meet our speakers

Adela Vukovic

Strategic Advisor, Marlin Communications

Kaz McGrath

Founder & CEO, PLAI (Purpose Led AI)

Samara Gentle

Fundraising specialist and Board director

Carrie Fletcher

Group Account Director - Events & Digital Teams, Donor Republic

Pauline Van

Gifts in Wills Campaign Lead, Lost Dogs’ Home

Maisa Lopes Gomes

Head of Digital Fundraising, Cerebral Palsy Alliance

James Moloney

Fundraising Campaigns Manager, Red Nose

Jonathan Dawson

Global Director, Digital Ninjas

Michael Wilson

Digital Innovation Manager, Donor Republic

Emma Stanbridge

Digital Strategist, Donor Republic

Vanessa McCarthy

Founder of Tone Studio

Shanelle Newton Clapham

Founder and Chief Digital Strategist at Parachute Agency

David Herse

CEO and Founder, Mapulus

Catherine Robertson

Fundraising Manager, Very Special Kids

Carl Faulkner

Senior Digital Fundraising Specialist, Fundraising Every Day (FED)

Rob van der End

CEO, Heartburst

Meredith Dwyer

Director, HomeMade Digital Australia

Luke Edwards

Director and Founder, Elevate Fundraising

Nermeen Yacoub

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Dr Helen Merrick

Executive Manager, Strategy and Development – Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania

Mark Brackley

Co-founder and Creative Director, Happy Fundraising

Rebecca Booth

Head of Fundraising, Communications and Operations, The Royal Women’s Hospital 

Dan Geaves

Creative Director, Marlin Communications

Lindsey Turner

Campaign Project Manager, Leukaemia Foundation 

Bree Johnson

Fundraising Experience Manager, the Leukaemia Foundation

Damien Coup

Digital Strategy Manager, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute  

Tammy Schlitz

Co-CEO, Balanced Effect

Eddie O'Loughlin

Head of Digital, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia & Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand

Oriol Irrue

Performance Manager, Sanctuary Media Group

Lauren Schilg

Senior Producer, DTV Group

Cassandra Bailey

Development Lead, OzHarvest

Will Mawhinney

Senior Digital Performance Manager, ntegrity

Garth Stirling

Chief Growth Officer, ntegrity

Megan Lewit

Direct Marketing & Digital Fundraising Manager (Acting), WWF-Australia 

Lisa Tirtajaya

Direct Marketing & Digital Fundraising Manager, WWF-Australia

Lachlan Dale

Digital Fundraising & Marketing Consultant

Jake Ross

Appeals Coordinator at Taronga Conservation Society

Bec Schafer

Engagement & Communications Manager, PANDA

Kirsten Finger

Senior Consultant, Blaze Your Trail

Ben Lott

Head Of Digital, Sanctuary Media & T&T Media

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