Fiona Dorman- Chair

Fiona Dorman- Chair

Fiona has been involved in the formation and development of numerous successful South Australian businesses. She is a passionate advocate for women’s issues including gender equality, leadership, financial security, locally and nationally, and is passionate to find ways to enable and advance women's participation.

Marli Smith

Marli Smith

Marli has extensive experience in procurement and currently heads procurement at ASC Pty Ltd which is Australia’s largest locally owned defence prime contractor based in South Australia and Western Australia. Marli is an active participant in a number of diversity and inclusion matters. She has also worked in procurement for Santos, OneSteel and other mining and resources companies.

Kelly Baker Jamieson

Kelly Baker Jamieson

Kelly Jamieson founded Edible Blooms with her sister Abbey, which began as a small business start-up in 2005 and has grown to be the current winner of Canstar's 2022 Australian Online Gift Delivery Company award. Kelly and her team are also previous National Telstra Business Award winners. An advocate for women leading in business, Kelly was named the 2011 SA Telstra Business Woman of the Year and is a 2018 inductee to the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Winning Women program. In her spare time, Kelly can be found jumping off the Port Elliot jetty fully clothed, challenging her team to how many chocolates they can eat in a day or busting embarrassing disco moves with her husband and two children.

Shingi Mapuvire

Shingi Mapuvire

Shingi is a Nursing and Health Promotion graduate. Currently employed in the mental health sector.

Shingi is passionate about advocating for issues affecting young women, with a focus on addressing, cultural, racial and gender bias affecting young immigrant women.

In 2017, Shingi was involved in the creation of the African student Council, an initiative to promote networking for University students to increases chances of employment at a graduate level. Shingi is also a council member for the Council of Migrant and Refugee Women of SA. A council which aims to bring together strong community voices with institutional reach, and policy advocacy networks to facilitate opportunities for migrant and refugee women to directly engage in driving positive change at the state and national level.

Karen Briggs

Karen Briggs

Karen is a Yorta Yorta woman. Karen has a Bachelor of Design from the University of South Australia and a Diploma in Applied Design (Multimedia) from TAFE SA and runs her own business, KLB Creative. In her work as a graphic designer, Karen comes with well-established solid working relationships with Aboriginal Elders, Aboriginal community and other Aboriginal workers across Government.

Nerida Saunders

Nerida Saunders

Nerida is the Executive Director of Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Her previous positions have included Director of Culture and Heritage in the Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division, General Manager of the Aboriginal Housing Authority and Executive Director of Children Youth and Family Services within the Department of Families and Communities.

Nerida has a long involvement with social justice issues and was previously a member of the Aboriginal Justice Consultative Committee.

In 2016 Nerida was awarded the Public Service Medal for outstanding public service in the provision of leadership and advocacy in the area of Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation.

Kirsty Mundy

Kirsty Mundy

Kirsty has over 25 years’ experience in the in the information technology industry, including 16 years working in regional Asia and Asia Pacific roles. While Adelaide based, she is currently working in Microsoft Industry Solutions as their Worldwide Sales Excellence Director, with Worldwide and Asia region responsibilities.

She has qualifications in arts, politics and legal studies from Flinders University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kimberley Wanganeen

Kimberley Wanganeen

Kimberley Wanganeen is a proud First Nations woman, with family connections to Narrunga, Kaurna and Kokatha Nations.  She was born and raised on Boandik Country and has been living and working on Kaurna Country since 2006.

Kimberley’s career spanned across SA Government Departments, non-Government organisations and non-profits, holding leadership roles that would guide and influence cultural practice and cultural safety.

In 2022, Kimberley embarked on a new chapter, founding her own consultancy business, Kimberley Wanganeen Consultancy to share her learnings and expertise with a broad range of organisations. With a commitment to best practice, Kimberley channels her expertise and passion into guiding organisations on cultural safety for their workforce, clients, and the broader community.