Profile

Barbara is a southwest local with over 35 years experience in small business advisory services, leadership development, consumer education, policy analysis and preparation, commodity marketing, and corporate governance. She is a respected and award-winning member of the professional community, widely known for her professional, no-nonsense approach.

Formal qualifications

• Doctor of Education, adult education
• Post-graduate study in:
  • rural sociology
  • public administration & budgeting
  • public policy
  • women’s issues

Certificates

• small business facilitation
• accounting & financial management
• business plan preparation
• non-judicial conflict resolution

Skills

• Business Development
• Communication (writing, speaking and mass media)
• Rural Organizations and Rural Women
• Negotiation Skills
• Interpersonal Skills, Initiative & Leadership
• Group Dynamics
• Rural, Regional and Remote Experience
• Issues Relevant to Women
• Training and Leadership Development Organizational Management

Member

• Margaret River Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Australian Institute of Management
• Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand
• Local Government Managers Australia – WA Division
• Augusta Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Busselton Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Business Enterprise Centres of Australia