Scott Chapman

Chairman

Scott Chapman is currently Chief Executive Officer at Royal Flying Doctors Service, Victorian Section. His previous role was as General Manager Strategic Projects, Victorian YMCA and previous to that, as Director, Commerce and Marketing at the City of Melbourne. Scott has had extensive experience in board directorship particularly in the not for profit sector; he is currently Chairman of Outdoor Education Group, VicSuper Murray River Marathon and Strategic Purchasing P/L and a Director with the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria. Scott is passionate about the value of simply being outside, and that our parks are a major asset in personal health and wellbeing.

Andrew Fairly

Andrew Fairley has had a long involvement in the administration of public land and also in the tourism sector.  He has been Chairman of Zoos Victoria since 2007, and is also Chairman of Parks Victoria.  He was Chairman of the Alpine Resorts Council between 2003 and 2009.

Andrew practices as a Specialist Commercial and Equity Lawyer with DLA Piper.  He has had substantial experience in the philanthropic sector and is a Trustee of the Deakin Foundation, the George Hicks Foundation and the Zoos Victoria Foundation.  He is Chair of the Sir Andrew and Lady Fairley Foundation.

Gaye Hamilton

Gaye Hamilton started her career with 18 years of secondary science, maths and biology teaching in the Victorian State Schools system, reaching the Principal class prior to resigning and changing careers in 1989.

Gaye then was Assistant Director at Melbourne Zoo and then Director of Werribee's Open Range Zoo before moving to Scienceworks as Director in 1996. In 2002, Gaye became Director of Museum Operations with Museum Victoria, responsible for Scienceworks, Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum and the Royal Exhibition Building, the position that she retired from at the end of 2004.

Gaye now undertakes a range of contract and consultancy work and is a Director of; the Western Bulldogs Football Club, Seaworks Foundation, the Victorian Government's State Sports Centres Trust, Zoos Victoria and Victoria's Queen Victoria Women's Centre Trust.

Tina Leonard

Tina is a senior commercial lawyer with a focus on the "TMT" industries - technology, media and telecommunications. Tina's most recent role was as special counsel with the intellectual property and communications group of Blake Dawson. She is currently acting as in-house legal counsel for Enterprise Business Services, an IT outsourcing company owned by the Singapore Power group, and is a Director on the Destination Melbourne Board. Tina and her husband also own and operate boutique accommodation properties in Red Hill and St Kilda.

Pru Sanderson

Pru Sanderson is the Global Business Leader City Development at GHD.

Pru is an architect and property professional who specialises in creating new benchmarks in urban planning and public infrastructure.  She has held senior roles in the development of Melbourne’s Museum and Federation Square and has worked internationally, managing property affairs and the delivery of major infrastructure in South Africa and Malaysia.  

More recently, she has served as CEO of VicUrban, the Victorian State Government urban development authority.  At VicUrban, Pru was responsible for creating new paradigms in urban renewal (including Melbourne Docklands and Central Dandenong) and in innovations that challenged urban growth norms. 

GHD are leaders in delivering urban places and infrastructure.  GHD’s multidisciplinary teams ensure outcomes that work economically, for people and for the future.  Pru’s role, as Global Business Leader City Development, harnesses GHD’s broad capacities to create precincts, neighbourhoods and towns that work as efficient, attractive, future-proofed places. 

Pru is a member of the Federal Government’s Built Environment Industry Innovation Council (BEIIC) and is a Fellow of Leadership Victoria. 

Jacqui deKievit

CEO

Jacqui deKievit has been a defining communicator of the Healthy Parks Healthy People philosophy for over 10 years.

Jacqui has a background in business marketing and communications as well as strategic development, education and interpretation.  She has held a number of marketing, tourism, education and strategic partnership roles and has had a broad range of experience in integrated communications.

Previously employed by Parks Victoria, Jacqui was instrumental in converting the Healthy Parks, Healthy People philosophy into meaningful and tangible community connections. She has presented extensively on the multi-award winning, innovative program and the integral link between parks and community health outcomes, including to audiences in Japan, USA, UK and throughout Australia.

Jacqui is a passionate advocate for connecting communities with Australia's magnificent parks and helping people recognise the value of parks and their role in the promotion of physical and mental wellbeing.