Our Team
Our Committee
Chairperson – Chris Roberts, Deputy Chair – Joanna Gardner, Secretary – Alicia Jackson, Treasurer – Ken Alchin
Committee members – Robyn, Joanna, Penny, Marcel, Ken, Alicia, Chris
Tweed Landcare is a volunteer-led landcare group. The Tweed Landcare Committee currently has seven members, each bringing with them a particular interest in working together to protect and care for the Tweed environment. Our Committee hold different backgrounds, with most being members or leaders of particular Landcare Groups in the Tweed. Some of our members have been involved in Landcare for a long time, whilst others are new. Our Committee is lead by Chris Roberts as our Chairperson, Alicia is our Secretary and Ken our Treasurer. We always welcome new members, get in contact or volunteer with us.
Isabelle
Community officer
Isabelle
Community officer
Isabelle Oude-Egberink is Tweed Landcare’s Community Officer, where she supports our Native Seedbank Project, our Grassroots Gazette and is the event organiser for the World Environment Day Festival. Isabelle joined Tweed Landcare after moving from a social science research role with CSIRO on environmental and agricultural research projects in Australia and South-East Asia.
Amalia
Local Landcare Coordinator
Amalia
Local Landcare Coordinator
Amalia Pahlow is Tweed Landcare’s Local Landcare Coordinator. She has been in this role since 2016 after moving from a river restoration role with the NSW Government. Amalia’s focus is on supporting the Care groups and their volunteers- which is undertaken in partnership with Tweed Shire Council- and securing funding and partnerships to deliver conservation and landscape connection projects.
Amalia also works as a casual Project Officer delivering a range of projects including our flagship Filling the Biodiversity Gaps connecting the Tweed Coast to the Border Ranges projects and other projects that support restoration efforts of our Care groups.