Dr Sally Blackwood is arts leader with a passion for connecting and supporting individuals and organisations, forging innovation, and enriching communities through engagement in the arts and culture. Sally is a leading advocate for gender equity, inclusivity and diversity in education and industry. Sally believes that the arts, education and the creative industries play a vital role in the evolution and sustainability of the greater cultural ecology of regional and urban Australia. Sally advocates for the role of arts and culture to tell our contemporary stories, facilitate discussion about current social and political issues, provide a platform for social cohesion, wellbeing, community enrichment, cultural change and economic sustainability.