Shaun Hardcastle is a corporate lawyer who has been practising law in Western Australia for over 10 years. He currently sits on a number of boards (both public listed companies and not-for-profits).

Dr Tom Hatton PSM has enjoyed a distinguished science career, leading national CSIRO programs in water, marine and energy research. He was the Chairman of the WA Environmental Protection Authority, and has previously chaired the WA Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and served on the WA Conservation Commission. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia.

Steve Hopper has been recognised as a global science leader in the field of plant conservation biology, particularly in the delivery of world-class research programs and contributing to the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems.

He was the first non-British person to become the Director of the prestigious Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2006-2012). Prior to this he served as Director and then CEO of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority encompassing Kings Park (1992-2004). He is currently Professor of Biodiversity at The University of Western Australia.

Albert has successfully served his community as a local government Councillor, a Western Australian Member of the Legislative Assembly, a Western Australian Cabinet Minister and now serves as Mayor of the City of Joondalup, one of the largest local governments in Western Australia.

Ezra is a Nyoongar man with English and Irish heritage. He is an environmental engineer who specialised in terrestrial water resources and environmental and social sustainability.

He is passionate about preserving Indigenous culture and the social and environmental connections between Indigenous Traditional Landowners and their country. His goal for the future is to develop economic opportunities for Indigenous people that also preserve and enhance the social and environmental aspects of culture.

Josie Janz-Dawson is a Torres Strait Islander, born on Thursday Island QLD and grew up in Derby, West-Kimberley.  Josie played netball for Western Australia underage representative teams, and after she graduated year 12 she received a two-year netball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Josie then moved back to Perth where she played netball for the WestCoast Fever team from 2008 to 2016 in the ANZ Championship, and just recently played netball in the United Kingdom Superleague for both the Severn Stars and Team Bath. Josie has been working at the Wirrpanda Foundation as a mentor since 2009 and is now the General Manager of Education Programs focusing on building positive role models in our communities and improving educational and healthy lifestyle outcomes for our youth and families.

Marine ecologist and bio-acoustician, Chandra Salgado Kent is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research in the School of Science and Quantitative Advisor at Graduate Research at Edith Cowan University.

Chandra is also the Director of Oceans Blueprint, a company that supports government, not-for profits, and community on wildlife ecology, conservation, and management of threatened species and their habitats as its priority to secure their future, with a focus on marine mammals.

She is also co-chief investigator for the Southwest Whale Ecology Study (SouWest), a program run through a collaboration of registered organisations (Oceans Blueprint, Western Whale Research and Eco Gecko Environment and Design).

Chandra first became involved in whale research in Australia’s southwest in 2008 when she deployed acoustic loggers in Geographe Bay to study whale song. In 2010, in collaboration with Western Whale Research, Chandra set up a theodolite station from a hill on Cape Naturaliste to complement the land-based citizen science surveys run by WWR.
Chandra’s career in marine related research spans 25 years, in which she has worked in a diversity of fields including mangrove forest restoration, fauna ranging from crustaceans to baleen whales, and impacts of human activities on marine animals.

Victoria Laurie is an award-winning journalist and author of two books, The Kimberley: Australia’s Last Great Wilderness and The Southwest: Australia’s Biodiversity Hotspot.

Peter and Vicki Long have lived in the Pilbara region of Western Australia since 1985, when they started their own environmental and engineering consultancy in the coastal town of Karratha.

Peter is currently the Mayor of the City of Karratha and brings to that role a sound knowledge of the environment having worked in an environmental management capacity on projects across the north-west.

Vicki is a passionate botanist and ecologist with 32 years’ experience working throughout the northern half of WA. She continues to donate much of her time and knowledge to environmental agencies in an effort to better protect parks and reserves.

She works with Aboriginal people from Broome to Onslow, recording traditional knowledge about the use of plants. Her book “Along the Burrup” is an effort to share the beauty of the flora of the Burrup Peninsula – Murujuga National Park, a place close to her heart.

Griffin Longley is an award-winning journalist, a former weekly columnist with The West Australian, the CEO of Nature Play WA and co-founder of a program for at-risk kids in Midland, Fremantle/Cockburn, and Mandurah, called Night Hoops.

Janelle and Adam Marr are Directors of award-winning consultancy Step Beyond Strategy and have extensive experience in strategy, sustainability and business transformation.

Prior to founding Step Beyond, Janelle worked in the advisory arms of KPMG, EY and Credit Suisse and Adam worked across Unisys, Woodside and Optus.

They are both values driven with a core focus on helping to shape the global foresight and sustainability agenda – across both their personal and professional lives.

StepBeyond is the first Accredited Partner in Australia with the Future-Fit Foundation – the world’s most comprehensive framework for sustainability in business – and a contributor to UNESCO foresight projects overseas.

Both participate as Directors on a range of Boards across education, culture and arts, health and social services, and conservation – and were recently awarded multiple State and National Sustainability Housing Industry Awards.

They are thrilled to be Ambassadors and are keen to contribute to the promotion, conservation and experience of WA’s incredibly diverse parks and outdoor spaces.

Passionate bird lover, Eric is known for being able to imitate the call of almost any bird found in the Australian bush, tell the Latin name of any flower or plant and having a considerable knowledge of Noongar history. He is also the Treasurer of the Darling Range Branch WA Naturalists’ Club.