Pam grew up in a rural north-east Victoria farming community and has a wide range of NRM and governance experience and knowledge. Pam served the Eurobodalla community as a Councillor and Mayor and trained as a planning and development mediator. Pam champions balanced land use planning and supports sustainable agriculture, water sharing and coastal and marine management. A dedicated worker for a sustainable future through her involvement with the Natural Heritage Trust Advisory Committee, NSW Natural Resource management Policy Flagship Group and Envirofund National Panel, she has a passion for people, their place in the landscape and local community involvement in decision making.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a qualified commercial mediator through the Australian Commercial Disputes Centre and a Justice of the Peace. Michael has held a number of senior management positions in Sydney Water, was the managing director of the Illawarra Ports Authority and was general manager of Wingecarribee Shire Council. He is currently a consultant working in water cycle and environmental management and is an Honorary Principal Fellow in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Wollongong.

Howard is from Nimmitabel in southern NSW where he runs beef and sheep on more than 1,500 hectares. He has held a number of advisory and advocacy positions. These include community representative on the South-East Waste Board (2001-02) and member of the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute’s Beef Industry Liaison Committee (1990-97), South-East Forests Regional Advisory Committee (1994-97), National Johne’s Disease Co-ordinating Committee (1993-97) and NSW Higher Education Board Course Advisory Committee for Farm Secretarial Studies and Horse Management (1976-78). Howard has also been involved with the Maclaughlin River Landcare group, Royal Agricultural Society, Beef Improvement Association, Murray Grey Beef Cattle Society and NSW Farmers’ Association.

Mandi grew up in a farming family on the Monaro and ran a grazing property there with her husband and 4 children for 30 years until recently, as an integral part of their farm succession plan they moved to Merimbula on the South Coast, where she and her husband run South-east Soil Solutions promoting biological farming systems. Mandi has tertiary qualifications in Business, Science and Systems Agriculture and has had numerous roles in Professional Agribusiness, including Landcare and Rural Lands Protection Boards and private consultancy.

Iris is Manager Aboriginal Education and Training for the Illawarra Institute of TAFE NSW. She is a member of the Batemans Marine Park Advisory Committee and holds a degree in Adult Education, an Executive Certificate in Managerial Skills and an Associate Diploma in Adult Education (Aboriginal).

Iris is a former chairperson of the Queanbeyan Regional Council of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission and has held a variety of management and training positions with Australian and NSW government institutions. She was part of the Aboriginal Working Group for the Kosciusko National Park Plan of Management and has participated in a number of regional consultative and advisory committees. Iris is also a Justice of the Peace.