Advisory Groups

Ms Kenny, was the Chair of the Advisory Council until it expired in December 2022. She is currently a legal consultant, after 20 years as a corporate partner at major international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills.

Ms Kenny has significant skills and experience in sport law matters and combines a corporate law practice with a sports related practice advising on numerous transactions, disputes and issues including doping, gambling and integrity matters.

Ms Kenny has competed internationally including at the windsurfing exhibition event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and was a member of Australian Sailing's Olympic Selection Panel in 2008, 2012 and 2016. She is the current Vice-President of World Sailing.

Ms Anderson was a member of the Advisory Council until it expired in December 2022.

She is currently a Board Member of the Australian Sports Commission, the former CEO of Paralympics Australia, and former Chair of the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs (National Rugby League) with 30 years involvement both in Australia and globally in the sports business industry.

Mr Sutherland was a member of the Advisory Council until it expired in December 2022. He is the CEO of Golf Australia, the former CEO of Cricket Australia (2001-2018), and current Director of; GameOn Holdings Pty Ltd, Geelong Football Club (Australian Football League the ICC T20 World Cup 2020, and Dunrobin Advisory Services Pty Ltd.

Ms Mitchell was a member of the Advisory Council until it expired in December 2022.

Her background includes over 35 years' experience as a public servant, most recently as Australia's first National Children's Commissioner within the Australian Human Rights Commission, with responsibility for promoting the rights and wellbeing of Australia's children.

Prior to this, she was the New South Wales Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Ms Carroll was appointed as Queensland Police Commissioner in mid-2019. She is the first female Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service (QPS).

Prior to her current appointment, she was Commissioner of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services from 2015 until 2019.

Ms Carroll has a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Griffith University and an Associate Diploma in Community Welfare from James Cook University.

Mr Goodwin is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar who practises primarily in commercial and public law.

He was a Junior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory and is currently Junior Counsel Assisting the Yoorrook Truth-telling Commission in Victoria. Mr Goodwin is a member of the Yuin people of the South Coast of New South Wales.

He currently serves on several boards, including the Museums Victoria Board and the Human Rights Law Centre, Melbourne.

Mr Goodwin has a Bachelor of Arts and Laws (Hons) from the Australian National University, and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School.

Ms Leigh has been Director-General, ACT Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate, and Head of the ACT Public Service, since early 2014.

Prior to taking up her present position she was Director-General, ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate (2009 – 2014) and First Assistant Secretary (and acting Deputy Secretary) with the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department (1999 – 2009).

Ms Leigh has a master’s in international law (ANU); an LLB Hons (ANU); a BA (Griffith); and is a Graduate of the AICD.

She is also a Board Member of the ANZ School of Government and the ACT Institute of Public Administration.

Ms Murphy is a Paralympic Swimmer and a member of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team. She has been selected for five consecutive Australian Swim Teams and was appointed as the Dolphins Swim Team leader in 2017. She won a silver medal at the Rio Paralympic Games.

She has been a team member and Paralympic Education Program presenter with Paralympics Australia since 2019 and is also an Education Presenter for Sport Integrity Australia and a ‘Game Changer’ with Sporting Wheelies, Brisbane (a community / school-based disability training program).

She works at the Minerva Network Executive Office managing the QAS partnership and was a Community Custodian with Lifeline / AIS (2019 – 2021).

Ms Murphy has a Bachelor of Business degree from Griffith University.

Professor Nimphius is an academic and community leader with expertise in high performance sport, athlete health, ethics, gender equity, diversity and inclusion, and education and learning.

As Pro-Vice Chancellor (Sport) at Edith Cowan University she is responsible for developing and implementing a strategic University-level plan with sport as a vehicle to deliver on objectives across academic research and student life.

She has been a board / committee member of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association, the ECU Pride Committee, Softball Australia, Surfing Australia (Sport Science Manager), and Chair of Science in Australia Gender Equity.

Professor Nimphius has a PhD in Sports Science from Edith Cowan University; an MSc

(Exercise Science) from State University, North Carolina; and a BSc Sports Management and

BSc Human Biology from Barton College, North Carolina.

Dr Halliday is a dual Olympian and a three-time world-champion in lightweight rowing. She rowed for South Australia on nine occasions for six victories in Interstate Regattas and won numerous Australian titles at the Australian National Championships before swapping her sculling shell for a bicycle, training with the South Australian Sports Institute squad.

While riding for MB Cycles, Halliday won her first ever cycle tour, the NZCT Women's Tour of New Zealand in February 2009. 

In 2011 Dr Halliday endured a traumatic brain injury and has made a long, but remarkable recovery. She has a B.Soc.Sci (Psychology), B.Media, B.Hlth.Sci and PhD OLY.