Patrick Fensham MPIA (Fellow) | President
SGS Economics and Planning
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Jane Keddie MPIA | Vice President
Hansen Partnership
Growing up with an architect working in urban design, I’ve always had an interest in the built environment. However, it wasn’t until I returned to uni (after many years of travel) to study sustainable land management that I came to recognise the power and potential of the discipline of planning in delivering better outcomes. I haven’t regretted my choice of planning for one day – the variety, fluidity and importance of the work we can do as planners still inspires me.
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Ed Riley MPIA | Vice President
Department of Transport and Planning
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Kate Barclay MPIA
City of Melton
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Andrew Grear RPIA (Fellow)
Department of Transport and Planning
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Hayley Henderson MPIA
Australian National University
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Nikki Hill MPIA
Ethos Urban
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Emily Hobbs MPIA
SGS Economics and Planning
Emily is an urban planner passionate about applying her knowledge and skills to address issues of equity and social justice. Emily believes that planning for the needs and aspirations of people and communities through strategic policy can deliver great community cohesion, vibrant economies, sustainable places and diverse cultural expression.
With experience in both the public and private sector, Emily's expertise includes regional economic and community development, housing policy, gender equity and strategic land use planning.
Kirsten Kilpatrick MPIA
NovoPlanning
Probably like most planners, the thing that drew me to planning was that I had strong interests in geography and the environment. Planning allowed me to pursue both of these interests, so I studied planning at university and continued my passion for geography by completing some specialised geography studies.
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Kim Marriott MPIA
City of Whitehorse
On reflection, becoming a planner was the result of a suite of early influences in my life. My mum had studied architecture and geography, then became a librarian, meaning we had lots of books on architecture, design, and the environment. I also had an intrinsic passion for the environment, which led to a love of geography. My upbringing also gave me a strong desire to contribute to my community. So, when I was looking at uni courses, just post-recession (and Victorian council amalgamations), planning was obvious – a likely job and working in a field I loved..
Noel Matthews MPIA
Arup
.I studied geography for a term at secondary school and really enjoyed the introduction to natural systems, landscape and the like and I was particularly interested in how people used the cities that were being built. I spoke to a few people and pursued planning over landscape and urban design. Done well, planning had the ability to share the city and its opportunities with its occupants for a net community benefit. It still has that ability. At RMIT I had some good lecturers who fuelled this interest and my first job at the then South Melbourne Council added a fascination with architecture and the deal was done.
Estella Qing MPIA
Department of Transport and Planning
Estella is a town planner with experience in public and private sectors in the Victorian planning industry, across both strategic and statutory planning. She is currently Senior Planner at DELWP and is the immediate past Convenor of the Victorian Young Planners committee. Estella is interested in the politics of planning, urban history, and planning policy as a tool to achieve better outcomes.
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Melissa Thyer MPIA
Department of Transport and Planning
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Michelle Wang MPIA
Echelon Planning
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Adriano Zarosinski PIA (Assoc.)
Tract Consultants
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Laura Murray RPIA | National Board Director
ARUP
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Catherine Sherwin MPIA | Women's Planning Network Convenor
MPIA
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Nivedita Ravindran MPIA | Victorian Young Planners Convenor
Niche Planning Studio
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