Annette has worked for 17 years in business development building partnerships between not for profits, philanthropy and government.

In this time she facilitated the giving of $20 mil towards the organisations and projects below.

She worked with CERES Environment Park bringing partners together to support Aboriginal education programs, climate change education programs, arts events, training, green technologies, social enterprises, community festivals and capital works such as the $6.3mil CERES Van Raay Centre and the Namalata Willam (Aboriginal shelter).

She worked with Bicycle Network Victoria (formerly Bicycle Victoria) bringing partners together to realise the $6 mil Ride2School Program, as well as programs for Seniors, Rail Trails and designing ‘active’ suburbs in Melbourne’s urban growth areas.

She worked with The Environment Centre, Northern Territory (ECNT) enabling the start of ‘Kimberley to Cape’ – a wildlife corridor from The Kimberleys in Western Australia to Cape York in Queensland. She also raised $2.7 mil for a large energy efficiency program to reduce household energy consumption.

Other organisations Annette has worked with include Environment Essentials, Indra Publishing, Yarraville Community Centre and The Black Arm Band.

In more recent years she has been developing a Startup, Insight Maps and working as a business and development consultant and editor to charities, donors and small businesses. More detail is in her LinkedIn profile.