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A New Advisory Board for the Hawkesbury Institute
The Institute is fortunate have a talented group members for its new Advisory Board.
The Board will foster connections between the Institute and the community, government and industry and provide critical evaluation and guidance about the applicability of the Institute’s research to these external organisations.
The Advisory Board held its first meeting at UWS Hawkesbury on Friday July 26th 2013.
Doctor John Keniry
Dr John Keniry is Chair of the Advisory Board for Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment. John joined the Natural Resources Commission as Commissioner in December 2011.
Mick Keogh
Executive Director of the Australian Farm Institute. Mick grew up on a farm in southern NSW. He holds both Bachelor and Masters degrees in agriculture, each obtained at the University of NSW.
John Eastburn
John is the Chairman of the Board of GrainGrowers. John is an active and passionate grower and member. A member since 1974, John has served on the GrainGrowers Committee of Advice (formerly GGA) for 15 years and the Policy Group for 5 years; acting as R&D subcommittee Chairman.
Wendy Tancred
State Head Financial Planning at Westpac/BT Financial Group. Wendy has had over three decades of experience in the financial services industry and has held a variety of roles with AMP including technical, business development and marketing functions.
Lucinda Corrigan
Member of Board of Directors Meat and Livestock Corporation. Lucinda is the Director, Rennylea Pastoral Company, a progressive angus genetics business running 3,000 cattle, located in the Murray Valley east of Albury, since 1988. Prior to that she worked in the fibre industry, and was Executive Officer of a national breed organisation.
Professor Snow Barlow
Executive Director Climate Change Research Strategy for Primary Industries. Professor Snow Barlow is a plant physiologist and agricultural scientist, whose research encompasses plant water use efficiency, viticulture and impacts of climate change on agriculture, water management and global food security. He is Foundation Professor of Horticulture and Viticulture at the University of Melbourne.
Susan Findlay Tickner
Farmer and southern panel member for the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Climate variability and the effect it will have on future farming techniques and strategies is just one research priority identified by Susan in her role as a southern panel member for the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).
