Our People

Dave is an experienced campaigner and community organiser who has spent 20+ years organising for social change in Queensland. He was the founding lead organiser of the Queensland Community Alliance, and before that has worked as a union, human rights and pro-democracy campaigner and a political advisor. Dave's family have worked for generations to protect Queensland's natural wonders as environmental activists. He is committed to building people power to change Queensland and lives in Brisbane with his partner and two kids. 

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Maggie’s role at the Queensland Conservation Council is the Climate Campaigner. Campaigning for climate justice at a regional, national and international scale, Maggie has worked with Mackay Conservation Group, the Australian Conservation Foundation and Market Forces. Maggie aims to support communities to power the energy revolution that is needed to secure a safe climate into the future.

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Hayley's role within the Queensland Conservation Council is Volunteer Coordinator and Nature Organiser, responsible for engaging and organising volunteers to increase capacity across QCC as well as organiser volunteers and supporters around our national parks for life campaign. Hayley has been working and volunteering in community organising roles within climate and environment campaigns for the last 9 years as well as having a background in ecology and Landcare. Previously she worked with Lock the Gate as a Brisbane Community Organiser and 350.org as QLD university divestment coordinator.

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Bec’s role with Queensland Conservation Council is Fundraising and Communications Coordinator. Bec has over six years fundraising experience in the not-for-profit sector, most recently for the Heart Foundation. She is currently undertaking a Diploma in Professional Fundraising,  has a Certificate in Professional Marketing and a BSc in Geography. Bec has a personal passion for the environment (and coincidentally was born on Earth Day!). She enjoys making the world a better place through fundraising and helping supporters make a difference to a cause they care about in a meaningful way for them.

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Nigel Parratt, is QCC's Water Officer.  Nigel was the QCC Rivers Project Officer from 2005 until 2013 and has worked for WWF-Australia for the last 7 years has recently returned to QCC as the new Water Policy Officer, which is funded by the Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water for the next 3 years.   

Simona Holzer is Queensland Conservation Council’s Climate Mobiliser, helping people take action on climate through our Climate Action Now campaign. Simona is passionate about bringing people together to grow the movement for climate action. Living in Switzerland she worked for the ‘Alpine Initiative’, an organisation advocating for the protection of the alpine environment and for the foodsharing movement, aiming to reduce commercial food waste. She has a background in political and environmental science with a focus on renewable energy systems.
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Jen’s role with the Queensland Conservation Council is Climate Organiser. She has had diverse experiences over her career, including in law, the public service, community and project development, policy and advocacy. She has worked with Government, Indigenous led organisations, community NGOs and faith-based organisations, in Victoria, the ACT, NT and across Queensland.

She now lives on Turrbal and Yuggera country in Brisbane. She loves being out amongst nature and is passionate about the health and flourishing of both human and non-human life.

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Jen’s new role as Organising Coordinator is focused on bringing an organising approach to how we work together across QCC’s member groups. She has over 20 years’ experience in the union movement and in community organising. Jen has worked with a broad range of community organisations, faith organisations and unions to help identify and nurture leadership potential and build collaborative power to run campaigns for long lasting change. She co-founded the Sydney Alliance which is a broad-based coalition of civil sector organisations building relationships across diversity to act together for the common good. Jen is passionate about building power for justice, nature and our climate.

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For more than a decade, Jon worked in the Australian union movement, organising and campaigning for better working conditions for union members in various sectors. With a move to Brisbane in 2021, Jon decided to leverage the skills he developed during that time and move into the environmental space. He first took on the role of Community Organiser at the Australian Conservation Foundation, coaching community groups of volunteers as they campaigned for action on nature and the environment. He is excited about his current role as the Protected Areas Campaign Manager and the chance to develop and manage campaigns that support nature-based solutions to climate change. 

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