I’m a senior lawyer and professional musician with more than two decades of experience across Australia’s creative & corporate sectors. Working with government & major regulated organisations, I have deep legal expertise in tech, IP & risk management. I also have first-hand music industry experience gained as a solo artist, songwriter, producer, & teacher. I’m passionate about Victorian music & keen to utilise my unique skill set to support its resilience, sustainability & innovation.

To utilise my combined legal expertise in tech, IP & risk, with my experience across multiple facets of the music industry, to support Music Victoria to strategically advance the resilience, sustainability & innovation of Victoria’s music ecosystem.

With over 20 years of legal & music experience, I offer strong governance capability & industry insight. I understand artist needs, sector challenges, & emerging tech & regulatory issues, enabling me to provide strategic, forward-looking leadership.

I’ve been a self-managed musician in Melbourne for the past 15 years, and have mentored many emerging artists in the sector, as both a solo artist and head of a 7-piece band. I have over a decade of arts and tour management experience, through my work with Mark Sydow Management. I’ve been on the judging panel of multiple Creative Victoria funding rounds, and I’ve recently been developing music-based events focused around community engagement and sector resilience.

As a self-managed musician for the past 15 years, I’m very invested in the Vic music sector. I believe I can contribute positively to the industry and how it supports its creators, financially and otherwise.

I have a strong ability for advocacy and plenty of experience as a musician, tour manager, producer, and community member that will allow me to influence change in the sector. I am an LGBTIQA+ community member from a regional background, and I work closely with artists from marginalised groups through my producer, musician and mentor roles. And I have strong networks of representatives across the sector, which I can call upon for input when needed.

I have extensive experience in music & the arts across festivals, touring, TV & radio, venues, regional projects & more - in Australia & internationally. I support musicians and the industry with programming, production, planning, grant writing & advocacy, all with a “roll up your sleeves, get it done” attitude. I bring governance, stakeholder engagement and regional development experience, am passionate about creativity, connection, community & equity — and I love a kitchen disco!

Music is a lifelong passion & career. With 30+ years experience & a range of skills, I want to support a fair, creative, thriving and forward-thinking music community & strengthen representation - especially for regional musicians & industry.

I’m deeply committed to fostering a fair, creative & forward-thinking music "industry", with a focus on supporting regional musicians & industry and continuing Victoria’s tradition of vibrant music communities. With integrity, a collaborative approach & hands-on experience as an Executive Officer, I bring practical insight into governance, strategy & stakeholder engagement. I am driven to help Music Victoria thrive as an inclusive, equitable & sustainable organisation that connects & empowers.

I am 53, a transwoman, blessed with AuADHD and mum to a non-binary child. I have been writing and recording music for most of my life and I am a great believer in music to bring people together both as a form of solidarity but also a beautiful means of expressing views and opinions with great power and grace. It is how I have been able to express and understand feelings and the lived experience of my life. It is a career, but it is also a calling and I love bringing others with me.

As a working musician, that identifies as Transgender and living with a disability, I love our music community and I want to support my community to achieved genuine inclusivity and accessibility.

I have a music project called Saint Ergo and I have worked across a broad spectrum of the music industry. Including community arts, live and studio engineering, music production, songwriting and touring.

As Head of People & Culture at UNIFIED Music Group, I lead a team that drives culture, development, compliance and wellbeing across multiple independent music companies. With 15 years in HR and a background as a sound engineer, I’ve partnered with countless leaders to strengthen sustainable people practices. I’m committed to fostering healthy workplaces that enable Victorians to thrive at all stages of their music industry career.

My drive is to empower everyone working in the music ecosystem to be safe and successful. With executive experience in wellbeing and culture, I’ll provide valuable and unique counsel to Music Victoria to support and shape the sector and its people.

I bring strong People & Culture leadership from a cross-section of the music industry, supported by previous experience in major events, retail and hospitality. I work with people who support artists everyday, which gives me deep insight into the workforce needs of the music industry. My aim is to build empowered and connected workplaces, and combined with a strategic mindset, this positions me to make meaningful contributions and drive long-term positive impact for Victoria’s music community.

I’m a highly qualified arts professional for the contemporary setting whose broad-ranging work is unified by my ability to lift up others. I have a rare blend of experience as both artist/manager, with 15+ years in senior arts management roles and expertise serving on state government advisory groups. I’m an independent grants consultant with a proven track record, hold a Master of Teaching, manage ARIA-winner GORMIE, and work as a sought-after session musician for artists like Ella Hooper.

I fill a critical gap in advocacy for sector-wide artist development opportunities. Delivering major outcomes on my own (15+ years' experience, $400k funding secured in 2024), my impact would grow exponentially with the platform of a state board.

I offer a blend of skills rarely found: creative insight, strategic clarity and a real gift for making people feel capable and heard. I’m very uniquely placed to bridge artists, organisations and policymakers because I understand all three worlds and can speak each language fluently. I’m warm, steady under pressure and unafraid of hard conversations when they lead to better outcomes. Most of all, I care deeply about helping Victorian musicians feel supported, understood and set up to thrive.

I’m a working musician, self-managed artist, music business owner and festival programmer with over two decades across the music industry, non profit and government sectors. I’ve led industry relations and national mental health programs at Support Act, managed partnerships and government relations at UNIFIED, and now work in creative strategy, live music policy and major event attraction at Maribyrnong. I’ve served on the YOWO board and co-founded the All Men initiative.

To help shape a future where Victoria’s music ecosystem is built to last. I want to champion its cultural and economic value, elevate diverse voices, and strengthen resilience by learning from past challenges to ensure strong, accountable governance.

I offer a rare mix of creative, industry, non profit, and government experience. I’ve led national programs at Support Act, partnerships at UNIFIED, government strategy and investment attraction work at the City of Maribyrnong, and served in board and advisory roles. I understand governance, strategy and stakeholder complexity. As a current touring artist and festival promoter, I’m committed to the centrality of the artist, and to supporting a strong industry equipped to champion those artists.

I'm a LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, BI&POC woman that navigates multiple communities within the Victorian Music Industry. Striving to empower those within music through education and diversity authenticity has always been at the core of my values. I hope to learn about what it's like to work within a music body like Music Victoria, but mainly so that I may pass on that education to provide gainful accessibility progressive for those within Intersectional communities.

I'm eager to elevate advocacy, accessibility and education in the Victorian Music Industry within a systemic level. True authentic diversity begins at the top. I hope that my insights and experience could make a big impact for the music community.

I'm passionate on innovation, gender, race intersectionality & the education of Black American Music Culture within The Australian Music Industry. I currently sit in multiple spaces of advocacy within the music industry as the Interviewer for One of One, Committee Member for Black Music Alliance Australia, Alumni of Green Music's Leadership program, R&B Hip Hop Advisor for BIGSOUND and as a judge for the Justin Cosby Music Prize for SXSW Sydney 2025. My experience could provide a unique insight.

A passionate music lover, small business owner and champion of the local music scene for the past 17 years as owner of Brunswick indie record store, Record Paradise, board member and treasurer of the AMRA and SRBA boards and fills presenter for RRRs Australian music programs. Media and psychology degree facilitate valuable insights access to key stakeholders in the Victorian music industry from government, media, venues, labels and most importantly musicians and fans.

As a passionate supporter of Music Victoria over the years I hope to share my experience within the music industry along with my knowledge as a record store owner and volunteer for local community radio with Music Victoria.

A good business head, ability to think critically and apply evidence based research, mindful, passionate and an excellent communicator. Experience as a member or diverse boards with an ability to assert myself while listening and being open to change and experience working with government, industry and musicians. An independent voice, aware of the challenges small businesses face within the industry with the commitment and practical skills to produce real outcomes for members and stakeholders.

I’m a Senior Research Fellow at RMIT, pursuing a four-year project on crisis in the Australian music industries. I have published widely on the contemporary music sector, including work with SoundNSW, the City of Melbourne, Live Music Office, SA Music Development Office, VMDO, and City of Adelaide. I am a 2024 Churchill Fellowship recipient, and have recently completed a trip to Europe to research alternative models for grassroots music venues, which will inform Australian music policymaking.

The Victorian music industry has been my professional area of research for over 10 years, and I would like to use that expertise to give back to the community that I love, to improve the livelihoods of musicians and the sustainability of the sector.

I have considerable skills in research and advocacy, and have experience advising policymakers and scrutinising public policy. I bring a well informed and critical perspective to the role, and am driven by service to the music community, not because I represent a particular agenda. I have over ten years of experience in music industry research, advocacy and guidance on policy, as well as experience on city councils, peak bodies and civil society groups, and am good at building consensus.

I’m a disabled indie-pop artist (MAGNETS) and audiologist working with musicians. My work blends colourful pop, disability advocacy and hearing research. I sit on the board of Arts Access Victoria, tutor Auslan, and run hearing workshops across the sector, from RMIT to festivals. My PhD on preventing hearing injury won international awards, and my music has been recognised from Rolling Stone to the Danny Awards (USA). I’m also obsessed with my dog and sewing my own costumes.

I want to help shape a music industry where d/Deaf and disabled musicians can thrive. I hope to contribute lived experience insight, governance awareness, cross-sector expertise and research skills to strengthen access, equity and community outcomes.

I bring lived experience, governance knowledge and cross-disciplinary expertise across music, health, disability and research. I make music, lead fundraising initiatives, consult and collaborated with industry, and contributed to policy and access work in arts organisations. I offer strengths in stakeholder engagement, risk awareness, evidence-based decision making and community-centred leadership, with a commitment to building a more inclusive and sustainable Victorian music sector.