Kate Russell

Kate Russell is a proud Awabakal woman from Lake Macquarie committed to empowering her community. She is passionate about engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities to co-design programs and services using international best practices to make tangible changes in policy. 

Kate has held senior roles at the Department of Planning and Environment, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, NSW State Government and the Catalan Department of Education in Spain. She is currently the Chair of the Diversity Council Australia’s Indigenous External Advisory, Director of the Committee for Sydney, and was appointed to the inaugural Advisory Board of the ASEAN-Australia Centre.

Kate’s broad expertise and experience in diversity and inclusion, organisational culture, leadership, human resources, and project management enables her to develop programs that recognise the intersectionality of diverse experiences.