Val Price-Beck is a Kamilaroi Woman from the Liverpool Plains of New South Wales.
She has completed a Master’s in Business Administration, an advanced diploma from the Institute of Company Directors and has extensive experience in corporate services and over 20 years experience in Indigenous Economics development. Val Price- Beck was appointed to the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute Board in June 2019.
Professor Daryle Rigney is a citizen of the Ngarrindjeri Nation
He is a professor and Director of the Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research hub in the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney. He is a board member of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, a member of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, a member of the South Australian Certificate of Education’s Aboriginal Steering Committee and a Senior Fellow, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, Melbourne & Atlantic Institute, Oxford. Daryle’s academic work and community work currently focus on developments in Indigenous nation building and governance following colonisation. He has published widely and influentially on these topics.
Lindon is a descendant of the Yuallaraay people of north west NSW and has over 20 years of experience working across a range of sectors in Aboriginal affairs.
Lindon is a descendant of the Yuallaraay people of north west NSW and has over 20 years of experience working across a range of sectors in Aboriginal affairs. He has held senior executive positions in the NSW Government and has been CEO of Aboriginal owned and controlled organisations. Lindon has also been a Senior Advisor for successive Ministers holding the Aboriginal Affairs portfolio in NSW. He has extensive experience in Indigenous policy development and engagement and will bring that experience to this project. Most recently, Lindon was a Director at PwC’s Indigenous Consulting (PIC) where he led a number of engagements for government, corporate, and not-for-profit clients.
Lindon has extensive experience in organisational, policy and program evaluation. The majority of this experience has been in Indigenous affairs and working with and for Indigenous people and organisations. As a result, Lindon has developed extensive networks and deep relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities across Australia. These relationships are valuable in being able to access sometimes sensitive information that is vital to get to the heart of issues impacting upon Indigenous people. Lindon is currently Industry Professor of Indigenous Policy at the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research where he is undertaking a range of projects looking at Treaty, Indigenous self-determination and provision of policy advice and strategy. He is also Co-Chair of Reconciliation NSW.
Jahna Cedar is a Nyiyaparli/Yindjibarndi woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Jahna Cedar is a Nyiyaparli/Yindjibarndi woman from the Pilbara region of Western Australia and is recognised as a strong Indigenous community leader. She has worked for over 20 years advocating for equal rights and reconciliation of Indigenous people and has represented Indigenous Australia at the United Nations in New York on three occasions. In 2012, Jahna was the youngest person to be elected into the West Australian International Women’s Day Hall of Fame, and in 2017 proudly won Business news 40 under 40, First amongst equals. Jahna was also awarded Telstra Business Women Awards WA – For Purpose and Social Enterprise Winner in 2017 and enjoys speaking at various events on issues of social justice, Indigenous rights and business management.
A motivational leader, and the current Director of IPS Management Consultants, WA, Jahna’s corporate experience includes 16 years in business/human resources management and consultancy, including the implementation of organisational and change management strategies, projects and policy development, in both the Not for Profit and Private sector.
Offering an innate leadership style and proven business acumen, Jahna drives consistent results and is passionate about encouraging and developing others, while working ethically towards corporate and strategic goals.
Janine Mohamed is a proud Narrunga Kaurna woman from South Australia.
Over the past 20 years, Janine has worked in nursing, management, project management, and workforce and health policy in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector. Many of these years have been spent in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector at state, national and international levels, and most recently as the previous CEO at the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM). Janine is now based in Melbourne as the CEO of the Lowitja Institute. She was awarded an Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Fellowship in 2019, and, in January 2020, was awarded a Doctorate of Nursing honoris causa by Edtih Cowan University.
Jess is Wiradjuri from Tumut in country NSW and grew up in a big proud Aboriginal family, connected to culture and fortunate enough to witness great Elders and leadership. Jess has based her career on the belief that as Aboriginal people we have always known the solutions for our communities and possess the ability to lead them.
Jess began her career as a teacher and has worked in Education, Employment and the NFP Sector for the past 13 years. She is passionate about Indigenous Governance, Leadership and Capacity Building and seeing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities thrive.
Most recently, prior to joining AIGI in 2021, Jess was part of the CareerTrackers team for 8 years. CareerTrackers is a career development program for Indigenous students and early career professionals working with 3,000 students and Alumni and over 200 employment partners. Jess helped to establish and then managed several areas of the organisation during a period of rapid growth. Jess also serves on the board of Outward Bound Australia as Co-Chair.
Collette’s people are Barada Barna from Central Queensland. Collette comes to AIGI with more than 20 years experience in government and 7 years experience in the mining industry.
Collette spends her time and talents at AIGI on all things administration and logistics and ensures that our team are prepared to deliver effective programs and resources to the communities and individuals we work with.
Jess is a qualified legal professional experienced in prosecuting native title claims in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of traditional owners.
Throughout Jess’s career she has had extensive engagement with Indigenous clients providing technical advice at large claim group meetings and has gained exposure to difficulties faced by traditional owners in implementing good governance practices to effectively manage, and leverage, their native title rights and interests.
Jess also has international experience providing support to high-level governance functions of a multi-national company and on the ‘Voice of Freedom’ project, telling the stories of Eritrean and Ethiopian migrants who were kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Sinai desert.
At AIGI Jess leads the team reviewing and redeveloping the Indigenous Governance Toolkit and our partnership with the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) at ANU focusing on documenting and sharing stories of success in Indigenous governance for the broader network of indigenous organisations to learn from.
Mia is a social scientist with nine + years’ experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to produce native title research for claim and post-determination PBC governance-related projects.
Mia’s core skills include qualitative research methods such as interviews, on-country fieldwork, family and broader group meetings, as well as desktop and archival research, analysis and writing. She holds a dual Bachelor of Arts, Social Science in Development, International Relations, and Anthropology (Honours) from the University of Queensland and is currently studying a Master of Applied Anthropology and Development at the Australian National University.
At AIGI, Mia is part of the team reviewing and redeveloping the Indigenous Governance Toolkit and corresponding case studies (‘Governance Stories’). She also works with CAEPR on the Indigenous Governance of Development (IGD) project, as well as with Reconciliation Australia on the Indigenous Governance Awards (IGA) program.
Abbey is a proud Gomeroi woman from Orange (Wiradjuri Country) in NSW. Abbey is working and living in Awabakal country and is passionate about supporting Indigenous empowerment through governance and strength-based approaches to social issues.
Abbey completed a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Public Relations. Throughout Abbey’s career, she has had experience in consumer marketing and is a skilled and innovative strategist with the ability to affect social change through storytelling. Most recently, before joining AIGI in 2022, Abbey worked for the CareerTrackers High School Programs. The program was established to accelerate Indigenous students’ high school completion through training, coaching and exposure to pathways into higher education and professional employment.
At AIGI, Abbey coordinates and promotes learning and development activities and, supports the implementation of AIGI’s communications and digital engagement strategy.
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