Jeremy has held the Sustainability Manager role in Lendlease for 14 years and has over 28 years' experience in the construction industry with significant knowledge and experience in sustainability as well as project and construction management roles in the design, planning, and delivery of major building and infrastructure projects. Jeremy has been a Green Star Accredited Professional since 2007 and represented Lendlease on Green Building Council of Australia's (GBCA) Qld State Industry Group GBCA, supported the development of sector rating tools and guides, and the creation of the Green Star Communities (Adaptation and Resilience credit, which includes Green Cross Australia's Community Resilience Guideline and Checklist for Developers).

Jeremy is passionate about climate adaptation and natural disaster resilience, innovation and positive change. With a vast depth of experience in sustainability through design, construction and project management disciplines, he has contributed greatly to the development of Green Cross Australia. As a Green Cross Australia volunteer, Jeremy supported the online GCA programs to advance sustainable development of Australia's built environment and promote natural disaster resilience. In 2013 Jeremy also led a panel on a 7 city tour of Australia & NZ sponsored by CIBSE called 'Adapt and Survive - from hindsight to foresight.

An alumni of Social Leadership Australia, Queensland Leadership Program 2011/2012, Jeremy  is a well-respected sustainability professional with a vast network  across government, business and civil society.

Lew is a highly regarded expert in bushfire planning and design with over 20 years experience in local government, the private sector and state government. Lew led the development assessment and Planning for Bushfire Protection for the NSW Rural Fire Service at a State level. He was responsible for the assessment of over 80,000 development applications in Bush Fire Prone Areas and Bushfire Prone Mapping for NSW.

Ayla is currently the Capability Development Manager for the Queensland State Emergency Service, responsible for developing and enhancing operational functions to support 6000 SES volunteers.

With 10 years experience in emergency management with state government, she has expertise in disaster response operations, project management and volunteer engagement. She also has unique experiences in major international events, performing key planning roles for security operations for the 2014 G20 Leaders Summit and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Ayla is passionate about community development and climate adaptation, particularly the intersection between resilience, volunteerism and disaster management.

Ayla joined Green Cross Australia in 2007 as part of the Extreme Weather Heroes program, a nation-wide initiative to celebrate and encourage youth volunteering in emergency services organisations. This was a formative experience that sparked her interest in climate adaptation and encouraged her to pursue a career in the emergency management sector.

She has Bachelor's degrees in business management and international relations, as well as Graduate Certificates in community development and environmental management.

Dr Ryan McAllister is a behaviour economist with twenty years' experience in research and development and research management. His our research has focused on extensive grazing systems, climate adaptation in cities and Agritech and agricultural biosecurity. As a research leader his many roles have covered energy, mining, health, environment, and public policy sectors of Australia and many other parts of the world. For most of this time

Whether in agriculture or cities, climatic variability has been the perpetual theme across Ryan's career. He started collaborating with Greencross in 2010 around communities and flooding, and in 2018 he joined to Green Cross Australia board.

Ryan has worked with the CSIRO for the past 16 years, but has previously worked in the Australian and British statistical bureaus, economic consultancy, and telecommunications.

PhD, Mathematics, BE Civil Engineering, MBA

Mark leads the Knowledge to Innovation group for the Institute for Future Environments and Science and Engineering Faculty at QUT. Mark is a specialist in coastal management, coastal climate adaptation and risk assessment and management and has been providing specialist technical, advisory and Expert Witness services to government and project proponents globally for 25 years.

Mark has held senior management and executive roles in the private and public sector for 18 years. Public sector roles included executive positions in internationally recognised science and research institutions, including AECOM, CSIRO (past Deputy Chief) and CAWCR- Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research- a partnership between CSIRO and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Originally trained as an engineer, Mark also holds post-graduate qualifications in mathematics, business management, natural resource management and is a non-executive director of Green Cross Australia.

Mark also holds a Master Class 4 (<35m) commercial captains ticket, and is an RYA Yachtmaster Ocean, Offshore and Cruising an international Yachtmaster Ocean, Offshore and Cruising Instructor. Mark is a part time yachting instructor at Southern Cross Yachting, skipper for the Earthwatch Institute and Sea Shepherd, and an ccomplished ocean yacht racing sailor.

Dr Mark Stafford Smith coordinated climate adaptation research in CSIRO in Australia for 8 years, in which he oversighted a highly interdisciplinary program of research on many aspects of adapting to climate change and disaster resilience, as well as regularly interacting with national and international policy issues.

Dr Louisa Carter is the Manager for City Mobility with the City of Hobart. Specialising in urban regeneration and transport systems, Louisa provides leadership in active travel and public transportation which improve resilience and sustainability outcomes for cities. With multiple qualifications in governance, architecture and urban planning as well as over 20 years experience in the planning, design and delivery of transport corridors including rail, light rail, busways, cycling corridors and pedestrian networks, Louisa provides a wealth of experience in the management of populations and logistics.