Cecilia is a strategy, research and engagement expert with specialist knowledge working with and for diverse communities across a range of policy areas, including education and employment. She is General Manager, Advisory Services at Inside Policy, an Aboriginal owned and led consultancy. Cecilia has been involved in Aboriginal policy, advocacy and affairs for more than 20 years to support equity and advancement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in NSW and nationally, including as a senior advisor to the NSW Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, at the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs, and with National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, and as a freelance consultant. She has worked in the area of Aboriginal employment and economic development across many of her roles. At the core of her work ethic is the belief that all communities have a right to self-determination and to have their voices heard. She has recently stepped down after five years as non-Indigenous Co-Chair of Reconciliation NSW.
