Our Board

Bryan is a passionate and experienced leader in collaboration and human-centred design, a field that applies playful and provocative methods to facilitate intentional teamwork and generate innovative solutions. As the APAC Director of Collaboration Design at JLL, a global real estate services firm, he consults with senior leaders to design and deliver strategic stakeholder conversations across the Asia Pacific region.

With over 15 years of experience in corporate real estate, Bryan has developed multidisciplinary expertise in strategic workplace design, futures thinking, human-centred design, and agile ways of working. He enjoys working with diverse cultures, organisations, and individuals to understand their needs, challenges, and aspirations, and to craft workplace visions that enhance the human experience, foster innovation, and propel business performance.

Bryan completed his executive MBA candidate at RMIT University. Bryan is also a non-profit board member and proactive member of several professional associations and networks, such as CoreNet Global, where he was awarded the Young Leader of the Year in 2019 for thought leadership and industry engagement.

Founder of Ballarat Evolve. Strategic decision-maker and advocate with a passion for delivering programs of work that make a positive difference to a community’s wellbeing; knitting together the arts, cultural issues, social concerns and economics. Over twenty-five years experience in developing, implementing and evaluating complex business strategies. Experienced in working within the public and private sectors. Business owner and operator.

Creative City Strategic Lead, City of Ballarat. Embedding creative thinking at the heart of the council decision-making. Successfully applied and secured UNESCO Creative City designation in November 2019. Operating the arts & culture programming including establishing new pathways for artists, musicians, creatives and others to thrive. Responsible for oversight and implementation of the public art programming, rewriting of public art policy and masterplan. Coordination of arts incubator.

Experienced Accountant with a demonstrated history of working in the accounting industry.

Skilled in Tax Preparation, Financial Statements, Auditing, and Accounting. Strong accounting professional with a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Management focused in Accounting/Marketing from University of Ballarat.

Angela has been working closely with makers, creators, artists and designers since 2007. Angela began her career with 13 years in multi-national corporate Information Technology roles working with emerging Internet technologies (including Coca-Cola Amatil and IBM). Single-handedly she built Leeloo.com.au which supported handmade businesses and nurtured emerging designers in 2007.

After getting the attention of Etsy, they appointed her as Australian Community Manager responsible for seller acquisition, development and education. Amongst her additional experience she includes roles as Communications Manager at Garage Sale Trail, ANZ Agent at Illustration X and Communications and Sponsorships Manager at The Finders Keepers Markets.

Angela is now the founder, owner and director of D'Alton Baker Productions and Make Good Things Happen, both businesses designed to support the maker community of Australia.

Spencer Harrison is a visual artist whose work distils colour, form and space into ordered abstract structures that reflect on our lived urban experience. His visual language draws on the world around us, referencing design, architecture, science and the built environment. Within his works, Harrison explores tensions between minimalism and maximalism, order and chaos, contemplating the role these forces play in the modern world. Employing a range of methodologies of making across painting, digital video, sculpture and installation, the works he creates questions the nature of abstraction and its relationship to contemporary life.

Throughout the past 7 years, Harrison has exhibited regularly in solo and group exhibition with his most recent exhibition 'Tape Measures' presenting a series of 52 drawings reflecting on social distancing during the pandemic. Alongside his exhibitions he also undertakes public artworks and commissions working with clients such as Miami Horror, David Jones, Victorian Metro Tunnel and the City of Melbourne.

Harrison recently graduated from the Victorian Collage of Arts, Melbourne with a Masters of Contemporary Art (First Class Honours) and was recipient of an award from the NGV women's association for his graduate showcase.

Leading, building and motivating cohesive teams and developing strong collaborative stakeholder relationships to ensure successful business outcomes, Maryann is a reliable, energetic and enthusiastic problem solver.

Mayrann is a Project Manager and retail / consumer marketing specialist leading highly effective end-to-end strategies in constantly changing, fast paced environments. Maryan provides comprehensive user experience assessment, delivering state-of-the-art consumer experiences. From award-winning luxury hotels through to retail environments, Maryann is results driven, identifying opportunities and implementing creative and dynamic strategies for continuous business growth through operational management, communications and design.