The AWRA Program benefits from the direction and information provided by members of its Leadership Group, Reference (Steering) Group and various Working Groups.

Susan Cull

Susan is Senior Project Officer in the People Strategies Portfolio at the Chamber for Minerals and Energy of Western Australia. In this position, she has been responsible for the development of the ‘People for the Future’ website and toolkits to assist stakeholders and clients in education and training to address the skills and labour shortages faced by the resources sector.

Kim Dyball

Kim is Regional Manager of the Toowoomba Regional office, for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

Donna Frater

Donna is a Principal Geologist with BHP Billiton. Donna is a Past Chair of the National Women in Mining Network for the AusIMM (WIMNet), a current member of the WIMARQ committee and a committee member of the Mineral Council of Australia’s Workforce Standing Committee.

Xanthus Weber

Xanthus is the Manager of Professional Development with The AusIMM. The AusIMM represents over 12,000 individuals working in the global minerals industry and focuses on promoting excellence across all professional disciplines through advocacy and provision of continuing professional development opportunities.  Xanthus is a current member of the Women in Resources Victoria (WiRV) committee.

Margaret Wilson

Margaret is the Senior Education and Client Advisor at the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. She has been part of the team responsible for developing education material for the WGEA website, for the development and delivery of workshops and educational programs for reporting organisations having had ten years’ experience working with all reporting organisations assisting them in the development of their workplace programs for women.

Linley Lord

Linley is the director of the Maureen Bickley Centre for Women in Leadership at Curtin University’s Graduate School of Business. She has considerable experience as a change agent through appointments such as Project Officer for Equal Employment Opportunity in Local Government (WA); the first Equal Opportunity Co-ordinator for the West Australian Fire Brigades Board (now FESA); Equal Opportunity Manager for the Reserve Bank of Australia and Equity and Diversity Manager and Director of the Women in Leadership Project at Edith Cowan University.

Kirsty Liddicoat

Kirsty is a senior mining engineer with experience in the mining industry covering mine planning engineering, safety engineering, mine geology and exploration in gold, iron ore, bauxite and copper-gold. Various roles in remote and regional areas have provided Kirsty with specialist skills in working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds in demanding conditions.
Kirsty recently completed her Master of Business Administration specializing in Project Management, and is the chair of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Women in Mining group (WIMnet) which aims to promote attraction and retention of women in the mining industry.

Caroline Morrissey

Caroline is the Manager Women in Resources Action Plan at the Queensland Resources Council. Caroline has a background in journalism, having worked on newspapers and ABC and commercial radio in Broken Hill, Perth and Brisbane, as well as a number of government relations positions, including the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy. She began work for the Queensland Resources Council in 2001.

Jonathan Russell

Jonathan is the Consult Australia, Senior Policy Advisor with responsibility for the workforce diversity portfolio. Consult Australia is the association for professional services firms within the built and natural environment; influencing policy, creating value and promoting excellence. As an association, Consult Australia is primarily focused on improving the commercial environment for our members and raising standards across the industry.

Roma Sharp

Roma is Senior Policy Advisor, Productivity and Training at the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association. The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Ltd (APPEA) is the peak national body representing Australia’s upstream oil and gas exploration and production industry.

Chrissie Clark

Chrissie is the Policy Manager Education, and prior to that the Operations Manager, of the NSW Minerals Council.

Laurice Temple

Laurice is the President of the Victorian Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction. She is also Managing Director of Construction Management Results (CMR) a specialist consultancy that brings together over 30 years experience in the construction industry spanning Australia, Asia Pacific and the US.

Sheryl Moone

Sheryle Moon FAICD, FAHRI, MAIPM, CPPD is the Chief Executive Officer of the NAWIC (National Association of Women in Construction), and has a career history in the professional services sector. Her career has spanned industry sectors including Recruitment, Management Consulting, ICT and Not For Profit Associations. She is recognised as a transformational executive who can move organisations and the people within it from one operational state to an enhanced position. She undertook such transformations at Accenture, CSC, Manpower and her Association roles where she was asked by the Boards to execute a change agenda.