AGDF

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	President
	Mark Thomson, The TVS Partnership Mark Thomson is an Ecological Architect and Adjunct Professor of the QUT School of Design. Mark is currently a Director of The TVS Partnership Architects and EcoLateral Sustainability Consultants, both with offices based in Brisbane. Mark is currently a member of the Green Building Council Australia Green Star Faculty and past chair of the QLD Property Council of Australia, Sustainable Development and Management Committee. He has a continuing role as a research Director at the Centre for Sub-Tropical Design and co-authored the book “The Environmental Brief – Pathways to Green Design”, published in London in 2007. Mark has designed a number of award winning buildings all with a strong ESD focus and outcomes. As an Environmental Consultant, Mark advises Government and Commercial enterprise on the implementation of sustainability initiatives and educates various forums on ESD issues. He is accredited in Green Star tools, proficient in Green Globe rating tools and has been responsible for writing various ESD guidelines and covenants.
	Board Members
	Cameron Hoffmann, Conics Brisbane Cameron is Partner with PMM Brisbane with over 17 years experience as a Town Planning Consultant, focusing on master-planned communities, regional planning and development innovation. Cameron has held a long standing commitment to sustainable development and fostering the understanding and adoption of its principles. I have been actively engaged in both the promotion of sustainability and the deepening of my own understanding since the late ‘90’s. The recognition of the need to accelerate the adoption of sustainable development practices led to my involvement in the creation of the AGDF. As societal and industry awareness grows regarding sustainability issues so too does the need for the AGDF to aid the generation and implementation of effective policies, industry tools and standards. Sustainability principles need to be recognised as both the core foundation of a healthy and prosperous society, and a source of immense opportunity.
	Alison McDonald Alison McDonald is a chartered UK architect and a low-energy architecture consultant with 10-years experience in sustainable development. In addition to Alison’s passion for low-energy architecture, her interests include sustainable communities and the metabolism of cities, exploring this through means such as the world renowned Schumacher College. Alison has had a long relationship with sustainability, her family, originally from rural tropical Queensland, were founding members of the world’s largest permaculture community and she is a member of The EcoVillage in Currumbin Valley. Alison has further exposed herself to various social, cultural, indigenous and regional challenges volunteering for projects in isolated and developing areas. Alison works with James Cubitt Architects, implementing sustainability design principles into infrastructure and education projects; and with QUT Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, assisting with units such as Sustainable Practice, Greenhouse Solutions and Architectural Design. Alison has completed a number of projects with a strong ESD focus, she holds a Master of Science in Architectural, Energy and Sustainability, and is accredited/trained in Green Star, NABERS, BREEAM, EcoHomes, SAP, and various environmental software.
	Anna Maccheroni Anna is an Associate and the Sustainability and HR Manager with PLACE Design Group Pty Ltd (PDG). PDG is a planning, design and environmental consultancy operating nationally and internationally. Anna has a Bachelor of Built Environment - Landscape Architecture and a Master of Urban & Environmental Planning. Anna is a collaborative practitioner who is passionate about the implementation of sustainability initiatives across all facets of PDG’s business. Anna has been an active supporter of the AGDF firstly, via her role on the membership committee in 2006/07 and then via her contribution as a guest speaker/participant at the many of the AGDF sustainability forums. Anna is also member of the Planning Institute of Australia, the Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand and actively participates in continuing her on own professional development and those of her work colleagues via these memberships.
	Cr Krista Adams Councillor Krista Adams was elected to the Brisbane City Council seat of Wishart in March 2008. She was soon after appointed to the Infrastructure Committee, Environment, Parks & Sustainability Committee and appointed the Deputy Chair of Neighbourhood Planning and Development Assessment Committee. In November 2009 Councillor Adams was appointed the Deputy Chair of Council. Cr Adams is also Chair of the Brisbane City Council Community Gardens Committee and a member of the Heritage Advisory Committee, and most recently Chair of Lord Mayor's 2008 Retirement Aged Care Taskforce.
	Ian Purssey
	Professor Gordon Holden Gordon joined Griffith University in September 2009 from the position of Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Professor Holden completed his professional degree in Architecture at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane in 1969, followed by an MA (Urban Design) from Manchester University, UK in 1976 and a PhD from Newcastle University (NSW) in 1996. He held academic positions at Papua New Guinea University of Technology and at QIT including Had of the School of Architecture, Interior and Industrial Design at QUT from 1993 to 2001 before joining Victoria University of Wellington in 2002. Professor Holden researches in Architectural and Urban Design theory and practice, with an emphasis on sustainable design. He led the establishment of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at VUW as the world’s first ‘Carbon-Neutral Facility’ of its type. This is the catalyst for accelerating change in education and research as well as actual carbon reduction for the faculty. He has led and assisted the advancement of architectural and urban design education internationally through external examination and accreditation of programmes over a thirty-seven year period. He is currently President of the Commonwealth Association of Architects based in London.
	Michael Duggan Michael has worked as a consultant, educator, and/or trainer with such companies, projects and initiatives as: Ecospecifier; SALA Homes sustainable homes; ehabitat Sustainable homes; The Good Guys Electrical Retail Stores; QLD X-Ray; QLD Environmental Protection Agency; The Hornery Institute; Santos; the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES); and, numerous sustainable building, sales and education programs. Michael is an experienced educator, trainer and sustainability facilitator having presented at and facilitated numerous local and national seminars on Education for Sustainability, sustainable housing and development, including: the World Education Fellowship Forum 2004, CONASTA52, Ecoshow 2006, and the Greenbuild and Renewable Energy Expo 2007, and ENSI International Research Seminar and Executive Committee Meeting in Switzerland, 2008. Through his continuing role in sustainable education and training, he is committed to ecologically sustainable development, and facilitating its uptake into the mainstream through the development of progressive, lifelong-learning and continued education in all areas of endeavor.
	Lee Wade
	Janis Birkeland Dr Janis Birkeland joined QUT as Professor of Architecture in 2007, where she has introduced a Minor in Sustainability and runs units in green building, eco-retrofitting, greenhouse solutions and eco-innovation. Before moving to Australia in 1981, she worked consecutively as an artist, advocacy planner, architect, urban designer, city planner and attorney in San Francisco. She wrote a PhD on Planning for Sustainability at the University of Tasmania. She then taught architecture at the University of Canberra and professional development courses in sustainable systems at the ANU, while consulting in sustainable design. She also took a secondment as Senior Environmental Education Officer for Environment Australia. She has given over 100 invited lectures, and has written around 100 publications in the area of the built environment and/or sustainability including Design for Sustainability (2002), a widely used text. Her new book, Positive Development: from Vicious Circles to Virtuous Cycles (2008) critiques best practice environmental planning, management and design. It suggests new approaches and strategies for converting development itself into a sustainability solution.