Ms Chadlowe brings extensive commercial, legal and entrepreneurial experience to the Centre. She joins after nearly two decades with Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), most recently on the Executive Team as Chief Conservation Alliance Officer. AWC is one of Australia’s largest private (non-profit) conservation organisations, operating across millions of hectares of iconic Australian landscapes. Among Shauna’s achievements at AWC was negotiating an historic agreement among key partners and landholders to protect critically endangered Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats.

Shauna demonstrates innovation, creativity and collaboration to achieve strategic priorities and is known for her ability to communicate complex issues clearly while developing positive and open relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Teamed with an extensive knowledge of conversation issues and practices, Shauna is passionate about Australia’s biodiversity and the role of science in improving biodiversity outcomes. Her leadership is characterised by positive transformations and motivating teams while emphasising the importance of philanthropy, community engagement, education and making a positive impact.

Lucie Hassall is the General Manager and Company Secretary of the Centre for invasive Species Solutions. In her role she is responsible for the operations of the company including our finances, contracts, governance arrangements, audit and risk analysis and other major activities.

Lucie is a Chartered Accountant who has over 25 years’ experience in the finance industry, including 9 years in the KPMG chartered accounting practice as an auditor and manager and 18+ years in Commercial Business, primarily at Lendlease Corporation. She has held Senior Finance Manager and Head Office accounting positions over the last 18 years focused on Financial Control, Cost Reporting, Risk Management, Office administration, Financial Systems, Management and Statutory Reporting.

Lucie is a member of the Instituted of Chartered Accountants in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Management) from the University of Technology Sydney

Dr Tony Buckmaster comes from an agricultural background having grown up and worked on the family farm but also has extensive experience in wildlife ecology and strategic pest management as well as 12 years of teaching and research experience.

He currently manages our Centre R&D program and leads our Balanced Research Program. He is also actively involved in several on-going research projects and convenes a Masters level unit in Vertebrate Pest Management for the University of Sydney.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science, The University of Canberra
• Honours in Applied Science, The University of Canberra
• PhD in Ecology, The University of Sydney

As the Senior Research & Development Coordinator, Baxter’s main responsibilities include managing current and emerging projects, such as weed RD&E projects. This includes assisting with the commercialisation of CISS outputs, managing data, and supporting the administration of contracts and projects.

With a strong interest in controlling invasive species, Baxter brings over four years’ experience in conducting molecular biology research on fungal and viral biocontrol agents at Landcare Research Ltd, New Zealand. His work on using Araujia mosaic virus (ArjMV) as a biocontrol agent on Moth plant has been published in Archives of Virology (2007) and the Australasian Plant Pathology Society (2009).

He spent nearly a decade at the Australian National University, contributing to plant molecular biology research projects, particularly cloning plant lines with the goal of improving photosynthesis in crop plants.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences), The University of Auckland
• Master of Science (Molecular Microbiology), The University of Auckland
• Doctor of Philosophy (Plant Molecular Biology), The University of Queensland

Shan Southwell is the Finance and Office Manager of the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions and is responsible for the day to day finance and administration operations of the centre.

Shan has previously worked for organisations such as CARE Australia, The Australian Gas Association and Deloittes.  Shan is a member of the Instituted of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and has Bachelor of Accounting from the Canberra College of Advance Education and a Graduate Diploma in Management Sciences from the University of Canberra.

Karen brings a firsthand appreciation of invasive species including blackberries, rabbits and foxes from her earliest days growing up on a dairy farm. Today, she’s an active Bushcare volunteer in her homebase of Wollongong, where she’s gained insights into the impact of both feral deer and environmental weeds.

She has a BA in Journalism from RMIT University and a Master of Business (Marketing) from The University of Wollongong.

Sreshti has experience in the social and education development sector in a fundraising, marketing and communications capacity. She is responsible for providing operational support and the delivery of CISS Communication and Marketing Plans.

Sreshti holds the following qualifications:

• BA (Hons) in Economics, The University of Manchester
• Master of Business Administration (Marketing), Macquarie Business School

Dawn comes from a decade long career working as a Bio Medical Technician creating and maintaining genetically modified pedigrees for research utilising mutagenesis techniques including EDU and CRISPR, a Biosecurity Officer and Animal Ethics Officer at The John Curtin School of Medical Research as well as a Field Ecology Assistant on several conservation projects attached to the Australian National University and Australian Conservation Foundation. Specialising in Animal Behaviour and Welfare Dawn has worked with a wide variety of vertebrate species from lab animals to livestock, to native species and even exotic wildlife such as old-world primates and meerkats.

Dawn holds the following qualifications:

• Adv Diploma Animal Technology, CIT
• Diploma Event Management, AD1

Jane Leslie is the Administration Assistant for CISS, providing office support to the finance and executive team. She is also the Executive Assistant to Andreas Glanznig, the CEO.

She has an extensive administrative background, working in a variety of private sector roles.

Greg Mifsud is the National Wild Dog Management Coordinator funded through the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions via a co-investment model that includes Wool Producers Australia, Australian Wool Innovation Ltd, Meat and Livestock Australia, Animal Health Australia, Sheep Producers Australia and the Cattle Council of Australia.