Our Board reflects a commitment to our intercultural mandate and values. Our Act stipulates that the Chair or Deputy Chair, and a proportion of Board Members are Aboriginal people.
Chair: The Hon. Fred Chaney AO
Fred Chaney served in the Senate until 1990 and was leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1983 to 1990. In 1994 he was appointed as a part-time Member of the National Native Title Tribunal, a full-time Member in April 1995 and was Deputy President from 2000 - 2007. In January 1997 Mr Chaney was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia. He served as Co-Chair of Reconcilliation Australia Ltd from 2000 to 2005 and continues as a Director on the Board. In 2007 he chaired the Consultation Committee on a Human Rights Act for Western Australia.
Deputy Chair: Harold Furber
Mr Harold Furber, local to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, is Chair of the Desert Peoples Centre, Board member of the Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation and Ninti One and member of the Desert Knowledge Precinct Planning Committee.
Director: Kathy Finlayson
Mrs Kathy Finlayson lived and worked on a Leonora pastoral property for 30 years and has chaired many Boards including the Goldfields Esperance Development Commission, Kalgoorlie Board of Curtin University and Northern Goldfields District Health Advisory Council.
Director: Alwyn McKenzie
Alwyn McKenzie is based in Port Augusta, South Australia and is a Principal Project and Policy Officer with the South Australian Government's Aboriginal Affairs and Reconcilliation Division of the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
Director: Beryl Meiklejohn
Mrs Beryl Meiklejohn is an Indigenous Health Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology. She has worked for more than 30 years in health and spent the last 12 years teaching in the fields of Indigenous and public health.
Director: Dr Steve Morton
Dr Steve Morton is currently a CSIRO Fellow with CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems (CSE), Alice Springs, in the Northern Territory. In 2008, after some years as Chief of CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Dr Morton took up the role of Group Executive, Manufacturing, Materials & Minerals Group. He served in this role for two and haf years before returning to CSE.
Director: Des Rogers
Des Rogers has extensive experience in business having developed, owned and operated a number of businesses such as Red Centre Produce and Peppered Black. Previous positions have included Chairperson of the ATSIC Alice Springs Regions Council and the Indigenous Housing Authority of the NT.
Director: Janet Turner
Janet Turner is a central Arrernte woman born in Alice Springs. She is an Executive Member of the Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation, and a native title holder of Alice Springs. Ms Turner is engaged with community projects that involve her skills in the Arrernte and English languages and enjoys living and working within her community.
Director: Dr Bruce Walker
Dr Walker is the past CEO of the Centre for Appropriate Technology and was one of the drivers of the Desert Knowledge movement. He is a member of a number of Boards including the National Australia Day Council, and a small professional engineering services company. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Australian College of Educators.