Vanessa is the director of Corporate Culcha and the National Wellbeing Alliance, our First Nations-led health and well-being training organisation, which she co-founded in 2021.

She's had an extensive career in the government, not-for-profit and private sector.  Vanessa has held significant roles with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in Canberra, then in the Australian Embassy Buenos Aires; and as a Manager in the IOC Relations and Protocol section within the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG) during the four years leading up to the Sydney 2000 Olympics.   ​

 

She enjoys and appreciates living on Coodjingburra country in the Bundjalung nation in the northern rivers region of NSW.

 

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Arts (Office Management and Politics), University of Canberra, 1990.

Certified Agile Scrum Master 2022 (Scrum Alliance)​

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Passions:

Vanessa is learning the skills and reaping the health benefits of boxing training.  She’s also a proud and passionate dog mum, and mum to couple of wonderful young adults.