Pam is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences, University of Tasmania. She is the chair of NRM North, the past Independent Chair of the Southern Regional Planning Panel (responsible for statutory planning determination across southern NSW) and a former NSW Environment Minister. She is a member of the Northern Tasmanian Development Corporation Circular Economy Working Group and a member of the Tasmanian Ministerial Waste Advisory Group. Pam has extensive governance experience in the public and commercial (Australian Securities Exchange) sectors and has worked directly with community groups, industry and local government.

Elizabeth has been Chief Executive Officer of Rural Business Tasmania since 2006 and also holds an extensive board directorship portfolio. As well as her role with the hub, Elizabeth’s current portfolio includes Deputy Chair, Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (national peak advocacy body), Director of Tasmanian Agricultural Productivity Group, Director of Tasmanian Small Business Council, and Advisory Board Member for TIA.

Graduating with a Bachelor of Business in 1993 and as a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand and Graduate Member of the Institute of Company Directors, Elizabeth worked for many years in private practice accounting firms and held senior positions in large commercial enterprises together with short-term consulting, audit and Chief Financial Officer projects for multiple businesses.

Michael is Director of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA). He has scientific research interests in the nutrition and health of farm livestock and has held numerous research and teaching appointments around the world after he obtained his PhD in 1993. He has a particular interest in the widespread on-farm adoption of research advances, and the difficulties that this can present. He also has an interest in the pedagogy of teaching in higher education.
Michael led the development of the strategy for TIA, 2021–2026, which emphasises the connection of TIA’s research with industry, both in the shaping of the research questions and also with the industry development that follows that research. The strategy also emphasises the connection of TIA with the other agricultural education providers in Tasmania, with the aim of articulating the provision and exciting more people to consider a career in agriculture.

Ian has been actively involved in agriculture, natural resource management, policy formulation, project development, management and community development over the past 30 years. He has represented community groups at state and national government policy level, as well as being a representative of national and state committees and boards. This has enabled Ian to present informed advice on issues affecting community groups and government, as well as allowing him to have significant input into the development of appropriate courses of action, evaluation and implementation of programs and policy across a range of jurisdictions. At local and regional levels Ian has been responsible for and involved with the development, implementation and monitoring of priority research projects, practical application projects and pilot projects that have secured government and private industry funding for their development and execution.

Directly involved in family business, Belinda’s skills span businesses in a multitude of sectors. Belinda’s leadership is demonstrated through her active participation at executive level on national and state boards and committees. She is the Emeritus Chair of Tasmanian Women in Agriculture and Director on the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Board. Belinda is Principal Consultant with Optimum Standard, a business management system consultancy building better futures for business across a range of industry sectors, including primary industries. In 2022 Belinda was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to primary industries.

Peter grew up on a farm near Nanango in Queensland. After studying at Gatton College he worked in the Queensland Government for 25 years as an extension officer focusing on native vegetation management strategies on farms. He moved to Tasmania in 2007 to take on the role of Manager Natural Values Conservation in the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, before retiring in 2018. He has been involved in landcare and land management since the late 1970s and is presently chair of West Tamar Landcare Group. He is also Chair of Cradle Coast NRM, a Director on the Cradle Coast Authority Board, Director representing Tasmania on the NRM Regions Australia Board, and a Director on the Landcare Tasmania Board.

Peter has a lifelong connection to landcare as a community movement. He was awarded the Public Service Medal in the Order of Australia in 2001 for services to vegetation management in Queensland. He has broad experience in practical land and vegetation management as well as experience as a farmer and community volunteer.

Angela is the Executive Dean, College of Sciences and Engineering at UTAS. She has experience in regional development and governance, community engagement and development and strategic and land use planning. She has worked at senior management level in local government and as a consultant managing and/or contributing to major projects. Angela has also worked on place focused projects for a number of organisations and has a PhD focused on regional development, planning and agriculture. Angela is interested in transformation and innovation and their consequences for policy making and change in rural and regional communities.

Adam is the Manager of Water & Contracts at Hydro Tasmania.

David is the Chief Operating Officer at Tasmanian Irrigation. He was raised on a fine wool and beef cattle property on the New South Wales Northern Tablelands and has held senior agribusiness management roles in Australia over the past 30 years, including Managing Director of Tasmania’s largest private grain storage and marketing company, Assistant General Manager at Top Cut Foods, Sydney, and financial controller at OzTaste, Melbourne, Australia’s largest fresh stone fruit co-operative marketer. David is a member of the Institute of Public Accountants, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Degree in Agricultural Commerce from the University of New England.