July 2024 Rising Leadership Program Cohort

We are delighted to introduce our 2024 July Rising Leadership Program cohort.

A warm welcome to our new Rising cohort. These 30 leaders share a passion for further exploring who they are as leaders, developing their strengths and improving their ability to make an impact. The next 6 months will be an exciting journey for each of them, and we look forward to sharing their experiences as they progress.

We are pleased to acknowledge and thank our Leadership WA partners who have supported key sector scholarships for the Program and to congratulate our July 2024 recipients.

The Leadership WA Foundation Scholarships have been awarded to Jasmyn Hutin from Orana House, Sionnann Dunne at Australian Medical Association and Tim Sitwell-Mogridge at Black Swan Theatre Company.

The LeadAbility Scholarship, awarded to a leader with a lived experience of disability or who is working in the sector, has been awarded to Amber Anthony (LeadAbility 2022), Founder of the Neurospicy Collective.

The Construction Training Fund (CTF) Construction Sector Leaders Scholarships have been awarded to Patrick Meagher at BGC Residential and Philip Roche at BDM Constructions. These two new Scholarships are designed to support the leadership development of two leaders working in the WA construction sector, as part of CTF's mission to support the development of leadership capacity in the building and construction industry

A huge thank you to our July 2024 Rising Program Scholarship partners the Department of Communities (Disability Services) for the LeadAbility Scholarship and the Construction Training Fund.

We wish our July cohort all the best in their leadership development as they commence the 2024 July Rising Leadership Program.

Leadership WA July 2024 Rising Leadership Program cohort:

Aaron Bowling, Western Power

Amber Anthony, Neurospicy Collective & Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC)

Andrea King, Brightwater Care Group

Anshul Bajpai, Public Transport Authority of WA

Brett McPharlin, Horizon Power

Brooke O'Donnell, Department of Education

Casey Sloper, Rio Tinto Australia

Cassandra Ryder, Department of Finance

Cherie Brown, Department of Communities

Chloe Harris, Consumers of Mental Health WA

Daniel McNaughton, Department of Education

Geoffrey Batt, MRIWA

Henry Robinson, Arup

Jaco Cloete, Design - Analysis

Jasmyn Hutin, Orana House

Jodie Flynn, Rio Tinto Australia

Kate Rampellini, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage

Katrina Cooper, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Kerry Akhurst, REIWA

Maria Virginia Castellano, Office of Major Transport Infrastructure Delivery

Patrick Meagher, BGC Residential

Philip Roche, BMD Constructions

Rumbidzai Mudzengi , Consumers of Mental Health WA

Sam Xanthis, Main Roads Western Australia

Samantha Kane, Western Australia Police

Sean Joyce, Plunkett Homes Group

Sionnann Dunne, AMA (WA)

Susannah Soon, Curtin University

Tim Sitwell-Mogridge , Black Swan State Theatre Company

Travis Adams, Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage