Dr Tony Parkes

Appointed 1993, chair since 1996
Tony joined the EnviTE founding management committee after retiring from a distinguished career in Australian and overseas finance. He is an ex-chairman of Lloyds Bank NZA and a number of other public companies. He was Richmond Vegetation Management Committee chair and Richmond Catchment Management Committee vice chair. Tony is president of Big Scrub Landcare and the recipient of the NSW Landcarer of the Year gold award.

Martin Novak

Appointed 1996
Martin is a macadamia grower and the founding president of the Subtropical Farm Forestry Association. The association helps farmers to plan, design and implement farm forestry projects on their properties. He has also been involved in aid projects such as the Vietnam Macadamia Project which trials plantation models.

Rhonda James

Appointed 2002
Rhonda is the founding director of Bushland Restoration Services Pty Ltd. She has collaborated with council and the landcare network to enhance the natural environment in the Tweed Valley. Rhonda serves on multiple community committees and teaches at TAFE.

David McInnes-King

Appointed 2003
David is chairman of Richmond Landcare Inc, an umbrella body representing over 70 landcare groups. He is a committed environmentalist who volunteers an enormous amount of his time. David has also authored a book titled Tree Dinosaurs.

Judy McDonald

Appointed 2005
Judy plays a very active role in the Brunswick Valley community including Brunswick Valley Landcare Inc, Byron Region Community College, promoting farmers markets and the value of regional goods and services.

Lance Blemmings

Appointed 2007
Lance is involved in many community activities in the Clarence Valley and is a member of Diggers Camp Dunecare, Clarence Landcare Inc and Diggers Camp Progress Association. He is a builder by trade who in the past has also turned his hand to training unemployed people in environmental restoration.

Dr David Lloyd

Appointed 2007
David is senior lecturer at the School of Environmental Science and Management at Southern Cross University. Amongst other ventures he has spent many years collaborating with Indigenous communities both in Australia and the Pacific to build capacity, particularly in relation to natural heritage management.

Alan Rich

Appointed 2007
Alan is a retired councillor from both Ballina Shire and the regional water authority, Rous County Council. He had a renowned international media career encompassing surf film production and distribution, photography and journalism. His background also includes landcare, botanical consultancy, academic research and environmental advocacy.

Ashley Love

Appointed 2009
Ashley has had a distinguished career in the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Now retired, he is president of the Coffs Harbour-Bellingen branch of the National Parks Association and on the State Executive, a member of the management sub-committee of the Great Eastern Ranges Initiative, and a volunteer with his local dunecare group.

John Milne

Appointed 2009
John retired from a long career in public service where he held the positions of regional manager of the former Department of Employment, Education and Training and regional manager of Centrelink. He is now a director of the Ballina Fishermen's Cooperative.

Staff

General Manager - Graham Bird

Responsible for all operations of EnviTE including project implementation, training functions, strategic and operational planning, financial management, accountability and human resource management.

This involves effective liaison with and direction of management and other staff with responsibilities in these areas, regular and comprehensive reporting to the Management Committee.

Graham also is expected to liaise and negotiate with funding agencies and organisations in the fields of training and environmental work, in furthering the objectives of EnviTE.

Environment Manager - Mike Delaney

Responsible for the development, planning, implementation, management and financial sustainability of EnviTE Environment's Natural Resource Management (NRM) projects and services.

Employment Manager - Angela Rigney

Responsible for high performance and contract compliance in the delivery of Job Services Australia contracts and other employment programs, including the delivery of a coherent integrated service to job seekers and employers.