Dr Deborah Dearing is the 11th President elected to the Board since it was first constituted in 1923, and the first woman to hold the role.

He has extensive specialist experience conducting legal proceedings, both in the Occupational Division of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and the Supreme Court. A Harvard-trained negotiator, Rod has degrees in law and commerce and is admitted to practice in NSW, Victoria and the High Court of Australia. Rod is a regular speaker to industry leaders and clients. He also has a personal interest in mental health issues, particularly those in relation to aging demographics within professional services.

Abbie has worked for close to 30 years on public, educational, health, research and commercial projects that have been highly awarded, published and recognised internationally for bringing fresh approaches to common project types.

Projects Abbie has led have been the recipient of more than 40 state, national and international architectural awards, in addition to personal awards such as the AIA Marion Mahoney Griffin Prize for a distinctive body of work in the field of Architecture.

Abbie is passionate about the public domain, and the ability of architecture and our built environment to positively affect human behaviour, the way people interact, and the manner in which institutions and organisations operate.

Architect, academic member

In his current role at the Greater Sydney Commission, Tim is overseeing the accelerated review and update of Sydney’s 20-year metropolitan strategy. He has served on the executive as chief planner at Liverpool and Marrickville councils, most recently as the Deputy CEO & Director City Economy and Growth at Liverpool City Council.

Tim’s expertise with collaboration across three tiers of government is exemplified in the Western Sydney Planning Partnership which he co-designed and put it into action. At Marrickville Council he and the executive procured a joint venture and oversaw design development of the national award-winning Marrickville library development.

Over two decades Sara has applied this unique cross-disciplinary skillset at many scales, from brand identity for larger clients to growing local businesses from the ground up.

Sara’s clients include built environment and member organisations, small and for-purpose businesses, and cultural institutions. In recent years she co-launched and led the service design of multi-million dollar Sydney-based business Dresden.

Over the last 26 years Michael and his team have carried out over 70 projects with a value in excess of $2 billion, which have been widely awarded.

Michael’s passion has always been art and architecture.

Michael has a single minded vision about quality from design to brand to marketing to construction.

Tim is also a board member of NSW Circular, tasked with promoting a more circular economy in the state and indeed nationally. Tim is a housing and urban policy expert and was special advisor in those areas for 5 successive UK ministers in the Blair Government and has advised governments and companies in Australia on such matters since 2010.

He is an adjunct professor at Western Sydney University and has a degree in history from Cambridge University, a PhD from the University of Wales, a postgraduate teaching certificate from the University of Oxford and was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple.

Graduating with the University Medal in 1999 at UNSW, Glenn has more than 20 years’ experience working internationally and nationally.

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