Our growing team of staff and volunteer board members bring together a broad range of skills and an abundance of passion for Tasmania’s environment. With increased funding, we are rebuilding our organisation, forming new collaborations and growing our network.
Our Team
Jaclyn Rogerson
Community Campaigner
Jaclyn grew up in Tasmania and has always had a passion for the ocean, the natural environment and all things sustainability. Her favourite thing to do is spend time on the beach with her friends, usually on the Tasman Peninsula or the East Coast. Jaclyn is our assistant campaigner and works on our social media and events.
Jess Ewing
Office Manager
Jess is a lover of all things wilderness, animals and art who is currently based in Nipaluna / Lutruwita. She has studied visual art and design and specialises in abstract, vibrant landscape paintings. Over the last 10 years, she has been challenged by managing busy retail stores and offices and enjoys using her multitasking experience as a force for change.
Rebecca Howarth
Marine Campaigner
Rebecca lives on turrukana/Tasman Peninsula where she fostered a love for Tasmania’s spectacular coasts and marine environment. She has experience in a variety of roles including ecology researcher, bush school practitioner, food co-op co-ordinator, community garden co-ordinator and environmental campaigner. A native to the UK, Rebecca came to Tasmania in 2013, and loves the Tasmanian wilderness for bush-walking and kayaking.
Philip Cocker
Chair
Philip is involved in both environmental and political activism. He was formerly Party Manager and Campaign Manager for the Tasmanian Greens and worked in Forestry Campaigns in Tasmania. He was a local government elected representative for the Greens for 13 years. He was the Chair of the Hobart City Council’s Finance and Audit committees for several years and has worked in the Commonwealth public service in several management roles and held union representative roles.
Mary Mulvaney
Secretary
Mary worked in natural and cultural heritage management and environmental education for several conservation agencies in NSW. Moving to Tasmania, she was a founding member of Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market. Now living on the Tasman Peninsula, she continues to contribute to environmental conservation through participating in Landcare revegetation programs, wildlife surveys, community gardens, and natural and cultural landscape and marine management.
Xizi He
Treasurer
Xizi is a passionate and proactive accountant with a master's degree in Finance and Professional Accounting. She strongly believes that it is our responsibility to have a positive impact on society and the natural environment through education, volunteering and charitable public service and has actively participated in various organisations including community church charities and university societies. She loves bushwalking and mountain climbing, where people live in harmony with nature.
Phill Pullinger
Board Member
Dr Phill Pullinger grew up in North-West Tasmania and has had a love of the outdoors and passion for and involvement in nature conservation since childhood. Phill is a medical doctor and GP with interests in remote health, Aboriginal health, after hours care and emergency. He has Masters degrees in economics and in public policy, has previously been awarded Tasmanian Young Achiever of the Year and the DH Drummond prize in economics, is a US State Dept. I.V.L.P. alumni, and is author of 'Tarkine Trails'. He currently works on Bruny Island and in Hobart.
Kelly Roebuck
Board Member
For over 15 years, Kelly has worked in the nexus between marine conservation advocacy, sustainable development, and market-based interventions. She has extensive experience in applying business principles, government relations and stakeholder engagement to an environmental science context. Kelly has worked with international marine conservation organisations and coalitions. She is a Queenslander by birth, Canadian by journey, and now a proud Tasmanian.
Austra Maddox
Board Member
Austra has long been involved with public sector unions, environmental issues and political advocacy, including lobbying politicians, submissions to various inquiries and extensive policy development work. Austra's passion is the protection of Tasmania's wild forests, and she ably contributed to Forest Peace Deal negotiations. Austra's work is recognised through being a Life Membership of the C.P.S.U. and the Tasmanian Greens, and being listed on the Honour Roll of Tasmanian Women.
Danny Carney
Board Member
Danny has experience in campaign roles at the Wilderness Society and the Tasmanian Greens, as a social researcher, and in the university sector teaching Indonesian, Asian Studies, and Geography. He continues his work in Tasmanian forests with citizen-science collective Forestry Watch, and in Indonesia with the Bebali Foundation, an organization that supports indigenous communities to continue producing traditional textiles in a rapidly changing world.
Jilly Middleton
Board Member
Jilly was previously a Senior Campaigner with Environment Tasmania with experience in regenerative agriculture and fair food projects. As a farmer and former board member of the Huon Producers Network she's worked to energise the local food system and connect with the broader regenerative agriculture community around Australia. Prior to farming, she worked as an outdoor educator with Tasmanian and interstate schools.