Priscilla is the Director of the Vice Presidents Office, Global Development. In addition, Priscilla is a Director/Board member for Ecological Society of Australia and previously performed roles as Committee Chair, Committee Member and Treasurer. Her experience/expertise is in environment, conservation, tourism and the higher education sector. As a Director, Priscilla provides senior executive and advisory support to the Vice-President Global Development and represents the office across a range of strategic and operational matters. Priscilla is a commercially focused and collaborative business partner with a proven record in leading highly complex projects in areas such as systems innovation and integration; whole-of-organisation change leadership, business continuity and critical incident preparedness and response.  

Prior to joining CQUniversity, Priscilla worked in the field of conservation and protected area management at Parks Victoria and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. 

Priscilla is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Harvard Business School and earned her MBA from Australian Institute of Business, a Bachelor in Applied Science (Parks, Recreation and Heritage) from Charles Sturt University and is currently completing her Professional Doctorate with CQUniversity. Priscilla is based in Rockhampton.

Margot Richardson joined the QRRRWN Board as Treasurer in February 2021.

Margot Richardson, FCPA, GAICD, FGIA, is a highly qualified and extremely motivated businessperson whose dedication to quality outcomes and learning is only matched by her professional expertise. With more than 40 years business and industry experience, she is a proven manager, strategist, and director. She is a graduate of the Company Directors Course, facilitator of AICD courses and has completed the Mastering the Boardroom program. Margot is also a Fellow of CPA Australia and has extensive experience in the NFP Sector.

A key attribute of Margot’s skillset is her ability to support governance development, and she is passionate about the proper application of good governance. She is also very skilled at managing and supporting strong financial management.

Living and working in Far North Queensland Margot has extensive experience with a broad range of people in the region. She lives on the Atherton Tablelands but has extensive networks throughout Queensland.

Jo has been serving on the QRRRWN Board since May 2020.

Jo is a Bundaberg girl – born & raised with her 3 sisters in the cane growing district. Her husband hails from Rockhampton & they lived & worked in Mount Isa for three years, before returning to Brisbane to continue their corporate careers and raise their family.

Jo is an executive manager at Hastings Deering (Caterpillar)  and has more than 25 years’ experience in several companies including Aurizon, Glencore and Amcor Ltd. Her expertise includes transformational change, business strategy, turnaround commercial performance, visible leadership and employee experience.

Jo is passionate about helping women create their own paths and reach their potential. She has raised 3 boys, assisted others through mentoring and coaching and created workplace programs to drive flexibility, diversity and inclusion. Her efforts were recognized when she won the 2020 Exceptional Woman in Queensland Resources award.

Jo holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Central Queensland and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Queensland University of Technology. She is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a certified member of the Australian Human Resources Institute

Erika has been serving on the QRRRWN Board since May 2020.

Erika Entz has always been very passionate about people, customers and businesses. Learning & Development and improving Business Processes is the core values of how she lives. Not only she enjoys gaining knowledge, but she always quotes… Gain to Share.. You have to gain knowledge to be able to share knowledge. Certainly something Erika has been doing for decades. 

Currently employed as Head of Implementation & Professional Services at simPRO Software as a global role covering AU, NZ, UK and US implementations operations. simPRO is a global operations management software for trade services industries. Working in the ever changing and hyper growth SaaS industry Erika accustomed to change, and delivering exceptional service to internal and external customers. Other strengths include business operations and systems efficiency and deployment, learning & development, leadership lunch & learn and development program and high performance teams program.  

Her core role is to create strategy, tools, resources and deploy them globally allowing to hire, onboard, educate the Implementation Consultants and also played an inherent role in the development of the customer education program. 

Erika has previously served on the Committee of Management as well as President of QLD for AIOP (Australian Institute of Office Professionals).

The passion to learn and passion to share the knowledge and support organisation lead Erika to wanting to contribute to organisations such as AIOP as Committee Member and President QLD Division in the past and now to QRRRWN. She hopes to bring value and benefits to the members and partners by understanding the needs, collaborating with fellow Board Members and Members and Partners.  Erika’s focus is IT/Data and Systems.

Gail Russell, GAICD, has a diverse working and volunteer career. Born and raised on a farm in Mackay, and attending an all girl’s boarding school in Rockhampton, she originally qualified and worked in the sugar industry as a sugar chemist around the Mackay region. Changing direction later on saw her work in the finance sector – from a small loans outlet to manage the money market desk of a large merchant bank in Sydney and then to a credit union after moving back to Queensland.  She has always held high level administrative positions for employers and their clients, and this has included, board support, events organisation and management, and general administrative functions.

Now living in Cairns, she is a director (voluntary) of the Cairns RSL Club Ltd and member of one of the committees assessing applications for their Community Benefit Fund.  She is also secretary and everything coordinator to a busy sports club that has hosted large sporting and other fundraising events.

She is a Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors, holds Diplomas of Events and of Management.  She also has Sugar Technology and Securities Institute Certificates.

QRRRWN has held a special role in my life over the last couple of years.  It has kept me informed, involved and connected with other likeminded women in our ever-changing world.  I first become involved with QRRRWN as a part of the History Project with Cecily, transcribing interviews, doing book reviews, and interviewing members from which I gained an immense appreciation for the strong history and achievements of many amazing women.  Gosh, did they have some stories to tell!

I have worked in the rural industry for 30 years, mostly remotely, as a single mother with two children (now grown and gone). I am a beef breeder and producer situated in central Western Queensland and am slowly expanding my enterprise, and value adding to my business through various creative endeavours.

My skillset is large and varied; a horse trainer, contract musterer, dozer operator, truck driver through to station manager, branded beef marketing and business management, all in a male dominated arena… My strengths are Project Management, visionary and futuristic outlooks for our industry and I consult with various media channels to best promote our rural identity.  I have been featured in Graziher magazine, Wander of the West campaign with Edwina Robertson, Channel 7’s Queensland Weekender program and the Queensland Country Life.  My story has also been used a brand ambassador for various organisations like RB Sellars, and Ergon Electricity.

I feel strongly that QRRRWN’s remote members need as much support as possible.  There are a great many remarkable, talented, resilient women who are forging careers, businesses and creating strong focus on community and family, and do it with very little resources.  I would love to have these women onboard, growing the organisation and diversifying QRRRWN into more remote areas through networking, knowledge, creativity and upskilling.

I am a passionate advocate, contributor and participant in the rural industry and would love to contribute to this amazing organisation.

Jessica Goldie is a barrister at the private bar in Toowoomba. She practices predominately in criminal and family law. Jessica was born and raised in Toowoomba and has worked all throughout regional Queensland. 

Jessica has extensive advocacy and legal experience, having worked for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions from 2009 to 2018. Jessica was first called to the bar in February 2012, and shortly thereafter was appointed as a Crown Prosecutor for the State at the age of 23. 

As a Crown Prosecutor, Jessica appeared as lead counsel in over a hundred serious and complex criminal jury trials across regional Queensland, including Toowoomba, Cairns, Townsville, Ipswich, Roma, Dalby, Warwick, Mount Isa, Bowen, Charters Towers and Gladstone. Jessica has also circuited to Mornington Island, Doomadgee and Normanton for Court cases involving serious criminal allegations.

Jessica went to the private bar at the beginning of 2018 after completing her Masters in Family Law. She continues to represent clients all over Queensland, particularly in remote and regional areas. Jessica has a keen interest in ensuring access to justice for those living in remote and regional Queensland. That experience has allowed her to become familiar with the struggles that women often face in regional communities and plans to bring this knowledge to her work on the Board of QRRRWN.