In her recent role as the Chief Executive Officer at Freemasons Victoria she led a talented team building strategy to reposition brand, attract and retain membership, enhance capacity for compassion and strengthen the organisation to enable change for a contemporary community. Prior to this as at Federation Square for close to ten years, her portfolios encompassed Events, Creative, Multimedia, Education, Marketing, Health/Wellbeing and Tourism; and through these channels she placed high priority on place making, community capacity building and enabling inspirational experiences for community.
Previously she was the Director of her own consultancy company lconica Pty Ltd specializing in social marketing and communications for various public authorities and corporations; and prior, as both Precinct and Marketing Manager at Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct, she led a team across cultural, tourism, retail and property management. While as Marketing and Communications Manager at the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation her focus was on sports and arts sponsorship, media and communications to effect mass cultural change.
She came to these roles as a general and psychiatric nurse with academic qualifications from Monash University – BA (Hons) Sociology/Gender Studies and MA Communications. Jane is Deputy Chair of the Judges Panel, Victorian Tourism Awards and has been a member of the national Judges Panel. She is a company director, and a graduate of both the Institute of Company Directors and Leadership Victoria. Previous community contributions have included Chair Health Issues Centre and Committee of Management Centre for Grief Education.