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.

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 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.

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.

Jason is a fierce judge of talent. He is prone to frustrating levels of self-doubt and is acutely aware of his imperfection but is always up for a laugh, both at himself and the increasingly confusing world in which we live. Jason was raised to value the dignity of work, to always work hard and to know how to have fun. He attempts to model self-care by walking, knitting and laughing but doesn’t do enough of any of them, yet.

Over the last twenty years he has worked in a range of positions in community-based Indigenous organisations, state and federal governments and non-government peak organisations. Jason is the inaugural Executive Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, Chair of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute and Chair of PwC’s Indigenous Consulting (PIC). He serves on the board of the National Australia Day Council and is also a member of the Indigenous Advisory Group of the Art Gallery of NSW and the Indigenous Advisory Council to the AFL. Jason is an Honorary Associate Professor at the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at the Australian National University.

Jane is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at The Australian National University.

Jane has nearly 20 years of experience providing legal and strategic advice across both the private and not-for-profit sectors, most recently at PwC Indigenous Consulting as the Victorian State Director. Jane currently sits on the board of Culture is Life Limited and First Australian Capital Limited.

Previous appointments include Legal Counsel at Foundation for Young Australians, Director at Social Ventures Australia, senior lawyer at Gilbert + Tobin and in a corporate advisory role as Senior Manager at Ernst and Young. Jane was admitted to practice as a solicitor in Victoria in 1996.

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.

Michelle has worked in both the Government and NGO sectors, and has held many senior leadership roles and she currently holds a number of directorship roles in the Not for Profit sector, including the Supply Nation Board, Thirrili and the OXFAM Indigenous Advisory Council. In 2013 Michelle was named in the Australian Financial Review/Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards.

Michelle has extensive experience in areas of leadership, governance and politics. She has a strong commitment to human rights and has also been an NGO representative on many occasions at the United Nations forums on the Commission on the Status of Women and Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. She has a strong background in gender equality and works to ensures that the voices of Indigenous women are represented at all levels.

In 2016 Michelle is undertook research in the USA and Canada as part of her Fulbright scholarship to develop strategies for Nation building, leadership and gender equality. She was also named as the 2015 National NAIDOC Scholar of the Year.