Speakers

Tracey is a proud hard of hearing woman with a passion for kindness, advocacy and inclusion. As CEO of Bus Stop Films she is advocating for greater representation of people with disability in the screen industry, receiving an OAM in 2023, in the King’s Birthday Honours, for service to the arts and to people with disability.

She was awarded the Groundbreaker award at the 2024 Australian Women’s Film Festival. Her 30-year career has crossed social housing, women’s domestic violence services, including 6 years as the State Manager of Women’s Domestic Violence Court Assistance Program and the film and television industry, working in policy, advocacy and marketing roles with a number of industry services including Screen NSW, Event Cinemas and Women in Film and TV (WIFT) NSW.

Her advocacy work in the screen industry has seen her lead on strategies including “Screenability” and “She Shoots” at Screen NSW and WIFT’s Raising Films Australia. Tracey is an Includeability Ambassador on disability employment to the Australian Human Rights Commission; a member the Disability Council of NSW; a member of the Screen Australia Gender Matters Taskforce; a Director of Northcott and Northcott Innovation and was a Director of Deaf Sports Australia for 8 years, leading the organisation’s first ever broadcast of the Australian Deaf Games, in partnership with Fox Sports and Kayo.

Tracey leads on Bus Stop’s advocacy work, including giving evidence at the Disability Royal Commission, speaking at the United Nations and convening the first ever Driving Change Summit, exploring disability employment in film TV and advertising.

Tracey is Executive Producer of Bus Stop’s slate of films, including our first feature film, Boss Cat and co-produced films including Groundhog Night and Valiant.