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Speakers

Hon Linda Burney

Former Australian Minister for Indigenous Australians

Aunty Diane Riley-McNaboe

Cultural and Educational Language Leader

Clare McHugh

Chief Executive Officer

NSW Aboriginal Land Council

Kristy Masella

Chief Executive Officer

Aboriginal Employment Strategy

Darumbal Country

Donna Murray

Chief Executive Officer

Indigenous Allied Health Australia

Wiradyuri/Wonnarua Country

Dr Karen Demmery

Chief Executive Officer

Burbirra

Nattlie Smith

Branch Manager Strategic Insights

National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA)

Amanda Maitland-Smith

Director Campus Establishment Projects & First Nations Co-Chair, Reconciliation Action Plan Committee

Bendigo Kangan Institute

Proud Yamatji Woman

Rina Abbott-Jard

Director Business Services

Modal Planning

Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay woman

Kate Russell

Chief Executive Officer

Supply Nation

Awabakal Woman

Antoinette Braybrook AM

Chief Executive Officer

Djirra

Wurundjeri country

Tanja Hirvonen

Chief Executive Officer; Board Member

Thirrili; Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association

proud Jaru, Bunuba and Wakaya woman

Regina Bennett

General Manager

Darwin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Womens Shelter (DAIWS)

Naomi Moran

NSW Treaty Commissioner

NSW Government

Jarin Baigent

Chief Executive Officer

Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Program

Wiradjuri Country

Claire Beattie

Executive Business Management

NAB

Yorta Yorta Country

Georgina Bruinsma

Senior Manager - Aboriginal Leadership and Engagement

Social Futures

Yaegl woman

Kate Jordan

General Counsel & Executive General Manager Company Secretariat, Risk and Governance

Origin Energy

Aunty Norma Ingram

Chairperson

Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care Program

Jessica Bulger

Chief Executive Officer

Australian Indigenous Governance Institute

Wiradjuri from Tumut and Brungle Country

Deb Barwick

Chief Executive Officer

NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce

Gamilaroi Country

Leeanne Caton

Chief Executive Officer

Aboriginal Housing NT

Kalkadoon/Waanyi Woman

Jenni Walke

Managing Director

Elephant in the Room Consulting

Bundjalung Country

Phillipa McDermott

Executive Manager Centre of Excellence Indigenous Experience CBA; Chair

Commonwealth Bank; Bangarra Dance Theatre

Wakka Wakka and Mununjali woman

Belinda Cashman PSM

Director Aboriginal Health Strategy

Western Sydney Local Health District

Chloe Gunning

Consultant

Cox Inall Ridgeway

Wiradjuri woman

Aunty Glendra Stubbs OAM

Aunty in Residence

ID. Know Yourself; Knowmore;University of Technology Sydney

Aunty Professor Lynette Riley

Professor and Chair, Aboriginal Education and Indigenous Studies; Co-Chair of the National NAIDOC Committee

University of Sydney

Wiradjuri/Gamilaroi Country

Rachelle Towart OAM

Managing Director

Pipeline Talent Pty Ltd and Dreamjobz

Proud Aboriginal Woman

Jasmine Newman

Managing Director & Co-Founder

KILLARA Services

Wiradjuri Country

Chelsea Brand

Chief Relationships and Experience Officer

Indigital

Ngarrindjeri woman

Belinda Murdoch

Group Manager First Nations Engagement

Qantas

Wiradjuri Country

Tenielle Rolfe

Inclusion Program Manager; Lead of ANZ’s First Nations employee reference group

ANZ; Ngarga Wangaddja

Yugambeh & Bundjalung Country

Kaylee Hipwell

First Nations Employee Journey Expert

ANZ

Wiradjuri woman

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