Naomi has over 15 years’ experience working in regional communities across the resource sector and telecommunications industry. Through working with corporate organisations such as Woodside Energy, Shell Australia, Telstra and nbn Naomi understands the importance of engagement with regional communities and has the ability to build strong relationships and deliver mutually beneficial outcomes for communities. Through her role on the RRR Network board Naomi hopes to bring together all perspectives about living and working in regional communities and increasing the social and economic well-being of regional women.

Fleur experienced the challenges of drought, family dynamics and isolation first hand on her family farm, along with the joys of farm-life, freedom and the bush.

After studying science at University and roles with the Department of Agriculture in WA she returned to the family farm. She ran a successful, national award winning, nature-based farm tourism business for six years before becoming a Rural Financial Counsellor in 2008 (following two back to back extremely dry seasons in WA) and worked with farmers and pastoralists in financial stress. Fleur experienced the resilience of rural people and the heartbreak of loss in this job and created her own life coaching business in 2010 specialising in purpose as a pathway to facilitate change.

Fleur has a Bachelor of Applied Science from JCU in North Queensland, is a qualified NLP Practitioner, and has a Diploma of Coaching and a Diploma of Community Services (Financial Counselling).

Fleur specialises with regional, rural and remote people (in particular women on farms and stations and living in rural communities) and finding ways to combat isolation, anxiety and overwhelm by enabling them to turn their energy into a powerful force for good in the world. She believes that women in rural communities who are connected, know how to nurture and care for themselves, and have solid foundations that allow them to move beyond survival mode, are the first to notice when anyone in their community is not okay. And when they have purpose and connection to others, can and will do great things – including having solid relationships and teamwork with their men, and everyone in their communities.

Fleur runs her own business (Fleur Porter- Purpose Coach), is married to her favourite Agronomist and is mother and stepmother to six children.

Sarah has a strong combination of commercial, operational and financial management skills gained from over 20 years in the agriculture, financial services sectors and retail. Sarah is committed to a mindset of collaboration with various stakeholders through innovation and change to challenge the status quo.Working and being part of the Australian Agriculture industry gives me such pride, not only of the products we supply the world but more importantly of the amazing people that play their part in the supply chains. In regional, rural and remote Australia our environment can be harsh and unpredictable, but we still can produce high quality products for our markets.