GGA team
Rikki Foss
Chief Executive Officer
[Leadership Team]
Rikki is responsible for the execution of the GGA Board corporate strategy, fulfillment of all GGA contracted obligations, brokering business and steering daily operations. This scope includes team leadership, resourcing and recruiting, GGA contract performance, governance and reporting, and building the highest-level strategic relationships at a regional, state, national and international level to advance the interests of the GGA.
Kallista Bolton
Head of Stakeholder Engagement & Regenerative Agriculture Program
[Leadership Team]
Kallista will lead a new body of work in regenerative agriculture for GGA. Her portfolio also includes whole of organisation stakeholder management, network membership, and strategic partnerships. Kallista also oversees major GGA stakeholder events, and team delivery of the GGA capacity building program, project communications and corporate communications.
Dr Jo Wisdom
Hub Director & Innovation Lead
[Leadership Team]
Jo leads the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub (SW WA Hub), involving wide engagement with industry at a regional, state, and national level. Jo is also responsible for driving innovation-related projects and forging GGA’s involvement with the global innovation ecosystem. With a research background, Jo also engages for GGA within the WA Agricultural Research Collaboration (WAARC) and national programs such as the CRC ZNEAg.
Philip Wang
Corporate Services Manager & Chief Financial Officer
[Leadership Team]
Philip manages the GGA finances, including the whole organisation’s budgeting, payroll, receivables, and payables across all divisions and projects and oversees GGA financial compliance and governance. Philip also has a range of duties in the people and culture arena and serves the GGA Board as the appointed Chief Financial Officer.
Languages: Mandarin
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0416 668 375
philip.wang@gga.org.au
Dr Daniel Kidd
Head of Projects
[Leadership Team]
With an extensive research background, Daniel leads the Project Management team delivery of all work in collaboration with contracted project partners from the grower group network and the broader agriculture ecosystem at large. Daniel also has an individual portfolio managing regional, state and national projects within both the GGA main program and the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub.
Alison Lacey
Project Manager
DPIRD Assigned Staff
Alison works across GGA R&D and extension projects co-ordinating delivery of contracted work, collaborating and building relationships with project partners within the GGA network and external agriculture ecosystem. On placement from DPIRD, and is based in Narrogin.
Tamryn Davis
Project Manager
Tamryn works as a project manager in the main GGA stream of projects with responsibility for the national Ripple Effect Project. This role sees her engaging with project partners and wider project stakeholders to deliver the project’s specific body of contracted work.
Doug Hamilton
Innovation Specialist & Broker
Doug works alongside Jo Wisdom in the innovation space. His role is to foster and manage strategic relationships that drive innovation across WA agriculture with responsibilities for developing and facilitating multiway knowledge transfer between research teams, stakeholders, and the farming community
Maddison McNeil
Project Manager
& GGA Corporate Secretary
Maddison is responsible for the delivery of the National Industry-led Carbon Farming Outreach Program. Working with 40 partners across Australia to provide train-the-trainer education, delivering 160+ workshops over the project duration. Maddison also serves GGA as the Board Corporate Secretary.
Sarah Belli
Project Manager
[Regional Lead]
Sarah works within the National Industry-led Carbon Farming Outreach Program as a regional lead managing engagement in the project by partners in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and parts of Victoria. Sarah is based out of DPIRD Albany office.
Douglas Rodgers
Project Communications Specialist
Douglas delivers communications for GGA’s nationwide project, the National Industry-led Carbon Farming Outreach Program. This program involves co-ordinating efforts of more than 40 contracted program partners, spanning a footprint across every state and the Northern Territory.
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douglas.rodgers@gga.org.au
0411 658 056
Sharon Keeler
Team Assistant
Sharon provides administration support for the GGA team with a majority focus on supporting the Drought and Innovation Hub project and Carbon Farming Outreach Program project teams. Sharon supports with detailing, scheduling, communications and overall co-ordination to assist with the smooth delivery of GGA operations.
Kellie-Jane (KJ) Pritchard
Hub Project Manager
Kellie-Jane works within the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub project and is responsible for developing and managing project collaboration and implementation for our stakeholders. Kellie-Jane is based out of the DPIRD Bunbury office.
Tanya Kilminster
Hub Knowledge Broker
Tanya works within the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub to lead and translate engagement and collaboration between industry stakeholders to develop resilience to climate change. Tanya works out of DPIRD’s Merredin Dryland Research Institute which is also the official SW WA Hub headquarters.
Dr. Mary-Anne Glanzlowe
Hub Knowledge Broker & Extension Specialist
Mary-Anne works within the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub assisting with the role of translating science to practice as a knowledge broker and working in the extension and adoption space to drive uptake of innovations at a farm and local level with a focus on improved drought resilience adoption.
Jessica Scholle
Hub Stakeholder & Communications Manager
Jessica delivers communication and stakeholder management specific to GGA’s largest project, the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub .
Languages: French
Mark Holland
Program Broker
DPIRD Assigned Staff
Mark leads GGA project tendering and oversees fulfilment of the DPIRD-GGA collaboration agreement. These duties involve wide engagement with the agriculture industry at a state and national level.
Theo Nabben
Hub Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager and Adoption Officer
Theo works across the whole of GGA in a dual role capacity responsible for measuring and evaluating all projects to ensure we deliver high-performance outcomes. Within the Hub, he is working in the adoption space to drive uptake of innovations at a farm and local level with a focus on improved drought resilience adoption.
Lucy Tomassini
Project Manager
Lucy works in a blended role across the whole of GGA, and the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub. She is the project manager for the suite of six Hub-funded ‘Transformational Projects’, where she works closely with project initiators to achieve their project outcomes for the Hub investment. Lucy also assists with innovation projects, the carbon project and GGA exhibition event involvement.
Languages: French, Spanish, Italian
Cassandra Howell
Hub Extension & Adoption Officer
Cassie works within the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub project driving uptake of new innovation and practices for improved drought resilience.
Jacinta Bolsenbroek
Senior Communications Specialist
Jacinta supports communications across both GGA projects and corporate communications; inclusive of GGA’s fortnightly industry newsletter [Newswire] and a range of member-only resources and bespoke stakeholder specific communiques.
Carly Young
Capacity Building & Communications Officer
Carly is responsible for delivering the GGA Capacity Building program and managing communications to drive engagement for these events. She is based at the Albany DPIRD office.
Frances Marshall
Communications & Events Officer
Frances supports communications across both GGA projects and a range of larger initiatives within the GGA capacity building program.
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0431 947 301
frances.marshall@gga.org.au
