As a long-term The Inclusion Circle member and Executive Committee member for the last two years, and President for one Alice would like to continue to support the organisation by re-nominating for the position of President. We have continued the legacy of previous Exco and President’s/ Vice Presidents by modernising the constitution this year, and next year she would like to lead the team to double down on providing extra value to members and modernising our systems and processes to make them more efficient for all, which will contribute to the financial health of TIC by bringing in new members.

A 20 year + career in Human Resources, 5 of which in DEI and an additional 8 in Human Rights non-profits and NGO’s both in Australia and overseas, demonstrates Alice’s commitment to the sector.

Half of her career has been in the commercial sector and she combines a passion for social justice with strong commercial acumen and the capacity to translate justice principles into pragmatic action in a business context. She has led teams for 15 + years and would be delighted to lead our fabulous Exec Committee. She enjoys networking and bringing people together, and promoting our working on LI, which are important for maintaining TIC’s profile.

Susan is keen to support and contribute to the building of TIC membership, resources and offerings to benefit and enhance the awareness and capacity of existing D&I Practitioners in this essential work. Her experience and skills were honed designating D&I programs for employers, producing the Workforce Development and Industry Participation (WDIP) plans for large multibillion infrastructure programs and working for the DCA as former Senior Consultant for many years before consulting to employers on Conflict Resolution and Cultural Inclusion more recently.

Susan has a strategic and operational understanding of implementing workplace change programs including in her current P/t role at Social Ventures Australia where she currently coaches 19 employers to implement their bespoke pilot programs to create employment opportunities for young people without university qualifications facing exclusion. She holds a Masters in Mediation and Conflict Resolution UQ and B.A Hons (Spanish & Latin American Literature UNSW)

Jessica is interested in a role with The Inclusion Circle as the work I do as a Senior Relationship Manager with Pride in Diversity will allow me to share my experiences and expertise in the area of LGBTQ inclusion.

She believes she can contribute to The Inclusion Circle by bringing her experience of working for ACON, growing up and living in regional NSW. She and her wife have two small children, and so have the perspective of being a queer family and parent.

Her previous skills and experience in project management and leadership and her current skills in inclusion and event management will hopefully also assist The Inclusion Circle in achieving its goals around thought leadership, and collaborative community in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusive practices.

Alpana is Lead Inclusion & Diversity at Australian Red Cross. She has experience planning and delivering events, and in 2023 delivered a virtual event for United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This included promoting the event, constructing key messages, preparing the panel, and MC-ing on the day. Alpana also has experience in presenting inclusion and diversity inductions and facilitating inclusion and diversity forums.

As a woman of colour working in diversity and inclusion, Alpana is passionate about increasing diversity, equity and inclusion across workplaces and communities. Alpana is the Inclusion & Diversity Lead for the Australian Red Cross Culturally and Linguistically Diversity Employee Resource Group and 2022-2023 Women of Colour Mentor.

Alpana will bring her skills and strengths of thought leadership, diverse thinking, event management and interest in other people’s stories to the Executive Committee.

Having gained immense value from the last three years as a member of TIC, Carly is keen to join TIC’s Executive Committee, allowing me to give back to a community that has been a wonderful network and source of knowledge. Her current position as Principal Consultant at Symmetra she brings a depth of expertise in DEI and a technological perspective to learning and development initiatives, which she believes help her provide meaningful contribution.

With a 20 year career, including a decade of Learning and Leadership Development and her recent focus at Symmetra, Carly has worked across various global sectors such as legal, financial services, technology, insurance, logistics, FMCG, healthcare, and non-profit sectors, including industry leaders like Facebook, Microsoft, Unilever, IAG, Credit Suisse, and AMP. This diverse exposure equips her with unique insights that would add value as a committee member with TIC.

Carly’s strong network, experience as a keynote speaking, event facilitator and in thought leadership, as well as the unique perspective I bring, will enable her to contribute significantly to TIC’s impact a grow our Inclusion Community.

Chloe is extremely passionate about DEI ever since I was working with Fairfax Media several years ago where she was first exposed to this area of work. Being in Talent Acquisition, she felt it was important to incorporate DEI into her processes and took every opportunity to educate the business on best practise and the benefits of creating diverse teams. From there, she developed her own DEI training program for her hiring managers. This was not prompted by management but as she was so passionate about it that she took it upon herself to create this. This program was then delivered to emerging leaders. Her interest has gown extensively since then and she take in everything she can around understanding DEI.

Chloe has found herself in her first proper DEI role and she is working across initiatives in DEI including work on RAP, WGEA, Pride. She is finding it challenging as she lacks a strong network to learn, grow and understand more about what is happening in this space. She has been so fortunate to work for an organisation that truly values DEI. She has been grateful to attend The Inclusion Circle events and from the first moment she attended, she knew she wanted to be part of the committee to learn and develop her understanding, as well as network with likeminded individuals.

Chloe is very much a people person and have consider herself to have skills in bringing people together. She is a collaborator at heart so she would love to be part of the committee to focus on bringing DEI passionates together.

Jason has been in the DE&I space for 4 years and in the HR space for 15 years with experience in the areas of leadership development, learning, OD, change management & performance management. He also represents several diverse groups – people from a minority race, with disability, and neurodivergent. He has worked on projects across continents from Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and ANZ.

Jason has previously served in AHRI NSW as the convenor of the L&D network group, committee of the OD network group and mentored 5 women members over the past 8 years.

Jason stumbled into DE&I by accident but he is passionate about it because it is the first role that he was able to leverage on his lived experiences and connect more meaningfully with his diverse identity groups. His main topics of interest in this space are – power & privilege, neurodiversity, empowering women, and psychological safety.

Lesley has experience in Inclusion, Diversity and Equity for several years, most recently with Accenture Australia Pty Ltd in Talent Strategy, focussing on Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. She has participated as a mentor for a person with disability as part of PACE Mentor Program with AND (and managed subsequent program participation within the organisation). She was nominated for NSW Volunteer of the Year award 2022, by Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at UTS.

Experienced in event management (e.g., Global Accessibility Awareness Day events, International Day of People with Disability events, International Women’s Day events, World Refugee Day, World Autism Day, Sign Language training etc) Recently established two new ERG/Support groups in her organisation – Neurodiversity; and Menstrual and Menopause Support

Her Top 10 Gallup Strengths: Strategic, Ideation, Activator, Maximiser, Developer, Positivity, Individualisation, Learner, Futuristic and Connectedness - as such she has multiple ideas for future topics for consideration, based on anticipated needs of members, and I have the innate ability to simply ‘get stuff done’ without fuss

Lesley would like to join The Inclusion Circle and utilise this industry platform to enhance awareness/education for a more inclusive, equitable and accessible work environment across Australia and the world.

Samantha has been a lifetime advocate, promoter, adviser, fundraiser, and champion of all things equitable, inclusive, and diverse.

She is privileged to now be working in a professional context and societal era, where there is finally consensus that DEI is not only the right thing to do, but the business case for change is now too compelling to ignore.

As an innate aggregator of people, purpose, and performance, she identifies and embeds the intersectional value of diverse people solutions and culture. She believes this will add value to TIC’s purpose and cadence of activity to further DEI understanding and impact.

Samantha is Honours Degree qualified (B.Ed.) with 20+ years of diverse experience in UK, USA, and Australia – both in the private, NFP & public sector.

As a global citizen who has lived and travelled in some of the most amazing places, she has the enviable life experiences and insight into different languages, cultures, religions, geographies, and everything that makes up the wonderful diversity in this world.

She believes that by working with TIC as a committee member, she can further the discussion and case for inclusion across many forums and engagement opportunities, whilst furthering the brand and potential for new and sustainable membership as a result.