Barry Hunter is the CEO of the North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA) – leading Indigenous-led programs in ranger development, biodiversity conservation, and systems change. 

Barry is a descendant of the Djabugay speaking people of the Cairns hinterland and grew up beside the Barron River in the rainforest near Kuranda. His career spans government conservation agencies, the mining and exploration industry, community organisations, and Indigenous-led NGOs. More recently, he has worked as a consultant in Aboriginal land management, the carbon industry, and community economic development. This diverse experience has given him a deep understanding of the intersections between conservation, cultural heritage, and sustainable economies.

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His governance and leadership experience includes Chairing Terrain NRM – providing strategic oversight for one of Australia’s leading natural resource management organisations. Barry is also the former Chair of the Aboriginal Carbon Foundation – guiding governance and partnerships that connect Indigenous communities with ethical carbon market opportunities. He also served as Acting CEO of the Djabugay Aboriginal Corporations – strengthening governance and cultural heritage management at the community level.​ Barry's professional contributions include lead authorship of the Indigenous Lands chapter of the State of the Environment Report 2021; facilitating Healthy Country Planning and Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) agreements with conservation and carbon market partners; developing fire management plans and cultural heritage assessments with Indigenous ranger groups; being the architect of protocols for ethical engagement between researchers and Traditional Owners; and contributing to Sea Country planning and the Barron Gorge National Park Bama Plan, embedding Indigenous knowledge into conservation frameworks.

Dr Ken Henry AC FASSA FAIIA

Currently, Chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, Nature Finance Council, and Wildlife Recovery Australia, and a non-executive director of Accounting for Nature Ltd and the Digital Finance CRC.

Dr Henry served as the Secretary to the Treasury from 2001 to 2011. He chaired the Howard Government’s tax review taskforce in 1997-98, the Rudd Government’s tax review published in 2010, and the Gillard Government’s White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century (2011 and 2012).

In 2022-23, he led the independent statutory review of the Biodiversity Conservation Act (NSW).

Dr Henry was the Chair of National Australia Bank from 2015 to 2019 (non-executive director from 2011 to 2019) and a non-executive director of the ASX and affiliated entities from 2012 to 2022.

Dr Henry is a recipient of the Centenary Medal and was made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2007. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, the Australian Institute of International Affairs, and the Australia New Zealand School of Government.​ 

Dr Henry was awarded a PhD in Economics from the University of Canterbury in 1983. He has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Business from the University of New South Wales and an honorary Doctor of Laws from the ANU.

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Dr Jody Gunn is a conservation scientist committed to the conservation of land, water and culture, with executive level management experience spanning over two decades.​

Currently serving as the CEO for the Australian Land Conservation Alliance, Jody is known for fostering partnerships that unite across sectors and cultures in shared stewardship of Australia's unique landscapes.

​Jody has held senior roles in international, national and regional organisations, including government, non government, and research sectors, and has contributed to key policy reforms, funding initiatives, and community-driven programs.​ Her leadership is underpinned by a strong science background, values-driven decision-making and a collaborative ethos.

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While an ecologist in training, her career has always drawn her to work at the intersection of people and nature. From supporting young people through the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots Program in Tanzania to take action for the environment, undertaking research to improve livelihoods of rural communities living with human-wildlife conflict, and more locally, facilitating and developing joint management plans for the Northern Territory central parks estate with the Parks Service and Traditional Owners, to now, being at the cutting edge of private land conservation – which centres on how people engage with, manage and protect our natural environment, from large conservation organisations, First Nations communities to individual landholders.​ 

Jody continues to influence Australia's conservation future by building capacity, advancing nature and climate solutions and bringing people together around a shared nature agenda.

Samantha Murray is a proud Yilka/Wongutha/Noongar woman. She is a Traditional owner of Yilka Country.  It is situated in the Great Victorian Desert in Western Australia and has connections to the broader Goldfields and Central Desert area. Cosmo Newberry remote aboriginal community is based on Yilka country where Sam has strong connection to.

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Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA) is a not-for-profit member-based organisation which supports Land Management Organisations and Ranger Teams from the Desert. IDA’s Membership stands at 29 Members which encompasses up to 70 ranger teams across three states in the middle of Australia. 

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For 6 years, she has played a vital role at the IDA, supporting people and managing programs. As the IDA's first Indigenous CEO from the desert, Sam approaches the role with passion and focus, dedicated to ensuring that Indigenous rangers are enabled to collaboratively manage the Australian desert and are empowered to realise their aspirations for community, culture, and Country.

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