2022 Summit Speakers

The NEXUS 2022 Australia Summit featured more than 50 prominent speakers, including key international guests, and dynamic members of the Australian NEXUS community.

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JIRRA LULLA HARVEY

Founder, Kalinya

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ADAM BRIGGS

Australian rapper, lyricist, hip hop artist, writer, presenter, author and actor

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OSHER GUNSBERG

Media personality and author

emma pocock

CEO, Frontrunners

SENATOR DAVID POCOCK

Former athlete, Independent Senate candidate for the ACT

MONICA CORDOVA (USA)

Executive Director of the Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing

LARISSA BALDWIN

CEO, GETUP

jojo ferris

Head of the Olympic Refuge Foundation

Nidala Barker

Musician and activist

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VARSHA YAJMAN

Climate justice and mental health advocate

Rona Glynn-McDonald

Founding CEO of Common Ground and Co-Founder of First Nations Futures

LITTLE GREEN (performer)

Singer-songwriter

rathana chea

Co-founder, Multicultural Leadership Initiative; ceo, Rathana.org

CLAIRE O’ROURKE

Australia Energy Transformation Program
Co-Director, The Sunrise Project

RACHEL GERROL

Co Founder and CEO, NEXUS

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STUART COOK
Chairman, Forpurpose Co (OzHavest Ventures)

L-Fresh the Lion

L-FRESH THE LION

Hip Hop artist and Advocate

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Victoria Yim

Grantmaking Partnerships Manager (APAC), zoom cares

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betty barkha
Co-chair, international women’s development agency (iwda)

kerry gardner am
Co-chair, international women’s development agency (iwda)

CHRISTINA CHUN
COO, Social Enterprise Australia

ling ang
visual artist

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Viv Benjamin
founder, Global & Collective,

Michelle Lin
CEO, Vermilion Foundation

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Martin Green
director, pantera press

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ali green
ceo & co-founder, pantera press

rachel english
senior foundation manager, mutual trust

ARIELLE GAMBLE
DIRECTOR, GROUNDSWELL

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SAFFRON ZOMER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY NETWORK

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Georgia Mathews
Director of Philanthropic Services, australian communities foundation

Alicia Hodges
NEXUS Australia Committee

Lucinda Steggles
Chair, NEXUS Australia

Edwina Floch
Founder, ENVIRONMENTAL MUSIC PRIZE

Kirsty Albion
NEXUS Australia Committee

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GRACE MATHEW
MANAGING DIRECTOR, WETHINK & NEXUS Australia Committee

Cat Fay
Managing Partner, Community & Social Investment and ESG, Perpetual

Mundundara Bayles
Managing Director & Facilitator, BlackCard

Anna Brown
CEO, Equality Australia

Sorrel Ashby
Founder and CEO, Guumali

Lisa Wade
CEO, DigitalX

Sam Joel
Founder, GiveTree

Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran
Tech Policy Director, Reset Australia

DANIEL PETRE AO
Founder & Chair of StartGiving

Katerina Kimmorley
Head of Commercial and Investments, Boundless Earth

Neeraj Aggarwal
Associate Director, Australian Impact Investments

Hanna Ebeling
CEO, Sefa

Melanie Tran
User Experience (UX) Designer

Vanessa Farrelly
Arrernte Language Project Officer, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

Apryl Day
Founder, Dhadjowa Foundation

Bec Milgrom
Co-Executive Director, Tripple

Amelia Telford
First Nations Justice Director, Australian Progress

Sarah Matthee
General Manager - Partnerships & Services at the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR)

Laurence Marshbaum OAM
Founder & Chair of 10x10 Philanthropy

Malinda Wink
Global Director, Good Pitch at DOC SOCIETY

Nooky
Yuin artist, producer and radio host, We Are Warriors

Harriet McCallum
Executive Officer, MAnnifera

Lille Madden
First Nations Consultant, Groundswell

Nick Molnar
Afterpay Co-Founder and Afterpay Co-Lead, Block

Nicole Engelman
Philanthropy Manager, Cooper Investors & Senior Program Manager, MaiTri Foundation

Rebecca Huntley
Director of Research, 89 degrees east