2019 Student Leadership Conference

Key Note Speaker, Naomi Nash - Charles Sturt Alumni

Naomi is the CEO and lead consultant with New River Leadership. She has worked with social welfare agencies, schools, executives and individuals to explore leadership and cultural change. In 2017 she co-authored “Rethinking Leadership: Building capacity for positive change.” She has a particular interest in innovation and entrepreneurship and is a mentor for University of Sydney Students in the StartUp Incubator “Genesis”. Naomi enjoys remote Australian travel, long dinners with good friends and writing music.

Qualifications: Bachelor Information Technology, Bachelor Teaching (CSU), Professional Cert. in Process Oriented Psychology (current), Honorary Associate Sydney University Business School.

Josh Farr

Josh set up a business, Campus Consultancy, to train student leaders in 2017.

He was the President of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Society at UNSW in 2013.

After going into a graduate role in engineering, he realised that it was not aligned with his values or passions;  a love of working 1-1 with people, creating communities and bringing events & experiences to life.

He took some time off to travel and reflect and upon his return to Australia, he worked as the Graduate Recruitment Manager for a Not-For-Profit organisation. He worked with clubs across Victoria but realised almost all had the same challenges he had faced as a club-leader, a lack of training, prior experience and annual turnover, resulting in less than optimal results.

He decided to do something about it.

After interviewing hundreds of club leaders across Australia Josh was able to identify some common problems. And Campus Consultancy was created to deliver high-quality professional development to students at universities across Australia.  He appreciates the support, mentoring and guidance that has been a part of his success.

Leanne Warner

Leanne Warner, from Langley Group, is an inspiring and experienced leader and facilitator who is passionate about developing people and organisations.

A former CEO and Board Chair, Leanne has founded and led some of Australia's leading charities, non-profit networks and leadership forums. Her strategic leadership skills, stakeholder management experience, people orientation and passion add great value, especially during change and where stability and growth are desired. She enjoys the challenge of working in complex environments and brings a great energy, commerciality and a solutions-oriented approach to developing teams and coaching people to be the best they can be.

She has a Masters in Management (majoring in Community Management) from the University of Technology, Sydney, and a Bachelor of Education, Melbourne. She has completed the Sydney Leadership program with Social Leadership Australia and has a Diploma of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing. She is accredited in Strengths Profile and MSCEIT (emotional intelligence).