Barry is a Cairns hinterland Traditional Owner and a consultant for Djarnda Enterprise. He brings more than 25 years of experience in natural and cultural resource management to the board.  He is working to further integrate indigenous interests into mainstream natural resource management planning.

Areas of expertise: NRM related industry, Traditional Owner related NRM, cultural resource management

Keith is a tropical fruit grower from Tully, a Land Use Planner, and previously, a Director of Growcom, Troplinks, Australian Tropical Fruits, and Australian Tropical Marketing. Before realising his ambition to 'go farming', Keith spent 20 years working in natural resource management throughout Australia. Keith is currently completing his PhD research into Resilience in North Australian agriculture.

Areas of expertise: NRM related industry, Traditional Owner related NRM, Community Engagement, Land Management 

Pete is a business consultant and a passionate reef conservationist.  When he's not running Conus Business Consultancy Services he's a director, trainer and educator at Reef Check Australia and an advocate of citizen science. He's also involved in Seabed Watch and is a former chair of Coral Cay Conservation.

Areas of expertise: Financial, risk management, coral monitoring, citizen science

Peter has been a secondary school biology and marine studies teacher and is now spending time on his interests of natural history and the promotion of conservation and ecologically sustainable land management. He has a long history as a member of a number of community organisations in the Innisfail/Mission Beach area.

Areas of expertise: Conservation, World Heritage, Catchment Management, Community Engagement

Steve is an Adjunct Professor at Central Queensland University in Cairns and also works as a casual environmental consultant. He has been Director of the JCU/CSIRO Tropical Landscapes Joint Venture, a Professor of Geography at JCU and Director of Research for the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre. Steve has served on a number of committees including the Wet Tropics Management Authority’s Scientific Advisory Committee (2004-2011).

Areas of expertise: NRM, Science-Practice Partnerships, World Heritage and Protected Area Management, Climate Change Impacts.

'Emerging Leader' 

Rhiannon is a business consultant for local firm, Kleinhardt. She is focused on business planning and development, feasibility, economic development and financial modelling as well as marketing and social impact across a broad spectrum of industries. Rhiannon is the Chair for the Cairns Young Chamber and a Management Committee member of the Cairns Historical Society & Museum. She is also a professional wedding photographer. She has a keen and dedicated interest in agriculture, stemming from a family history spanning five generations.

Robin Clark has over 30 years experience in land use planning and natural resource management across several states. She has worked for a number of State government agencies, primarily involved in the preparation of the Wet Tropical Coast Coastal Management Plan and Far North Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031.

Areas of expertise: NRM, Government, Land Use Planning

Ryan Donnelly has been involved in natural resource management for around 20 years, primarily in the marine environment working with commercial fishermen and building collaborative frameworks with fishery and protected areas managers and scientists. He holds a B.App.Sci (Hons) in Coastal Management and an M.Sc that focused on social and natural resource management challenges relating to an emerging commercial fishery and trade superimposed upon traditional subsistence fishing and customary tenure in remote island communities.

Areas of expertise: NRM related industry, Waters and Water Quality, Climate, Government