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Past leadership programs and alumni

Participants of our leadership programs form an alumni network following the formal conclusion of their programs. 

This network is made up of over 250 national and international leaders from across the Indo-Pacific. Find all former participants listed below. 

Opportunities for leadership programs alumni to continue their learning and expand their network are shared via our alumni newsletter. 

Please get in touch via leadershipprogram@creative.gov.au if you wish to be subscribed to this list or have any questions. 

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2022 Future Leaders Program, Malua Bay, workshop with Jade Kennedy, Yuin Custodian and facilitator
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Arts Leaders Program

This was a personal and professional development opportunity for mid-career to established arts leaders with over ten years’ experience in the sector. 

The program was delivered over 12-months and involved three interconnected residentials that took place in-person and digitally, with online learning components in between. Participants in the program joined a cohort of mid-career and established arts leaders working within organisations, independently or in their communities. 

Through facilitated discussion, knowledge exchanges, workshops and on Country learning with First Nations Elders, participants collectively explored the current challenges and opportunities presented within the creative industry. 

2022-2023 Australian participants 

Adam Wheeler 

Amy Curl 

Brett Adlington 

Danielle Kellie 

Grace Vanilau 

Jessica White 

Mark Smith 

Natalie Rose 

Nina Bonacci 

Ruth McMillan 

Sim Luttin 

Bethany Ashley-Ward 

Christine Scoggin 

Dunja Rmandić 

José Da Silva 

Dr Riona Tindal 

Tom Pritchard 

Yolande Norris 

2022-2023 international participants  

Ace Lê 

Cathy Lasam 

Eunike Nugroho 

Levina (Lev) Wirawan 

Rashmi Dhanwani 

Sakdiyah Ma’ruf 

Tiburtius (Tenma) Rubin 

2020 Australian participants 

Alana Culverhouse 

Angela O’Donnell 

Arjunan Puveendran 

Christen Cornell 

Daniel Connell 

Denise Robinson 

Imara Savage 

Julian Louis 

Kate Ben-Tovim 

Katrina Torenbeek 

Kristy Ayre 

Naomi Velaphi 

Rebecca Conroy 

Ros Abercrombie 

Rosemarie Milsom 

Samuel Cairnduff 

Sharon (Shay) Vigona-Goudge 

Silvano Giordano 

Tarragh Cunningham 

Tina Baum 

2020 international participants 

Venasio Komai 

Sangeeta Isvaran 

Keni Soeriaatmadja 

Jing Lu 

Cheryl Teh 

2019 Australian participants 

Alexandra Adsett 

Michael Barlow 

Este Darin-Cooper 

Kathryn Gray 

Anne-Marie Heath 

Philip Heuzenroeder OAM 

Julian Hobba 

Edwina Johnson 

Jennifer Kerr 

Peter Knight 

James Lockyer 

Anne Loxley 

Fiona Maxwell 

Kylie McRae 

Nicholas Pickard 

Sally Richardson 

Eira Swaine 

Kaz Therese 

Colette Vella 

Annette Vieusseux 

2019 international participants 

Reena Dewan 

Eliza Handayani 

Mayambo Peipul 

E Jan Tan 

Tang Zehui 

2018 Australian participants 

Bianca Beetson 

Louise Bezzina 

Justin Bishop 

Sally Blackwood 

Fiona de Garis 

Simon Hinton 

Helen Hristofski 

Joanne Kee 

Jane McCredie 

Nina Miall 

Paul Norton 

Jiva Parthipan 

Emma Porteus 

Melissa Robertson 

Emily Sexton 

Adam Simmons 

Efterpi Soropos 

Grant Stevens 

Sandra Willis 

Angelina Zucco 

2018 international participants 

Mia Maria 

Vikram Iyengar 

Menaka Rodriguez 

Ruchira Das 

2017 participants 

Simon Abrahams 

Julie Amos 

Morwenna Collett 

Emily Collins 

Kelly Doley 

Kate Eltham 

Peter Kift 

Benjamin Knapton 

Jade Lillie 

Todd MacDonald 

Amy Maiden 

Erin Milne 

Ali Murphy-Oates 

Patrick Nolan 

Kyle Page 

Sean Pardy 

Jonathan Parsons 

Sarah Jane Pell 

Rita Pryce 

Anna Reece 

Mark Taylor 

Sarah Tooth 

Adam Tucker 

Jacqui Uhlmann 

Bridgette Van Leuven 

Tandi Williams 

Future Leaders Program

The Future Leaders Program was a personal and professional development opportunity for emerging arts leaders within the first ten years of their career. 

The program was delivered over 12-months, offering participants ways to connect with and learn from peers who were working within organisations or independently, through in-person and online workshops. Through facilitated discussion, knowledge exchanges, workshops and on Country learning with First Nations Elders, Future Leaders looked at new models of leadership and current themes in the creative industries. 

2022-2023 Australian participants 

Andi Snelling 

Andrew Clark 

Alexander Lamarque 

Celia Coulthard 

David Ralph 

Eugenie Lee 

Fiona Dorrell 

Harley Mann 

Ian Sinclair 

Joe Alexander 

Katina Olsen 

Kuichiang Kuiy 

Leah McIntosh 

Lewis Major 

Mariam Arcilla 

Nadya Sinyutina 

Ripley Kavara 

Sarah Asumadu 

Vishnu Arunasalam 

2022-2023 international participants 

Adriana Nordin Manan 

Andrew Kuliniasi 

Nguyen Vu Xuan Ha 

Mac Andre Arboleda 

Olisana Mariner 

Titas Dutta 

Varsha Yeshwant Kumar 

2021 Australian participants 

Adelaide Rief 

Ayebatonye Abrakasa 

Bastian Fox-Phelan 

Daisy Montalvo 

Emma Hicks 

Lina Stein 

Nikki Brogan 

Niwa Mburuja 

Sigrid Macdonald 

Tasnim Hossain 

William Le 

Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts 

Jenna Robertson 

Penny Camens 

Luke Campbell 

Amelia Wallin 

Eliki (Alec) Reade 

Joel Carnegie 

Lana Nguyen 

Raina Peterson 

Rebecca Kais 

2021 international participants 

Jing Lu  

Venasio Komai  

Sangeeta Isvaran  

Keni Kurniasari  

Cheryl Teh  

Razcel Jan Salvarita  

Vi Do  

Chau Minh  

Radhika Ganesh  

Ika Yuliana 

2020 Australian participants 

Ayebatonye Abrakasa 

Nikki Brogan 

Luke Campbell 

Penny Camens 

Joel Carnegie 

Bastian Fox Phelan  

Zoya Godoroja-Prieckaerts 

Emma Hicks 

Tasnim Hossain 

Rebecca Kais 

William Le 

Sigrid Macdonald 

Daisy Montalvo 

Lana Nguyen 

Katina Olsen 

Raina Peterson 

Adelaide Rief 

Jenna Robertson 

Amelia Wallin 

2020 international participants 

Vi Do 

Radhika Ganesh 

Razcel Jan Salvarita 

Nguyen Minh Chau 

Ika Yuliana 

2019 Australian participants 

Meredith Dellar  

Penelope Grist  

Bethany Falzon  

Nuala Furtado  

John Quertermous  

Justin Wolfers  

Hannah Grace   

Autumn Skuthorpe  

Amber Cronin  

Patrice Sharkey  

Caine Chennatt  

Tamara Zimet  

Kin Allen  

Tahlia Azaria  

Ciaran Frame  

Grace Herbert  

Joshua Lowe  

Daniel Santangeli  

Christina Taylor  

Jay Emmanuel  

2019 international participants 

Chong Wang  

Franchesca Revelyn Casauay  

Hung Duong  

Lubna Shaheen  

2018 Australian participants 

Julia Mendel  

Vyvienne Abla  

Dan Graham  

Tian Zhang  

Anna Weekes  

Amy-Clare McCarthy  

Elizabeth Nowell  

Rosemary Willink  

Jessica Alice  

Jane Howard  

Kane Moroney  

Graham Akhurst  

Jack Fitzgerald  

Gareth Hart  

Jamie Lewis  

William McRostie  

Linh Nguyen  

Rosie Shepherdson-Cullen  

Nathan Stoneham  

Jessica Darlow  

2018 international participants 

Lynn Fu  

Neiha Jaiswar  

Kartika Jahja  

Natalie Tan  

Rhine Bernardino  

Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan  

2017 participants  

Sam Cooney  

Christopher Hodge  

Clare Holland  

Carl Sciberras  

Lachlan Snow  

Hannah Kothe  

Frankie Snowdon  

Craig Cathcart  

Courtney Tuttle  

Joshua Hoare  

Leigh Boswell  

Laura Harris  

Reiko Okazaki  

Rani Pramesti  

Mark Pritchard  

Sara Strachan  

Alana Hunt  

Tanya Cooling  

Ross McHenry  

Natasha Phillips  

SEC Newgate Mentoring Program

The SEC Newgate Mentoring and Stakeholder Engagement program for leadership program alumni is an opportunity that supports participants to gain skills in representing and building support for their work, organisation, community of practice and policy ambitions. 

It is suited to senior and executive leaders, particularly those in CEO or senior leadership roles of medium to large organisations. 

2023 participants 

Jessica Alice 

Tarragh Cunningham 

Joshua Lowe 

Kylie McRae 

Shay Vigona-Goudge 

Joshua Hoare 

2022 participants 

Emily Collins 

Fiona Maxwell 

Ros Abercrombie 

Joanne Kee 

Edwina Johnson 

Rosie Shepherdson-Cullen 

Jamie Lewis 

Kate Eltham 

Creative Climate Leadership Program

Creative Climate Leadership (CCL) was hosted in 2023 to empower artists and cultural professionals to take action on the climate and ecological crisis with impact, creativity, and resilience. It was designed to mobilise and connect a creative climate movement and was delivered and facilitated by Julie’s Bicycle (UK) with co- facilitation from Ruth Langford.  

This program was supported by the British Council. 

CCL offered: 

  • An inspiring 5 day program of learning and peer-to-peer exchange for 24 talented and motivated participants living and working in Australia.
  • A powerful opportunity to collaborate and develop creative ideas in a serene environment.
  • A space to develop and/or scale up cultural leadership on climate action and justice.
  • A supportive network of national and international CCL alumni. 

2023 participants 

Aimee Smith 

Anna Weekes 

Antonia Seymour 

Ari Fuller 

Astrid Edwards 

Beatrice Jeavons 

Bryony Anderson 

Catherine Polcz 

Charlie Mgee 

Eliki Reade 

Fiona Lee 

Grace Nye-Butler 

Guy Ritani 

Jen Rae 

Juundaal Strang-Yettica 

Kate Scardifield 

Keg de Souza 

Na'ima Fine 

Noemie Huttner-Koros 

Pippa Bailey 

Sēini Taumoepeau 

Tanja Beer 

Vika Mana 

The Custodianship Program

Unearthing First Nations leadership by developing different ways of knowing, being and doing.  

The Custodianship program (2020) was designed by First Nations leaders for First Nations leaders to transform sustainability in culture, practice, community and the arts. 

Cultural practitioners, artists and arts workers from across art forms and career levels explored what custodianship and leadership meant in diverse contexts. They learned from self, from others and with peers. 

2020 participants 

Jilda Andrews 

Jo-Anne Driessens 

Aleshia Lonsdale 

Sinsa Mansell 

Birrunga Wiradyuri 

Emily McDaniel 

Nickeema Williams 

Vanessa Elliott 

Zane Saunders 

Dean Greeno 

Hannah Donnelly 

Mark Cora 

Mariaa Randall 

Future Form Program

Future Form was an opportunity for small to medium arts organisations to transform and innovate their core business model. 

It provided time and space for participants to reimagine and respond to the future. Participants used a range of design techniques to interrogate the value proposition of their organisation; and identify practical solutions and next steps through online learning sessions, a group workshop, individual coaching sessions and peer support. 

 Participants 

Frame Documentary Limited 

HotHouse Theatre Limited 

Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-op 

Institute of Modern Art Limited 

Moogahlin Performing Arts Inc 

Outback Theatre for Young People Inc 

Outloud 

Writers SA 

Spineless Wonders Publishing Pty Ltd 

The Farm Gold Coast NFP Ltd 

Theatre Network Australia Inc 

Urban Theatre Projects Ltd 

Riverina Arts Leadership Program

A 3-month leadership program for artists and arts workers from across the Riverina delivered between March and June 2021 in Wagga. The program was for emerging and established leaders working in the arts and creative industries. Activities included workshops, discussions, guest speakers and reflective practices to learn more about creative leadership. 

2021 participants 

Alyson Evans 

Scott Howie 

Christopher Orchard 

Ashlee Laing 

Roxanne Smith 

Sarah Parsons 

Sivonne Binks 

Claire Harris 

Lauren Reynolds 

Susan Reid 

Brittany Hefren 

Erin Davis-Hartwig 

Phoebe Pinnock 

Greg Pritchard 

Kerryn Beatty 

James Farley 

Elizabeth Robinson 

Drew Halyday 

Samantha Taylor 

Genevieve Mott 

Jhi Rayner 

Emerging Leaders Development Program

The Emerging Leaders Development Program ran from 2010 to 2015 and supported future arts leaders through specialised training, mentoring and coaching. The initial objective was to provide a pathway to leadership roles at Australia’s major performing arts organisations. The focus subsequently expanded to include strengthening the leadership of small-to-medium organisations. 

2015 participants 

Aaron Beach 

Adi Diner 

Alexandra Cameron-Fraser 

Annette Vieusseux 

Antonia Seymour 

Beverly Growden 

Carolyn Murphy 

Katrina Douglas 

Emma Calverley 

Philp Watkins 

Georgie Davill 

Jack Lloyd 

Jane Tonkin 

John Kachoyan 

Kate Feilding 

Louisa Bezzina  

Jayne Lovelock 

Martina Murray  

Narelle Lewis  

Penny Miles 

Simone Schinkel 

Tim Stitz 

Zoe Graham 

Felicity Bolt 

2014 participants 

Amanda Foote 

Carli Leimbach 

Chris Kohn 

Cheryl Pickering  

Caroline Downer  

Hillary Coyne  

Jaclyn Booton  

Jade Lillie  

Joe Toohey  

Kerry O’Sullivan  

Casey Lee  

Libby Hill  

Michelle O’Brien  

Narelle Jarry  

Pip Wittenoom  

Bec Allen  

Rhys Holden  

Rod Ainsworth  

Tamara Harrison  

Timothy Jones  

Viv Rosman  

2013 participants 

Antonietta Morgillo 

Bronwyn Lobb  

Damien Boyle  

Danielle Harvey  

Brad Spolding  

Edwina Lunn  

Georgia Rivers 

Hillary Coyne  

Kate Eltham  

Kathryn Hunyor 

Kane Forbes  

Katherine Hoepper  

Michael Dagostino  

Michelle Broun  

Nathalie Vallejo 

Pippa Bainbridge  

Sarah Neal  

Simeon Moran 

Sarah Greentree 

Jason Barry-Smith 

Tim Long  

Jon Cope  

Joseph Mitchell  

Jen Mizuik  

2012 participants 

Naomi Lane  

Adrian Burnett  

Anthony Peluso  

Bernie Hearld  

Brendan Ross  

Ben Fox  

Daniel Randall 

Kate Larsen  

Paul Kooperman 

Esther Anatolitis  

Fiona Menzies  

Olivia Ansell  

Paul Osuch  

Phip Murray  

Sandra Willis  

Sean Radcliffe  

Simon Abrahams  

Tamara Jungwirth  

2011 participants 

Alison Beare  

Callum Moncrieff 

David Ryding  

Anna Cerneaz 

David Williams 

Lisa Dempster 

Dion Hastie  

Kath Melbourne 

Fiona Carter  

Emily Sexton 

Kevin du Preez 

Kim McConville 

2010 participants 

Kristy Rebbeck  

Lenine Bourke  

Magdalena Moreno 

Louise Oppenheim  

Melanie Knight  

Michael Williams 

Josh Write  

Nicholas Skibinski  

Tehmi Sukhla  

Ann McLean  

Venessa Rowsthorn  

Guy Ross 

Creative Community Fellows

Creative Australia, formerly the Arts Council, supported two participants to take part in the Creative Community Fellows Program with National Arts Strategies in the United States. The program invited practitioners working in socially-engaged practice to come together, collaborate and develop project ideas in October 2019 and February 2020. 

Hannah Grant  

Debby Maziarz   

International Future Leaders Program

2020 participants 

Vi Do (VIETNAM) San Art 

Radhika Ganesh (INDIA) Ek Potlee Ret Ki 

Razcel Jan Salvarita (PHILIPPINES) Creative Community Activist 

Nguyen Minh Chau (VIETNAM) Independent Storyteller 

Ika Yuliana (INDONESIA) Jatiwangi Art Factory 

ISPA Fellowships

Creative Australia’s ISPA Fellows engaged with ideas, thinkers and leaders from the world’s most significant performing arts organisations over a three-year program. 

2020-2024 ISPA Fellows 

Merindah Donnelly 

Tristan Meecham 

Erin Milne  

Louisa Norman 

2017-19 ISPA Fellows 

Simon Abrahams 

Ben Graetz 

Fiona MacDonald 

Viv Rosman 

Deanna Smart 

Sync Leadership Program

The Sync Leadership Program was delivered in 2022, 2021, 2015 and 2014. Sync Leadership was founded in 2008 by Sarah Pickthall and Jo Verrent, two disabled arts and culture leaders based in the UK.  

Sync was designed to combine leadership theory with one-to-one coaching and group coaching techniques to develop d/Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent leadership in arts, culture, heritage and media globally so that participants could make greater impact and fulfil their potential and their ambitions.  

2022 participants 

Kirsty Collins 

Daniele Constance 

Harmonie Downes  

Dan Graham 

Tyson Hopprich 

Jodee Mundy 

Fi Peel 

Jacqueline Tooley 

2021 participants 

Eugenie Lee 

Alison Paradoxx 

Liz Cooper 

Richard Bell 

Dr. Riona Tindell 

Bedelia Lowrencev 

Jeremy Hawkes 

Rebecca Hogan 

2015 participants 

Emma Barrance 

Sofya Gollan 

Julia Hales 

Kate Hood 

Sarah Houbolt 

Julian Jaensch 

Kirsty Martinsen 

Martin Sawtell 

Eva Sifis 

Lee Witczak 

2014 participants 

Morwenna Collett 

Janelle Colquhoun 

John Flanagan Willanski 

Janice Florence 

Emma J Hawkins 

Belinda Locke 

Liz Martin 

Gaelle Mellis 

Racheal Missingham 

Michelle Ryan 

Sophie Sherriff 

Gaele Sobott 

Emma Bennison 

Sync Twilight

This opportunity brought together Sync Leadership alumni from Australia and Canada to participate in an online Action Learning Project (a form of group coaching). 

Designed as an exchange between d/Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse Sync alumni, the program facilitated workshops and discussions about what leadership means and should look like for participants. 

2022 participants 

Morwenna Collett  

Kate Hood  

Bec Hogan  

Belinda Locke  

Sofya Gollan  

Liz Cooper  

Richard Bell  

Eva Sifis  

Kirsty Martinsen  

Fi Peel  

Jodee May  

Tyson Hopprich  

Kirsty Collins  

Harmonie Downes  

Australian Progress

The Australian Progress Fellowship is a five-month intensive leadership course for advocates, campaigners, activists and changemakers in Australia to create lasting systemic change. 

The program offers a suite of tools, tactics, strategies, frameworks and case studies in best practice community organising and senior campaigning to take your skills to the next level and amplify your impact. Participants join four virtual retreats and 12 weekly online seminars delivered with expert speakers sharing winning case studies and national best practice. 

2023 participants 

Carl Sciberras 

Liz Nowell 

William Le 

2022 participants 

Anna Weekes 

Tasnim Hossain 

Joshua Lowe 

Sara Strachan 

Bethany Falzon 

ASSITEJ Youth Arts Leadership Delegation

ASSITEJ International unites theatres, organisations, and individuals throughout the world who make theatre and performing arts for children and young people. The following delegation attended the 2017 World Congress of ASSITEJ International in Cape Town (South Africa). 

2017 participants 

Stacey Baldwin 

Lilla Berry 

Fraser Corfield 

Hannah Grant 

Michelle Hovane 

Nicholas Paine 

Chief Executive Program

The following Australian CEOs participated in the National Arts Strategies (NAS) Chief Executive Program in the US.  

Caroline Bowditch 

Alice Nash  

Philip Watkins  

Brian Parkes 

Milparanga Scholarship

Milparanga is run by the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and is a cross-industry leadership program with a focus on regional and remote Australia. Milparanga, meaning ‘watching over country and its people’ (in Mithaka language), honours Indigenous knowledge, philosophies and reclaiming of language. Milparanga is designed to develop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership. 

2019 participants 

Sinsa Mansell 

Zane Saunders 

2018 participant 

Marlene Chisholm 

Australian Rural Leadership Program

The Australian Rural Leadership Program is designed for individuals who will lead rural, regional and remote Australia into the future. It offers a series of experiential sessions during which participants are immersed in diverse, effective leadership practice and perspectives. Through the program, participants increase their knowledge and understanding of major themes affecting regional Australia and contemporary issues both locally and internationally. 

2019 participant 

Elverina Johnson 

2017 participants 

Kathy Burns 

Alysha Herrman 

Collaboration Fund

This fund supported alumni from the Arts Leaders, Future Leaders and International Leaders program. Recipients collaborated on projects that contributed to the development of arts leadership in Australia. Activities included artistic, cultural, advocacy or capacity building. 

2024 participants 

Hit Publish – Celia Coulthard, Mariam Arcilla, Leah Jing Mcintosh (Future Leaders 2022-23) 

Exploring Deaf Women Leadership roles in the Arts, through collaboration, development of pathways – Riona Tindal (Arts Leaders 2022-23), Sofya Gollan (Sync Leadership 2015), Sigrid MacDonald (Future Leaders 2021), Angie Goto, Irene Holob 

Exploring cross-cultural leadership and the role of the arts in the Australia-India relationship – Rashmi Dhanwani (Arts Leaders 2022-23), Tandi Palmer Williams (Arts Leaders 2017) 

Establishing a voice for independent dance in Australia – Carl Sciberras, Frankie Snowdon (Future Leaders 2017), Joshua Lowe (Future Leaders 2019) 

Si malamalama la’ititi - This little light: A gathering of creative mothers/leaders – Natalie Rose, Bethany Ashley-Ward, Grace Vanilau (Arts Leaders 2022-23) 

Concatenation: The Journey onwards – Reena Dewan, Kaz Therese, Anne Loxley (Arts Leaders 2019) 

2023 participants 

Reboot residential part one and two: 2019 Arts Leaders Cohort – Este Darin-Cooper, Kylie McRae and Kaz Therese (Arts Leaders 2019) 

Burnout to Rebirth: exploring next economy business models for Independent Australian story makers – Jenna Robertson, Joel Carnegie and Rebecca Kais (Future Leaders 2021) 

The Bridge: Creative Performance and Platform for Inclusion – Caine Chennatt and Luke Campbell (Future Leaders 2021) 

The Art of Conversation: a series of strategies and performative encounters – Rebecca Conroy and Daniel Connell (Arts Leaders 2020) 

The Reconnect Project – Tarragh Cunningham and Katrina Torenbeek (Arts Leaders 2020) 

Motherhood and Social Advocacy – Bethany Falzon, Tahlia Azaria and Hannah Grace (Future Leaders 2019)  

2022 participants 

Cultural Leadership Research project: Matriarchal Leadership in the Digital Space – Annette Vieusseux, Fiona Maxwell (Arts Leaders 2019) and Kartika Jahja (Future Leaders 2018) 

Increasing access and inclusion across the NSW music industry – Morwenna Collett and Emily Collins (Arts Leaders 2017) 

Pace, Place and the Body: Reflecting and Reshaping Leadership – Rani Pramesti and Alana Hunt (Future Leaders 2017) 

2021 participants 

COUNTER – NARRATIVE – Sally Richardson and Reena Dewan (Arts Leaders 2019) 

The Aesthetics of Aging – Vikram Iyengar and Sally Blackwood (Arts Leaders 2018) 

Leadership in Socially-Engaged Practice – Debby Maziarz and Hannah Grant (Creative Community Fellows 2019) 

2019 participants 

PLAYLIST: Cultural Exchange between PYT Fairfield and Bersama Project – Kaz Therese (Arts Leaders 2019) and Kartika Jahja (Future Leaders 2018) 

Live Art Curatorial Exchange – Julia Mendel and Rhine Bernardino (Future Leaders 2018) 

Melbourne and Manila Queer Exchange – Nathan Stoneham and Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan (Future Leaders 2018) 

Cultural diversity in contemporary Australia on the international stage podcast – Tandi Williams, Simon Abrahams, Morwenna Collett, Kate Eltham, Jade Lillie and Amy Maiden (Arts Leaders 2017) 

2018 participants 

Cultural diversity in contemporary Australia on the international stage in-person presentation – Bianca Beetson, Jiva Parthipan and Jane McCredie (Arts Leaders 2018) 

Reimagining the arts for young people – Helen Hristofski, Ruchira Das and Mia Maria (Arts Leaders 2018) 

Older than language – Emma Porteus, Nina Miall and Jiva Parthipan (Arts Leaders 2018) 

Darwin and Philippines Collaboration – Anna Weekes and Rhine Bernardino (Future Leaders 2018) 

Women Leadership Retreat – Anna Reece (Arts Leaders 2017) 

Stateless – Louise Bezzina, Sally Blackwood (Arts Leaders 2018), Vanessa Tomlinson and Lawrence English 

Exchanging Soft Power across the Asia Region – Effe Soropos, Melissa Robertson, Ruchira Das, Vikram Iyengar, Menaka Rodriguez (Arts Leaders 2018) 

Overcoming the geographical obstacles of genuine co-creation and 
co-productions – Helen Hristofski, Joanne Kee (Arts Leaders 2018) and Jay Emmanuel (Future Leaders 2019) 

Survival kit for women arts leaders within the white colonial patriarchy – Alana Hunt, Rani Pramesti, Hannah Kothe, Courtney Tuttle and Natasha Phillips (Future Leaders 2017) 

Alumni collaboration fund: Indian literary exchange – Jane McCredie, Ruchira Das, Vikram Iyengar, Menaka Rodriguez (Arts Leaders 2018)

Steering Committee

The Leadership Program Alumni committee (2020 – 2022) provided a platform for representatives from our alumni network to develop and lead targeted, strategic initiatives and activities in support of the cultural and creative industries.    

The Committee played a key role in representing and convening the alumni network to help establish stronger connections across cohort years, and with the wider creative industry nationally and internationally.  

Alumni Committee #4: 28 February 2022 – February 2023 

Bianca Beetson, 2017-18 Arts Leader  

Neiha Jaiswar, 2018 Future Leader  

Tamara Zimet, 2019 Future Leader  

Ruchira Das, 2017-18 Arts Leader (12-month term)  

Lachlan Snow, 2017 Future Leader (12-month term)  

Alumni Committee #3: 28 August 2021 – 28 February 2022  

Annette Vieusseux, 2019 Arts Leader 

Ruchira Das, 2017-18 Arts Leader  

Lachlan Snow, 2017 Future Leader  

Dan Graham, 2018 Future Leader  

Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan, 2018 Future Leader  

Alumni Committee #2: 28 February – 28 August 2021  

Morwenna Collett, 2017 Arts Leader  

Kaz Therese, 2019 Arts Leader  

Rhine Bernardino, 2018 Future Leader  

Amber Cronin, 2019 Future Leader  

Daniel Santangeli, 2019 Future Leader  

Chong Wang, 2019 Future Leader  

Alumni Committee #1: 1 September 2020 – 28 February 2021  

Erin Milne, 2017 Arts Leader  

Joanne Kee, 2017-18 Arts Leader  

Vikram Iyengar, 2017-18 Arts Leader  

Este Darin-Cooper, 2019 Arts Leader  

Tian Zhang, 2018 Future Leader  

Lynn Fu, 2018 Future Leader  

Caine Chennatt, 2019 Future Leader  

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

Art by Jordan Lovegrove