CO-CHAIR

Amanda Healy is from the Wonnarua nation, the Traditional Owners of the Hunter Valley region in New South Wales. She has spent most of her life living in Western Australia.

After 35 years’ experience in the mining industry, Amanda founded her own engineering business—Maxx Engineering—which was sold in 2015. She then joined forces with industry specialists to form and become CEO of Warrikal, a majority Indigenous-owned mechanical services business.

Upon realising that the only Indigenous products available to wear to showcase her culture were actually made in Asia, Amanda turned her entrepreneurial skills towards the fashion and social sectors.

She founded Kirrikin in 2014, a social enterprise that digitally prints gorgeous Aboriginal artwork onto luxurious cashmeres and silks, and that shares its profits with the Aboriginal artists who design these works. Kirrikin now boasts customers across Australia and as far away as the USA and Europe.

Amanda is recipient of the prestigious ‘Indigenous in Business’ Award at the C20 in Brisbane (2014), and winner of multiple Export Council of Australia awards. 

DIRECTOR

Liandra Gaykamaŋu is a board director of Enterprise Learning Projects.

Liandra is a Yolŋu woman from North-East Arnhem Land and the founder and creative director of Liandra, an eco-conscious designer label that fuses contemporary Aboriginal art and swimwear fashion.

Liandra Swim allows people, from all walks of life, to authentically engage and connect with Australian Indigenous culture in a new and exciting environment.

Only four years old, Liandra Swim has already been featured in Vogue US, Elle Italy, Harper’s Bazaar and Marie Claire. The fast-growing label was also showcased at the 2021 Australian Afterpay Fashion Week runway.

Liandra has spent the past 12 months operating Liandra Swim from Milingimbi in North-East Arnhem Land – a region where she has strong familial ties. She is currently based in Darwin.

Liandra is also a qualified English/History high school teacher and has seven years experience in the education industry, with teaching stints in metro New South Wales and the remote Northern Territory. She is passionate about education and strongly believes knowledge is power.

CO-CHAIR & TREASURER

Mark Jackaman is Worimi from the Nabiac region in the Hunter Valley, NSW.

Mark has extensive experience working internationally and throughout Australia for large corporates and not-for-profits. He has experience in managing the financial aspects of organisations, including mergers and acquisitions. He has also managed IT and supply chain and worked closely with CEOs on setting strategic direction for the organisations he has worked for. He has the ability to see the detail required to enhance organisational efficiency as well as the broader context in which an organisation is operating. He is also able to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.

His finance and business background will complement the skills of the other board members as ELP continues to grow and develop.

DIRECTOR

Elena Wangurra is a proud Warramiri woman of the Yolngu Nation and is currently based on Rirratjingu land in Nhulunbuy, NT

With over 15 years experience in the arts and private sectors, Elena has worked nationally and internationally on creative productions and cultural projects bringing her skills and lived experience to each interaction.

Elena is passionate about providing meaningful engagement and intermediary skills to ventures and projects bridging Yolngu and Balanda worlds; and the creation of culturally aware spaces with the integration of cultural knowledge systems in business operations.

Elena is also the founding Director of QueenMode Collective, a social enterprise dedicated to the personal development of First Nations women with a desire to facilitate opportunities and empower more First Nations Women to affect change in the world.

She is an entrepreneur, community connector and advisor, working in the Indigneous cultural, arts and business space.

DIRECTOR

Brett is a Yamatji, Noongar man from Carnarvon W.A, with Traditional connections to the Mid-West & South-West of W.A

With over ten years' experience in senior leadership roles Brett has developed and managed many programs supporting Aboriginal individuals & Communities. These programs are in the areas of health & wellbeing, education, business development, community services, alcohol & other drugs (AOD) counselling, family domestic violence (FDV) prevention, and justice.

Brett is a full-time consultant & specialist independent director working with & supporting Aboriginal corporations across Australia. Brett brings a solid understanding of strategic goal setting, managing & monitoring at the board level & delivery of set targets by senior leadership at the operational level.

Brett is passionately focused on Indigenous advancement & self-determination; he is excited & grateful to join the ELP Board.

DIRECTOR

Leeann is an Aboriginal woman with traditional links to Kutatj (Gulf of Carpentaria), Koko-bera and Kunjen (Western Cape York), and Western Kuku Yalanji (Maytown). Leeann has worked as a First Nations business owner since 2000 and have during this period of time established networks throughout Australia. Prior to establishing her own businesses, she worked at various levels within both government and non-government agencies.

Consultancy contracts have included but not limited to health, beauty therapy, social health well-being, drug and alcohol, disability and aged care. The majority of contracts have been in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities/regions/bi nationally/nationally. Leeann has

experience in submission writing, project management with particular expertise in grants management and have completed training as a lead auditor.