Membership

NRM Council Membership

Title	Name	Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Presiding Member	Andrew Inglis	Andrew has experience as the chair of a number of high-level bodies such as the Biosecurity Advisory Council, Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre, Plant Health Australia and the Grains Research and Development Centre.
Member	Brian Foster	Brian was the former presiding member of the Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board is committed to community affairs and has broad natural resources management knowledge.
Member	Wendy Bell	Wendy has extensive experience in urban, regional, social planning and community liaison, consultation and social impact assessement as a consultant and senior staff member in Local Government. Wendy assisted with the facilitation of the reformation of the SA Division of the Environmental/NRM Chapter of the Planning Institute of Australia.
Member	Joe Keynes	Joe has managed a mixed farming business for over 25 years. Joe has extensive knowledge and experience in a range of natural resource management issues, particularly primary production.
Member	Roger Wickes	Roger has extensive experience in natural resource management, primary production, pastoral land management, soil conservation, animal and plant control, community and industry development and state and national government policy development.
Member	Dianne Ashby	Di will utalise her skills as a primary producer and experience in regional engagement incuding previous membership on the South East Natural Resources Management Board.
Member	Kerry Colbung	Kerry is the director of the Ceduna Koonibba Aboriginal Health Service and has expertise in Indigenous affairs.
Member	Dr Timothy Milne	Tim has experience with the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and has skills and academic qualifications in conservation and biodiversity management.
Member	Felicity-ann Lewis	Currently the Mayor of the City of Marion and also Vice President of the Australian Local Government Association of South Australia. A patron of numerous community groups and proactive in enabling community groups to work collaboratively. Her passion is community development and in particular, empowering disadvantaged groups who may be ‘voiceless’ or marginalised. Felicity has a keen interest and strong involvement in NRM and local government matters.
Deputy Member		Currently vacant.

Government Official attending the Council

The following State and Australian Government officials have also been authorised to attend the Council as non-voting members:

Name	Title	Organisation
Allan Holmes	Chief Executive	Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Scott Ashby	Chief Executive	Department for Water
Ian Nightingale	Chief Executive	Primary Industry and Regions SA
Tony Circelli	A/Chief Executive	Environment Protection Authority
Donna Ferretti	Director, Strategy	Department of Planning and Local Government
Barry Longstaff	Director	South Australia Team, Communications and Reporting Branch Australian Government Land and Coasts

NRM Council Vacancies

The process of filling vacancies on the NRM Council is administered through the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation. The following link will direct you to the relevant site:

http://www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/nrm/vacancy_system/index.html