GLENRAC COMMITTEE of Management

Committee Member since 2022

Local rural property owner
Property valuer

Qualifications
Associate of Australian Property Institute Certified Practicing Valuer

 Interests
Pest and weed management, sustainable farming, farm regeneration, gardening.

Email: crathie.glencoe@gmail.com

Committee Member since 2018

Beef grazing enterprise east of Glen Innes.
Past and present involvement in Landcare, Isolated Children Parents Association, and other community groups

Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts
Grad Dip of Education (Geography & English)
Cert III Business Administration

Interests
Natural resource management, sustainability in agriculture, environment and communities, maintaining biodiversity, heritage management.

Mobile: 0428 256 202

VICE CHAIR Landholder

Committee Member since 2022

Small Business Owner/ Operator since 2005
Self Employed Remedial Massage Therapist / Clinical Aromatherapist since 2004
Tree Planting Contractor
Casual Employee Native Grains Australia
Cattle Farmhand 

Qualifications
Diploma Remedial Massage
Diploma Aromatherapy
Cert 1V in Kahuna Bodywork
Fellow Member of Australian Traditional Medicine Society.

Interests
Maintaining Habitat and Biodiversity Community engagement
Regenerative Agriculture
Having a vibrant town and community.

Committee Member since 2011 

Self-employed cattle farmer
Director and equity partner , Mareeba Aged Care (Maclean)
All levels of real estate since 1992.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Business in Land Economy
UWS, Register Valuer
Licensed Real Estate Agent/ Stock & Station Agent/Strata Managing Agent.

Interests
New land management options, planting trees for shelter, my local community, Landcare.

Telephone: (02) 6732 2704

Committee Member since 2024

Retired Australian Army Officer.
Farm Management Consultant.
Family grain and grazing business.
Vice President of the Glen Innes RSL Sub Branch.
Committee member of the Glen Innes Show Society.

Qualifications
Bachelor of Business Management.
Masters of Planning and Management of Natural Hazards – Drought, Bushfire, Flood (Candidate).
Diploma of Public Safety.
Diploma of Leadership & Management.
Certificate II in Agriculture

Interests
Agricultural enterprise performance benchmarking.
Fodder budgeting and pasture growth analysis.
Genetic optimisation in beef cattle and the benefits of cross breeding.
Quantifying the balance between production, sustainability, social license and animal welfare.
Breeding Border Collie and Kelpie working dogs.

Committee Member since 2018

Beef grazing enterprise east of Glen Innes.
Past and present involvement in Landcare, Isolated Children Parents Association, and other community groups

Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts
Grad Dip of Education (Geography & English)
Cert III Business Administration

Interests
Natural resource management, sustainability in agriculture, environment and communities, maintaining biodiversity, heritage management.

Committee Member since 2019

Self-employed beef cattle producer from Pinkett (south-east of Glen Innes)
Actively involved in many local community organisations including Secretary of Pinkett & Red Range Wild Dog Control Association

Interests
Balancing farm productivity and sustainability; farm viability; pest animal management; building community capacity for better land management.

Committee Member since 2014

Self-employed cattle and performance horses enterprises

Qualifications
Bachelor of Commerce

Interests
Pest animal management, youth in agriculture, business management.

Telephone: (02) 6733 4686

Committee Member since 2022

Experience
Extensive beef cattle management experience including breeding and feeder steer production in addition to feedlot and saleyards operational experience.

Interests
Improving beef cattle management for better animal health and welfare outcomes;  educating young Australians where their food comes from and reducing the urban/rural divide.

Committee Member since 2025

Committee Member since 2024

Chartered Accountant and Registered Company Auditor and since 1983, Partner in a Chartered Accountant Firm.

Interests
For the past 15 years, I have lived with my wife Michelle on 170 acres near Glen Innes and have successfully planted over 2000 native trees on our land - many in the middle of the drought.

A member of Rotary for over 25 years, and Apex before that and also a past Treasurer of our Tourist Association and Chamber of Commerce.

Committee Member since 2013

Director, NSW DPI Glen Innes Research & Advisory Station
Research Scientist (Pastures), NSW DPI Glen Innes Research & Advisory Station
Executive Member, Australian Grasslands Association

Qualifications
Master of Science in Agriculture
Bachelor of Rural Science (Hons).

Interests
Agronomy of pasture systems, grazing management, perennial grass weed management, community.

Telephone: 0458 206 973
carol.harris@dpi.nsw.gov.au