CRC-REP had a skills-based Board. Members were drawn from industry, academia, small business, finance, community organisations and government.
The Board met quarterly in different locations across Australia, with at least one location being remote.
Tom, an Aboriginal man from the Northern Territory, is the National Coordinator, Tackling Indigenous Smoking. He served as Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2004 until 2009, and is the former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Tom has a long and distinguished career in social justice, community development, and as a senior policy adviser.
Glenise is an Adnyamathanha woman from the Northern Flinders Ranges. She is the Manager Aboriginal Health for the Port Augusta Hospital Cluster (Roxby, Woomera, Leigh Creek, Hawker and Quorn) and a Director on the board of the Royal Flying Doctor Service Central Operations.
Glenise is one of a team of founding members of the Iga Warta Cultural Tourism Venture in the Northern Flinders Ranges.
Rod is the Managing Director of Ninti One and the Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation. Rod is a South Australian agricultural scientist with special expertise in improving the lives of communities.
He spent 30 years working internationally and in Australia to become a world leader in international development.
Sharon is Interim Vice Chancellor at Charles Darwin University, a Professorial Fellow at the LH Martin Institute, University of Melbourne and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Wollongong.
She has produced an influential report on Women in Science in Australia (2008) for the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies and currently holds an ARC Linkage on Women in the Scientific Research Workforce.
Sharon’s previous positions include Deputy Vice Chancellor at the University of Canberra and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equity and Community Partnerships) at Griffith University.
Alison is an Aboriginal woman with links to Walbanga and Wadi Wadi peoples of the Yuin nation. She is a designer, artist and cultural planner whose work explores links between cultural identity, art and the built environment.
Alison is the Executive Officer of the Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance and has been a regular member of the judging panel on the ABC’s New Inventors since it began.
David has over 20 years’ experience in Chief Executive roles in Northern Territory government agencies responsible for land resource planning, housing and infrastructure in remote communities, parks & wildlife, natural resource management, environment protection and Aboriginal cultural heritage. Since leaving the public service he has run an executive coaching business and is also on the board of the NT Land Corporation.
David holds a doctorate in anthropology and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Tony was Director, Research and Development, Curtin University and also held senior positions at TAFE and Murdoch University.
Tony has been involved with a significant number of CRCs, and comes from a background of meteorology and oceanography.