The Team
Meet the team - our fabulous staff, board of directors and advisory group.
Our team - Dedicated and passionate
Natalie Isaacs
Founder and CEO
Our fearless leader since founding 1 Million Women in 2009. Nat inspires the uninspirable to make positive changes in their own lives. Under Natalie's leadership 1 Million Women has been built from scratch into what it is today - a powerful beautiful and bold movement of 1,000,000 women and girls and counting.
Tara Hunt
Director
In Loving memory of our beautiful Tara - 12 Oct,1962 - 28 May, 2017. Tara walked the talk. She never stopped believing in the power of women to change the world and she worked so hard at 1MW mobilising everyone she possibly could. Tara's passion for 1MW will live on through everything we do.
Emily Contador-Kelsall
Content Creator
Emily loves nothing more than spending a day with her camera in hand or going along to photograph a climate rally. With a degree in journalism and international studies she can often be found plugged into a current affairs podcast or shopping around to score the perfect op shop find!
Briana Kennedy
Head of Campaigns & Digital
Briana has a passion for the environment and intersectionality. When she's not hosting her community radio shows, DJing or producing podcasts, she can be found outside, never far from the ocean.
Allison Licence
App Coordinator
Allison is on a quest to live a greener life with less "stuff" and help others to reduce, reuse and recycle too. Her passions include yoga, cooking and getting in the ocean. And having the whole family over for meals is her happy place.
Jemima Pascoe
Events Coordinator
Jemima is a proud Wailwan woman who spends most of her time chasing her son. Jemima spends her spare time advocating for human rights and our planet as a passionate intersectional feminist, roller skating and coming up with new ideas for her burlesque costumes and routines. She also has a degree in Journalism.
Our Board - They make it happen
Lorena Aguilar
Executive Director Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls
Global leader passionate about inclusion and sustainable development issues, with over three decades of experience integrating social and gender considerations across initiatives, providing strategic contributions to national and international policies, and generating knowledge.
Dr Samantha Graham
State of Mind, Founder and CEO
Dr Samantha Graham is Director, Stormlight Consulting. With a long term focus on upskilling Executive and Senior Leadership Teams (along with the odd sporting team) Sams purpose has been to give leaders greater resilience, productivity and creativity so they can collectively lift their performance and simultaneously reduce their stress and anxiety.
Megan Argyriou
Executive Director
Meg Argyriou is a strategic and visionary leader with more than thirteen years’ experience leading the design and delivery of high impact climate initiatives across the Asia Pacific region. Meg was a founding member of ClimateWorks Australia (now Climateworks Centre) where she played a key executive role in the organisation’s growth.
Michelle Rawson
Executive Director, Founder
With a background and over 20 years experience working as a Clinical Psychologist, Michelle has been a tireless campaigner for climate, lobbying all levels of Government to take stronger action. She is founder of Bennelong Climate Action Group, co-founder and President of Voices of Bennelong, and is actively involved in the ‘teal’ independent movement that has helped change the Australian political landscape.
Natalie Isaacs
Founder and CEO
Our fearless leader since founding 1 Million Women in 2009. Nat inspires the uninspirable to make positive changes in their own lives. Under Natalie's leadership 1 Million Women has been built from scratch into what it is today - a powerful beautiful and bold movement of 1,000,000 women and girls and counting.
Our Advisory group - Making a genuine difference
Prof Lesley Hughes
Our 1 Million Women Climate Advisor
Lesley is an ecologist in the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University and an expert on the impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. She has over 20 years of researching and communicating the science of climate change.
Nicki Hutley
Our 1 Million Women Economics Adviser
Over three decades, Nicki has provided economic and policy advice to governments, private sector and NFPs. Nicki is passionate about climate change and has worked extensively on issues such as Emissions Trading Schemes, Feed-in tariffs, and waste policy.
Bernie Hobbs
award-winning science writer and broadcaster with ABC
Bernie Hobbs is a firm favourite with audiences for her weekly science spots on ABC radio around the country and has a background in medical research, environmental writing and science teaching.
Wendy McCarthy AO
Company Director & Business Public Sector Mentor
Wendy McCarthy is mentor to 1MW Founder Natalie Isaacs and has been part of the 1MW team for 10 years. She is an Advisor to, The Front Project | Founding Member, Chief Executive Women, NSW Women’s Electoral Lobby Patron, Sydney Women's Fund | Ambassador, 1 Million Women | Advisor, Grace Papers
Anita Jacoby
Media specialist
Anita is one of Australia’s most experienced TV executives.
Kim McKay AO
Director & CEO, Australian Museum
Kim McKay is a social & sustainability marketing & communications consultant working in Australia and internationally on social change and awareness campaigns. She is the co-founder of Clean Up Australia and Clean Up the World.
