Carolyn has over 40 years’ experience in environmental and strategic planning working with the mining industry, universities, State and Commonwealth governments. Carolyn was a Senior Executive with the Australian Environment Department, leading teams to undertake strategic environmental and cumulative impact assessments across Australia.

Since 2015 she has been a senior consultant on complex environmental management projects, applying her skills in policy analysis, cumulative and strategic impact assessment, stakeholder engagement and strategy development with local and state governments, Departments of the Australian Government, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Food Innovation Australia Limited and Stop Food Waste Australia.