Camilla Graves (Chair)

Camilla Graves joined the Board of Trust for Nature in 2004, and has worked in the financial markets, catering, tourism industries, and since 1992 as a consultant Horticulturalist. She has a Batchelor of Arts, and Diploma in Education from Monash University, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance (SIA), and Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Horticulture) from the University of Melbourne.
Camilla, husband Joby and children Amy and Jack, live on the family farm, on which she has had a lifelong involvement. Camilla is a strong advocate for conservation, sustainable land management and the protection of remnant indigenous habitat.

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Anthea Hancocks (Deputy)

Anthea Hancocks brings an extensive background in business development, education, communications, relationship and services marketing and strategy. Anthea has broad leadership experience in private, government and non profit organisations.
She is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for law firm Herbert Geer where she has been responsible for the firm’s renaming and rebranding. The role is also responsible for all internal and external communications, marketing initiatives and business development strategy and training. Anthea moved to this role having been responsible for the office of the Chief Operating Officer for the National Australia Bank having held several senior strategy roles in the organisation. Her expertise in strategic thinking, communications and organisational dynamics were essential components to oversee a number of national general management initiatives such as records management.
Prior to this Anthea was the General Manager, Corporate for the Melbourne Business School responsible for leadership, strategy and management programs with over 100 top Australian and international companies. Before that she was the National Business Development Director for Deloitte where she developed the strategic business development approach for the top tier Victorian and Australian clients including the auditing of the program and the training of staff responsible for its delivery. Anthea developed her interest in business to business marketing through her role as the Manager, Corporate Development for Museum Victoria.
Before returning to Australia and taking on the above roles, Anthea lived in the US for 10 years working in academia as Associate Professor for Museum Studies at the University of Arizona and consulting in the nonprofit sector in Washington State and Arizona working in education and Board development. Anthea has also worked in Australia for Taronga Park Zoo and the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. Anthea has a B.Sc in zoology and anthropology, an MA in anthropology and business, an MBA specialising in organisational development. She has her Mediators Certificate through the Australian Institute of Mediators and Arbitrators. She is a Board Member of Earthwatch Australia and Trust for Nature and an associate of Leadership Victoria.

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Tom Tootell

Tom Tootell has been a member of Trust for Nature's Board for seven years, during which time he has chaired the Finance and Audit Committee.
He comes to the board with a wealth of knowledge regarding financial matters, having worked with stockbroking firm JB Were and Son for 34 years. During this time he was firm Partner/Director for 20 years and for over a decade he headed the firm's international operations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East from their London office.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne.
His ideal leisure time is spent on a 10 acre block at Yanakie on the doorstep of Wilson's Promontory.
 

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Rikki Andrews

Before motherhood, Rikki Andrews was the Philanthropy Development Manager at Research Australia, the peak-body for medical and health research. Rikki has a background in sales, business development and grantmaking within trustee companies. In particular, she has experience in assisting high net worth individuals and their advisers on choosing the best philanthropic option to suit their giving requirements.
Rikki holds a Bachelor of Science (Botany) from the University of Adelaide and a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management from the University of Queensland. She most recently completed a Master in Social Science (Philanthropy and Social Investment) from Swinburne University of Technology.
Rikki is a Trustee for the Board of Trust for Nature, the inaugural president of the Swinburne Philanthropy Alumni and has been closely involved with a number of Victorian not-for-profit organisations. In 2010, Rikki was invited to be a sessional lecturer for the Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy’s new Master of Commerce program.

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Rod Gowans PSM

Rod Gowans joined the Board in late 2007. He has over 30 years experience in the management of natural resources on public and private land. He has worked in various executive leadership roles responsible for the management of national parks, conservation reserves and the conservation of biodiversity. He has both national and international experience in programs for nature conservation and natural resource management. He has previously sat on the Board of Melbourne Parks and Waterways and the Board of Zoo’s Victoria. He is currently a member of the Victorian Catchment Management Council and the Board of Parks Victoria.
He was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) in the 2007 Australia Day honours for outstanding public service to the conservation of biodiversity and to the management of national parks.

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Sylvia Geddes 

Sylvia Geddes was CEO of The (charitable) RE Ross Trust from 2000 until she retired in July 2008. Prior to this she was Manager, Charitable Services, ANZ Trustees for three and-a-half years, working with trustees and donors to provide grants to charities.
Sylvia headed the Australian Government’s Office for the Aged, managed her own consultancy business, and was a council member of the Australian Red Cross Victoria, including a period as Vice-Chair. Over the past 15 years Sylvia has worked with many not-for-profit organisations, including those which advance the interests of Indigenous Australians.
She has served on state and federal government advisory committees for vulnerable children, young people, families and those who are homeless. In 1997 Sylvia was a member of the Australian delegation at the World Health Organisation’s conference on Health Promotion. In 1995 she was an invited speaker for an International Day of Older Persons, held in South Korea.

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Dr Gregory Moore 

Greg Moore was principal of Burnley College, Faculty of Land and Food Resources, Melbourne University, from 1988 until 2007. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer/ Lecturer in Plant Science and Arboriculture at Burnley from 1979. He was Head of the School of Resource Management at the University from 2002 – 2007.
Apart from a general interest in horticultural plant science and ecology, Dr Moore is interested in all aspects of arboriculture – the scientific study of the cultivation and management of trees. He has contributed to Australian Standards in pruning and amenity tree evaluation. He was inaugural president of the Society of Arboriculture, Australian Chapter.
He has been a member of the National Trust of Victoria’s Register of Significant Trees since 1988 and its Chair since 1996. He also chairs the board of Treenet. Dr Moore has been on the board of Greening Australia (Victoria) since 1989, and serves on the board of Sustainable Gardening Australia.
He has written one book, contributed to two others, and published more than 80 papers and articles relating to tree biology and management.

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Lisa Gay

Lisa is Advisory Director on Policy & Regulation at Goldman Sachs JBWere. Until May 2010 Lisa Gay was General Counsel & Managing Director of the Goldman Sachs JBWere Group. She joined the firm in June 1990, became Corporate Counsel in 1992 and was invited to join the partnership in 1996. Lisa was appointed General Counsel in 1997, managing a growing Legal & Compliance Department.
Lisa has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Melbourne. She is married to Ric and has two children; Winnie and Sam.
Lisa and Ric have a 250 acre property in the Victorian high country where they share a passionate interest in revegetation and erosion prevention, having planted over 5,000 trees in the last three years on the property. They have been proud and loud eco-warriors since the early 80s.

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Dr Rik Thwaites

Dr Rik Thwaites is a senior lecturer in ecotourism, a social scientist and member of the Institute for Land, Water and Society at Charles Sturt University. Having trained at the University of Melbourne as a geologist, Rik worked as a glaciologist with the Australian Antarctic Division before turning his hand to photography and photojournalism focusing on travel, wildlife and conservation. Rik has been an active environmental advocate for many years, and following a consultancy to develop a strategy for Sustainable Development for Albury Wodonga, Rik embarked on a PhD study looking at land degradation and sustainable land management on the steppe grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China. In his role as an academic at Charles Sturt University, Rik has been involved in a great variety of research projects and consultancies related to ecotourism, protected area and natural resource management in local and Indigenous communities. Rik’s most recent research has looked at rural landholders and their understanding and responses to drought and climate change. In recent years, Rik has also taught and undertaken research in Nepal, India, Vietnam, East Timor, China and Fiji. Rik is passionate about the natural environment and rural communities, and lives on the edge of the Beechworth Historic Park.

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Mick Lumb

Dr Mick Lumb is the principal of a consulting business in Melbourne offering natural resources and environmental services specialising in policy and strategy development with a strong focus on climate change.
He established this business in 1993 after a public sector career in land use and natural resources. During this time he held senior management positions in the Land Conservation Council, various Planning, Conservation and Natural Resources Divisions and finally, the Office of the Environment. Over this period he represented Victoria on peak national Committees and was the first State and Territory advisor on Australian delegations negotiating the inaugural Climate Change Framework Convention.
In addition to these career positions, Mick Lumb held key appointments including the Chair of the Port Phillip Catchment and Land Protection Board and then Chair of the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority. He is also on the Central Coastal Board.
He obtained a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Melbourne and a PhD in Plant Physiology from the University of California. In 1986 he was made a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science. In 1995 he was appointed as Adjunct Professor (Social Science and Planning) by RMIT University and in 2006 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal.
Mick Lumb has had a long interest in propagating and growing Australian plants and regularly travels through the deserts of Australia where some of Australia’s most inspiring landscapes are found. 

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