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Council of Trustees
The Parks Forum Council of Trustees play an important role in the future health and development of our parks in Australia and New Zealand through their guidance and development of park based programs initiated by Parks Forum.
Trustees may come from any different walks of life. They are senior people who have established a high level of respect for the work they have done and their life achievements.
Our Trustees carry the message of the crucial value of parks to the health of society and environment, and provide strategic advice and leadership to the organisation.
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Peter Bridgewater
Dr. Bridgewater became Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention in 2003. Previously he served as Chief Scientist with the UK Nature Conservancy Council from 1989-1990;
Peter Duncan
Peter Duncan is Deputy Director General of the Government Coordination division of the Department of Premier and Cabinet and, until recently, was Deputy Director General, Office of Coordinator General.
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Penelope Figgis AO
Penny Figgis is currently Vice Chair for Oceania of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, a Board Director of Sydney Olympic Park, Chair of the Olympic Parklands Advisory Committee, and Visiting Fellow at the Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University.
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Elery Hamilton-Smith, AM, D.App.Sci.
Elery Hamilton-Smith grew up on an isolated farm and has loved the natural environment ever since. He has been a conservation activist since the 1940s, and being a sociologist by discipline, has also studied and advised on all aspects of natural heritage management.
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Peter Hillary
Peter Hillary has climbed Mt Everest twice and survived a killer storm at 26,700 feet on K2, “probably my best decision!” He has flown to the North Pole with his father, Sir Edmund Hillary, astronaut Neil Armstrong and pilot Stephen Fossett.
Allan Holmes
Allan Holmes has led the South Australian Department for Environment and Heritage as Chief Executive for four years. He was previously the Director of National Parks and Wildlife (1994 to 2000).
Hugh Logan
Hugh Logan has been involved with natural resource management and protected areas for well over thirty years. He has a close association with park management, beginning in Aoraki-Mt. Cook National Park, New Zealand as a seasonal worker in the early 1970s.
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Keiran McNamara
Keiran McNamara is the Director General of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation - the agency responsible for the State's national parks, nature reserves, marine parks and other conservation reserves, as well as having broad biodiversity conservation and environmental protection responsibilities.
Beatrix Smith
Beatrix Smith is the current Director of the Capital City Committee. This Committee was formed under The City of Adelaide Act 1998 and comprises three Cabinet Ministers and three Councillors including the Premier and the Lord Mayor of Adelaide.
Mark Stone
Mark Stone has held the position of Chief Executive Office of Parks Victoria since 1998. He was previously the Executive Director, Parks Flora and Fauna with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment this included responsibility for parks policy and statewide flora, fauna, coasts and ports, and alpine resort management.