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John Kennedy
Chairman
- Formerly Associate Professor and Head, School of Wool and Pastoral Sciences, University of NSW
- Received a medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1998 for contribution to 'agricultural education, the sheep and wool industry and the community'
- Published over 35 research papers
- Involved in a family farming enterprise based at Boggabri, in north-west NSW
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Professor Snow Barlow
- Head, School of Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Melbourne
- Environmental physiologist
- Program Leader in the Co-operative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting
- Formerly on the Board of the Land and Water Rural Industries R & D Corporation and the Plant Sciences Committee of the Australian Academy of Sciences
- Fellow of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Sciences
- Convenor of the Primary Industries Adaptation Research Network
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Professor Les Copeland
- Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Sydney
- Referee of papers for major international scientific journal
- Assessor of external grant applications – Australian Research Council, Agriculture and Food Research Council (UK), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), US Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland Research Grants, Australian National University Research Grants, Flinders University
- Member of Boards of Value Added Wheat CRC (2001 - present), Australian Cotton CRC (2003 - present), NuFlora (2001-2002)
- Director, Centre for Salinity Assessment and Management, University of Sydney
- Chair, Management Advisory Committee of University of Sydney, Holtsbaum Agricultural Research Institute
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Dr Ray Johnson
- Chief Executive Officer, Genetics Australia
- Former Chief Executive Officer of NSW Farmers’ Association
- Former National Research and Development and Technical Manager of Ridley Agriproducts
- Extensive research background attained from his role as a Senior Research Scientist at the Victorian Department of Agriculture, Animal Research Institute
- Adjunct Professor of Animal Science at the University of New England
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Dr Ross Kingwell
- Visiting Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Western Australia
- Manager of Economic Services in the Western Australian Department of Agriculture
- Agricultural economist with over 20 years experience in research and provision of policy advice
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Professor Jim Pratley
- Dean, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Charles Sturt University
- Vice-President, International Allelopathy Society
- Member, Board of CRC for Sustainable Rice Production
- Member, Board of CRC for Plant-based Management of Dryland Salinity
- Member, Ministerial Scientific Advisory Council on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (NSW)
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Dr Warren Parker
- Chief Executive Designate, Landcare Research, New Zealand
- Formerly, Chief Operating Officer, AgResearch, New Zealand
- Formerly, Professor of Farm Management & Agricultural Systems and Head of the Department of Agribusiness & Resource Management at Massey University, New Zealand
- Published 230 papers in journals and conference proceeding
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Sam Archer
- Managing Director, Wallaby Creek Pastoral Co
- Nuffield Scholar
- Senior Vice President, NSW Farmers Association
- Chair, NSW FA Business, Economics and Trade Committee
- Chair, Murrumbidgee Landcare
- Member, BioBanking Ministerial reference Group
- Corporate trouble-shooter; logistics, utilities and environmental sectors.
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Mick Keogh
Executive Director
- Executive Director, Australian Farm Institute
- Previously, General Manager Policy, NSW Farmers’ Association
- Worked for ten years as an agricultural management consultant, for both private and public sector clients
- Previously, research officer at University of NSW
- Obtained a BSc and MSc in Wool & Pastoral Sciences at University of NSW
- Grew up on, and continues to be involved in a mixed-farming enterprise based in southern NSW
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