CONVENOR/ CHAIR

An experienced and versatile facilitator and broadcaster Meri regularly convenes public conversations with a particular interest in the transformation of leadership and culture that is needed to secure a safe future for us all. A chance opportunity to bring Christiana Figueres, the chief architect of the Paris Climate Agreement, to Perth in early March 2020 led to her focus on leadership, climate transition and environmental issues. Meri was guest curator of the TEDxPerth COUNTDOWN: WA Climate Leadership Summit 2020 which led to founding WA Climate Leaders.  Meri is working to acquire funding for a transformative leadership work and a connected campaign in Western Australia.

SECRETARY

Aimee Smith is a sustainability educator, climate strategist, and leadership practitioner who believes the climate crisis demands a fundamentally different kind of leadership—one grounded in care, creativity, collaboration, and systems thinking.

Over 20 years, Aimee has worked as an award-winning choreographer, policy advisor to Australian senators, climate consultant, and now as an educator at Curtin University. This uncommon path—from artist to parliament to classroom—has given her unique insight into what it takes to catalyse real change across sectors and scales.

Aimee holds a Masters in Sustainability and Climate Policy and brings creative, embodied approaches to leadership development and climate action. She supports organisations and governments to develop climate strategies while teaching the next generation of changemakers how to hold complexity, think in systems, and lead transformation. Aimee is a Creative Climate Leadership Fellow and serves on several  boards.

TREASURER

After Amy's netball career was ended by a heat stroke, the climate crisis became her main focus. She moved into an advisory position supporting global companies on both physical climate risks and optimum decarbonisation pathways.

in her academic research, Amy had the privilege to learn from Wudjari Noongar senior officials and elders and the Tjaltjraak rangers looking at the intersection between fire management techniques, catastrophic fire risk and the changing climate.

She has supported FrontRunners, EcoAthletes and Sports Environment Alliance to help athletes use their voices to combat the climate crisis.

BOARD MEMBER

Amilia is an experienced event and project manager with over a decade of work across corporate, community and purpose-led initiatives. She operates at the intersection of strategy, operations and engagement, bringing people together in ways that strengthen relationships and build momentum. Known for creating thoughtful, well-structured experiences, she focuses on designing efficient systems that allow important work to move forward with clarity and impact. She is driven by the belief that meaningful change is built collectively. While she may not always be the one delivering climate solutions directly, Amilia is passionate about creating platforms that elevate the voices, ideas and projects shaping a more sustainable future. She believes that small, practical actions compound over time and is committed to supporting initiatives that uplift and accelerate positive change across WA.

BOARD MEMBER

If avoiding writing your own bio was an olympic sport, Lily would be a multi-gold
medalist. She gets amongst a bunch of things, most of which involve bringing
people together to co-design community-led solutions to complex problems. Lily is
particularly passionate about upgrading systems by better utilising
the tools and collective intelligence we have available.