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James Herbertson

General Manager, Services
Flourish Australia

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Kelly Treloar

Director
Disability Dialogue at DANA

Suzanne Colbert AM, GAICD

Advisor, Non-executive Director, Business Owner and Mentor

Garry Simpson

Chief Operating Officer
Ability Round Table Pty Ltd

Dan Gavin

National Manager – Disability Employment
genU Training

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Gil Sebbag

Head of Retail Sales (NSW/ACT)
Prime Super

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Derek Turner

Client Director Not for Profit & Entertainment & Director, Aon Charitable Foundation
Aon

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Luke Henderson

Industry & Growth Partner
Leading Directions

Dr Simone Casey

Principal Research Fellow, Evidence
Centre for Inclusive Employment, CSI Swinburne

Georgia Miller

National Manager
JobAccess

Dr Sam Cooms

Senior Lecturer
University of Queensland

A/Prof Sue Olney

Associate Professor
University of Melbourne

Dr Elaine Nash

Flinders University & Swinburne University

Amanda Belz

Impact and Inclusion Manager
McDonald’s Australia

Graeme Gemmell

Head of Australia & New Zealand
Recite Me

Nerise Oldfield-Thompson

Director of Business Development and Quality
BASE and Inclusive Trading

Simon Rowberry

Deputy CEO
Disability Employment Australia

Dan Gavin

National Manager – Disability Employment
genU Training

Renae Hartmann

NDIS Policy Manager
Disability Employment Australia

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Don Intine

Programmed

The Hon Minister Tanya Plibersek MP

Minister for Social Services

Shannon Lang

Director, WISE IDEA
WISE

Jessie Martins

State Manager, Inclusive Employment Australia
WISE

Mathew McIntyre

Chair
Disability Employment Australia

Amy Whalley

Chief Executive Officer
Australian Disability Network

Sally Karandrews

IEA Policy Manager
Disability Employment Australia

Prof Alastair McEwin AM

Disability and human rights advocate

Dr Ann Nevile

Social Policy Researcher
ANU

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Catherine McAlpine

Executive Director
Inclusion Australia

John Burn

Chief Executive Officer
DEInvestments

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Damien Porter

Disability Advocate, Freelance Consultant, and Co-Host of the Ability Podcast

Matt Wright

Managing Partner
Deloitte Access Economics

Callam Pickering

APAC Senior Economist
Indeed

Elly Desmarchelier

Speaker, writer, event facilitator and disability rights advocate

Wayne Herbert

Director of Progress and Property
LEAD Disability Services

Dr Jenny Crosbie

Principal Industry Fellow
Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University

Laura Davis

Chief Executive Officer
British Association of Supported Employment

Peter Bacon

Chief Executive Officer
Disability Employment Australia

Dr June Alexander

Lecturer
Flinders University

Dr Michael Healy

Research Fellow, Knowledge Mobilisation Lead
Swinburne University

Alex Lazarus-Priestley

Chief Change Officer
Amaze

Dr Shae Wissell

Director
re:think dyslexia

Dr Shae Wissell

Director
re:think dyslexia

Paul Diviny

Founder and CEO
Prospert

Dr George Giuliani

Independent Consultant
Senior Facilitator with Prospert

Michael Lye

Secretary
Department of Social Services

Aron Mercer

Adjunct Industry Fellow, PhD Candidate
Griffith University

Catherine Lee

Director & Founder
The Neurodiverse Safe Work Initiative