GLENRAC COMMITTEE

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 2016

Self-employed cattle & sheep enterprise, Deepwater (50 years)
Former Chair, NSW Farmers Association Branch Member, NSW Farmers General Council (8 years)
Member, Northern Tablelands Regional Weeds Advisory Committee

Qualifications
Dip. Farm Management.

Telephone: (02) 6732 4184

Committee Member since 2012

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 2011

Self-employed beef grazing cow-calf operation at Mount Mitchell
Former business consultant
Expertise in change management to significantly improve business performance

Qualifications
Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment; Certified Personality Profiler.

Interests
Agricultural management, community building and advancing Glen Innes Severn.

Telephone: (02) 6733 3275

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 2019

Mayor, Glen Innes Severn Council
Partner , Wattle Hill Partnership
Grazier Woolgrower for 15 years at Emmaville
Director, WHP Solar Cleaning
Chairman, Vegetable Creek MPS Emmaville Local Health Committee
29 years in Management and Senior Sales Management roles with Aquilla Steel, BHP Steel and OneSteel prior to the 2016 move to family property

Qualifications
Several in-house Sales, Safety and People Management courses.

Interests
Wool Production, Local Health Care, Renewable Energies -primarily Solar, thoroughbred horses (racing and breeding).

Mobile: 0419 643 449
Telephone: (02) 6734 7253
Email: rob@wattlehill.farm

Committee Member since 2022

Director of Place and Growth, Glen Innes Severn Council
Manager Commercial Business, Kempsey Shire Council - Responsible economic development including agribusiness in the Macleay Valley including the development Kempsey Regional Saleyards Facility.
Extensive experience in Local Government

Qualifications
Bachelor of Business with double majors in Local Government and Human Resource Management
Graduate Diploma in Safety Science
Graduate Diploma in Urban & Regional Planning
Diploma of Leadership & Management.

Interests
To support the sustainable development of Glen Innes Severn agribusiness sector to realise new industry development, growth and retention of existing agribusinesses, and increased agri-tourism activity that contributes to the positive economic impact and employment of the region.