(All opinions are personal, not representing any organisation) A. Values and Experience: I enjoy applying diverse skills across environments and cultures. Driven by the principles and values of integrity, inclusion, equity, accurate information and working together for common goals. Actions supporting positive cultural change and improvements to the planet’s environment. Positions: Director NFP Executive Manager National Program Manager Researcher Regional Advisor Consultant Leading programs and teams to collaborate on innovative programs for the environment, indigenous projects, strategic development, extension & engagement. Experienced Board and Organisation representation. I’ve led many projects for the Improvement of cultural outcomes for local needs, landscapes and people in the communities of land users, farmers, indigenous cultures and knowledge systems, communications, horticulture, biodiversity, agriculture food & fibre production & supply, climate adaptation, NRM, carbon, sequestration innovation. All with cultural and professional integrity. Integrated and in depth experience across a range of environments, management systems, research, science, horticulture & agricultural-ecology, business and urban/rural/remote communities. B. Business, Program & Project management: Co-design & Integrated strategy consultation. Start to finish RD&E and project management, bringing key stakeholders together, facilitation, investigations, planning, research, client services, monitoring, tracking, risk management, reporting and continual improvements. C. Special interest: Sustainable and self-determined business development; deep stakeholder engagement to codesign positive and trusted outcomes; landscape culture of my Wiradjuri homelands and all Australian First Nations. Media & comms experience - ABC TV (Landline x2, The Cook & The Chef, Gardening Australia). ABC Radio Regular media columns Plus create, research, produce and present radio interview program for 3 years. D. Online offering: Available to work with you to build, organise presenters and promote your online interactive meetings & practical demonstrations. An Experienced Facilitator to get online interaction going in a way that flows with your event and makes people happy they joined in. Enriching online by conveying personal experience, integrity and interest in others.
Contractual & Consultant roles: Pgm/Business Dev/Mgt. Codesign. Collaboration for a better world at L.McDonald
B.Sc.Ag&Environment 4th yr Masters by research. Ecology of plant catbon source-sink relationships, Research: Plant Carbon energy use, sequestration & management for plant longevity