Penny lives and works on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country (Canberra) having moved recently from lutruwita/Tasmania where she worked with Aboriginal people across the state. She has also worked in far west NSW, western Sydney and Redfern supporting Aboriginal people achieve their goals for Community and Country.

Penny has worked collaboratively with First Nations people in urban, rural and remote areas; and also with refugee and various ethnic communities; and people and groups experiencing multiple disadvantage. She is passionate using her skills in governance, stakeholder engagement and business development with First Nations people and is excited about the opportunity that working with AIGI will offer.

Key Responsibilities

Penny’s role sits across key areas – advocacy and visibility, business development and growth, and advisory delivery. This will include:

• Identifying and progressing opportunities for AIGI to contribute to policy, advocacy and sector conversations.
• Contributing to proposals, funding opportunities and partnership development.
• Supporting and coordinating advisory work and client engagements.

Qualifications and certification

Masters of Policy and Applied Social Research, Macquarie University (1999)

Graduate Diploma of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney (1987)

Bachelor of Arts – Sociology and History, Macquarie University (1979)

Foundation Company Director Training, Australian Institute of Company Directors (2021)

Human Centred Design – Foundation Course (2011)

Master Class – Health Equity in Design – University of New South Wales (2014)