Lantegy Legal – a boutique firm specialising in environmental and land access matters. She has over 20 years’ experience advising resources companies, financial institutions and government agencies in Australia and British Columbia and was named as a leading individual in Climate Change, Planning and Environment, Natural Resources Law and Native Title Law in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in Australia. Robyn is also President of the Patrons and Friends Committee of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the John Curtin Gallery Advisory Board at Curtin University. Robyn is excited about the current focus on the architectural and cultural development of Perth and the Perth Cultural Centre in particular and is passionate about promoting the vibrancy of Perth’s cultural life to locals and visitors alike.

Marco D’Orsogna has been a Director of his family agri & food business D’Orsogna Ltd for over 25years. D’Orsogna Ltd is one of the most successful and dynamic Australian based Food Manufacturing businesses with a focus on quality Australian sourced and made, traditional Italian small goods. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is actively involved in the Perth arts community not only as a donor across several disciplines of the arts.

Susanna Castleden is an artist and senior lecturer at Curtin University, where she is Director of Research and Graduate Studies in the School of Design and Art. Susanna completed a PhD at RMIT University, Melbourne in 2014. Susanna has received several awards including the Linden Art Prize (VIC) in 2015; second place in the Fremantle Print Award 2014; Joondalup Art Award in 2011; the Burnie Print Prize (TAS) in 2013 and the Bankwest Art Prize also in 2013. Susanna was shortlisted to exhibit in the 2014 International Print Biennale in UK and most recently held solo exhibitions at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou China and at Turner Galleries in Perth.

Abdul-Rahman Abdullah is a Perth based artist whose sculptural practice explores the intersection of politics, cultural identity and the natural world. Since graduating with a BFA from Curtin University in 2012 he has exhibited at leading cultural institutes including Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Pataka Art + Museum (NZ), Te Uru (NZ), Newcastle Art Gallery, West Space and ACE Open. Abdullah’s work is held in private, state and corporate collections and he is a founding member of eleven, a national collective of Muslim Australian arts practitioners.

Amy Barrett-Lennard has been Director of the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) since April 2006. As a dynamic leader, she has brought vision and vitality to a range of arts organisations across Australia and internationally. She has previously held positions as: Director of the Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Curator of the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria; Curator of the Goldfields Arts Centre Gallery, Kalgoorlie- Boulder, Western Australia; and Manager of the British Pavilion at the 1995 Venice Biennale. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Art History Major) from the University of Western Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Post-war and Contemporary Art from Sotheby’s Institute, London. A regular contributor to the broader national arts and cultural communities, Amy has sat on numerous boards and panels including those for the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, NETS Victoria, Museums Australia, the Victorian College of the Arts, Art on the Move and the federal government’s Visions of Australia program. She is currently a member of the Murdoch University Art Collection Board and Edith Cowan University’s CREATEC (Centre of Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communications) and is President of the Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia (CAOS) network.

Fiona de Garis is Executive Director at BREC: Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre, where she continues to explore the transformative potential of art to change lives and build communities. Fiona is skilled in facilitation of the creative process and has worked extensively across performance genres, with a strong focus on developing new Australian work. Passionate about capacity building and realising potential, she loves mentoring and providing development pathways for artists and arts workers. From 2008 to 2018 Fiona was Senior Producer at Performing Lines WA, where she nurtured independent West Australian artists and their projects. Previously Fiona enjoyed the diversity of fifteen years freelancing as an event, company, production and stage manager; working for many of Australia’s leading performing arts organisations. A graduate of both UWA and the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Fiona is currently Deputy Chair of CircuitWest and a member of the Bunbury Events Advisory Group

Narelle Thorne  is an Advisor Community Investment at Rio Tinto where she manages and support Community Partnerships on behalf of Rio Tinto.

She first joined Rio Tinto in 2010 as a Mobile Plant Operator and has since held a range of roles, including Aboriginal Mentor, Community Relationship Advisor and Indigenous Employment Advisor.

After studying at the University of Western Australia, Narelle spent eight years as a journalist with the ABC and eight years with the WA Department of Indigenous Affairs working in media relations and policy development portfolios.  Narelle has completed an Associate Degree in Applied Science – Indigenous Community Management and Development at Curtin University.

Narelle volunteers her time for a number of not-for-profit groups and serves on the board of the Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer Foundation, Kwopertok Yorgas Working Group and was most recently appointed to the board of Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts.  She has also previously sat on the board of the Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Theatre Company and recently wrote a short play which premiered during NAIDOC Week in Perth 2019.Top of Form

Mark Clapham is the joint owner and licensee of Sheffield Property, a leading Perth based commercial property company specialising in the leasing and asset management of institutional grade commercial office assets and new office development precincts. Mark has over 27 years’ experience across Australia and London, providing strategic property advice to institutional property owners and wholesale private clients. He is also member of the Property Council of Australia.

He has a keen personal interest and professional involvement in contributing to the success of Perth’s new urban development areas and urban renewal precincts throughout the CBD and Metropolitan areas. He and his company have been responsible for the leasing of many of Perth’s major new developments such as Brookfield Place and Kings Square, Fremantle & Kings Square, Perth.

Mark has also been an avid supporter over the years of the various Arts & Cultural Festivals held in Perth.