Peoly Gunaratne

Activist and Member Coordinator

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Shivani Kanodia

Organiser

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Amanda Atlee

Community Engagement and Organising Manager

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Charlie Eggleton

Youth Coordinator

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Rach McPhail

Campaign Organiser, Indigenous Rights Team

Rach (she/her) is a Gomeroi woman, a qualified social worker, and a passionate activist, having successfully campaigned Australia Post to officially include First Nations place names in addresses in Australia. Rach also advocates for Indigenous Rights including raising the age of criminal responsibility, community-led solutions such as diversion programs, and the underlying social determinants of youth incarceration that lead to the overrepresentation of First Nations young people in the prison system.

Sam Klintworth

National Director

As a long term passionate, dedicated human rights defender and National Director of Amnesty International Australia since 2019, Sam has been resolute in advocating for rights holders on a local, national and international scale. With a career spanning 30 years predominantly in the community services, and not for profit sector, Sam holds qualifications including a Bachelor of Laws and MBA, and certification as a Psychologist and Dispute Resolution Practitioner. Sam has experience as a practitioner, senior leader and executive in many service delivery areas including: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, Asylum Seeker and Refugee communities, Youth Justice, Child Protection, Family Law, Domestic and Family Violence, Dispute Resolution, Crisis and Homelessness, Mental health and Suicide Prevention, Victims of Crime Advocacy, Disaster Recovery and Community Capacity Building. Sam has used her expertise to actively champion better governance and policy, improve service delivery systems and practice, and challenge injustice with a particular focus on vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals and communities. Sam is a passionate advocate for women’s rights, child’s rights, climate change, the rights of our First Nations peoples, and refugee and asylum seeker rights. Sam believes that Human Rights are the absolute answer to the world's most challenging questions.

Kacey Teerman

Strategic Campaigner, Indigenous Rights Team

Kacey Teerman (she/her) is a Gomeroi woman and the Indigenous Rights Associate Campaigner at Amnesty International Australia. She was part of the Uluru Youth Dialogues in the Voice Referendum, has experience in advocacy and campaigning in the Indigenous Rights space and is passionate about self-determination and bringing meaningful and substantive change for First Nations People.

Rachael Burns

Youth Activist

Rachael is a 23-year-old Lived and a living Experience mental health and disability advocate from Boorloo, Western Australia. She wears many hats as a passionate change-maker, from her work on panels, committees, co-design teams, and advisory groups to journalism, workshop facilitation, and resource design. She is also the founder and CEO of Integrity Initiative, a Lived Experience movement in a mission to cultivate autonomy, dignity and human rights in mental health conversations and care. But beyond her work, Rachael is both a frog enthusiast and a self-proclaimed messy human who does her best to navigate the world around her.

Caroline Kell

Founder and MD, Blak Wattle Coaching and Consulting

Caroline Kell is a proud Mbarbrum woman whose family hails from Far North Queensland, but she was born and raised in Melbourne/Naarm. A TedX speaker, qualified Counsellor and Coach, Consultant, Podcaster and sometimes Writer. Evolving into a thought leader, Caroline passionately champions the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal people, critical discourse on empathetic leaders and workplace dynamics, underscoring the imperative of addressing anti-racism and its links to trauma, stress, and burnout. Caroline has spent a decade working alongside Aboriginal people and communities advancing outcomes in mental health, justice, community engagement and Treaties. Her contributions have been characterised as a remarkable talent for navigating complex historical and current social dynamics. A true master connector, she brings a grounded, dynamic and impactful presence. Prior to launching Blak Wattle, for over six years, she worked in senior First Nations leadership and executive roles within Government, Non-Government and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations.

Silvia Greco

Regional President NSW ALC

Silvia has been a volunteer with Amnesty for 15 years. She is the convenor for the Eastern suburbs group and Regional president for NSW. She is passionate about Climate Justice and First Nations Rights.

Uncle Rodney Dillon

Indigenous Rights Advisor

Uncle Rodney (he/him) is a Palawa man and respected Elder who has been a lifelong advocate for First Nations peoples’ rights. A member of ATSIC and currently chair of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Heritage Council, he has personally campaigned for and obtained cultural fishing licences for his community, and has campaigned on other justice issues since he started working with Amnesty in 2007.

David Booth

Guest Speaker

David is a proud Warumunga / Yuggera man, born on Yuggera Country in Brisbane, David now lives on Peramangk Country in the Adelaide hills, and maintains a strong connection to the Ngarrindjeri / Peramangk people through his partner and children. Always proudly connected to culture, family and Country, as a young boy he learnt from a variety of cultural leaders, teachers, Elders and traditional knowledge holders in different areas of this beautiful country.

Bronwen Kippen

Co-Regional President QLD/NNSW ALC

Bronwen lives and works in Maganjin (Brisbane). A strong beleiver in human rights and social justice, Bronwen has been involved in community based activism with Amnesty for the past 15 years in a varity of ways - individual activism, as a member of a local community group, and as a member of the Queensland and Norther New South Wales Activism and Leadership Committee. Key areas of human rights interest include First Nations Justice, Refugees and fostering human rights respecting communities.

Ili Anuar

QLD/NNSW ALC

I started my Amnesty Australia journey through joining the QLD/NNSW ALC in 2023 and I am currently in the Gold Coast. My interests: Community engagement especially with children and youth, policies and understanding politics that help marginalised people's livelihood and empowering communities to make their voices heard.

Carol King

AMC Chair

Carol is the Chair of the Activism and Membership Committee a subcommittee of the Board of Amnesty International Australia and a past Regional President and local group convenor. She lives on Awabakal Country near Newcastle, NSW.

Needeya Islam

NSW ALC

AIA Activist Leader

Vex Mulvaney

Youth Activist

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