Founding Director
B.App. Sci (SP); MBus (man.); GAICD; Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow
Sharon’s deep, on-the-ground experience in implementation of Collective Impact, systems change and collaborative practice within the Australian context has informed her participatory and strength-based approach using methods designed for:
Previous executive roles in health, community health and local government, have focused on leading and supporting transformational change within services and community.
Sharon has deep experience in assisting people and organisations to hear and understand diverse voices to develop a shared aspiration, plan and implement a way forward and learn while doing.
Jennifer is known for her work in strategy, co-design, community engagement and collaborative governance with communities, investors, NGOs, and three tiers of government.
As a consultant and facilitator, Jennifer specialises in creating clarity from confusion – or magic from mess – her engaging and hands-on approach helps people to break through barriers in thinking and practice, embrace diversity and engage others in creating change. Her unique skill of codifying processes and concepts into practical and tools, resources and process supports people to do the work in the real world.
Jennifer’s extensive experience in service system integration and design, collective impact and community engagement enables her to support collaborations to hold complex conditions and information to codify into a shared plan of action and governance (structures, mindsets and practices) to deliver the work.
To this work, Jennifer brings the unique perspective she gained as a Canadian raising a family and working in regional and remote Australian communities – a passion for collaboration and a belief in the power of human connections to bring about change.
Founding Director
He is one of only 12 people worldwide to have received a United Nations Unsung Hero Award. Beetson is Chair of the NSW Aboriginal Land Council Economic Development Advisory Committee, Board member of Social Enterprise Finance Australia, Executive Director of Beetson & Associates and Executive Director of Literacy for Life Foundation.
Jack was most recently honoured by being the first Indigenous Australian to be inducted into the International Hall of Fame of Adult and Continuing Education.
Working cross culturally and in complex situations Jack is a skilled negotiator and mediator. He has a gift for mentoring that his grounded in many years of experience in communities.
Jack adds a cultural lens to all that he does, bringing this to our collaborative, leadership and governance work.
Adminstration & Finance officer
He has owned his own business and has worked with businesses from single person up to companies with 150 staff.
Mark has also been fortunate to be involved with many Not For Profit Organisations where he was or still is on the executive committee of management in his role as Treasurer. This diversity of experience gives Mark an ability to communicate with everyone , problem solve and achieve the best outcomes for his clients.
