Bruce Ivers
Chair
Bruce grew up on a Kojonup farm and has been involved in landcare for 25 years. Initially as a farm owner he developed a farm plan and implemented fencing and revegetation projects. Following completion of a Master of Leadership and Management Degree, Bruce developed a backyard nursery through the Men of the Trees Farm Tree Help Scheme and has been planting trees ever since. Bruce currently coordinates large scale plantings with school groups through his business Trees Australia and is passionate about engaging kids in restoring biodiversity. Bruce is representing the Bicton Environmental Action Group.
Anne-Marie Offer
Deputy Chair
Anne-Marie has a background in marketing management, business consulting and family business ownership. She has been a Board Member of Leschenault Catchment Council Inc. since 2020 and Chair since the beginning of 2023. With her family, she is a landholder in Dardanup and has participated in the Healthy Estuaries WA soil testing program and completed stock exclusion, stream restoration and revegetation projects on the farm. Anne-Marie is of a mindset that authentic and effective collaboration between community, government and industry can achieve pathways forward for the landcare and environment sector and seeks to help in building these pathways.
John Holley
Secretary
John has worked for over 30 years with the WA public service including more than 20 years in landcare and natural resource management. As the director of the State NRM Office for 12 years before he retired in early 2018, he strongly advocated for and argued for the funding of landcare and community-based NRM in WA and nationally. Since retirement, John has continued his interest in landcare and is keeping busy as a member of several landcare groups. John is a representative of Gondwana Link.
Vacant
Treasurer
Julian Sharp
Committee member
Julian has been involved in landcare through the Manjimup LCDC, then Warren Catchments Council (now Southern Forests Community Landcare) since the late 1980’s. Julian lives on and operates a small family farm near Pemberton, growing a range of fruits, nuts, olives and vegetables as well as plantation eucalypts. He has a strong interest in public interest advocacy, rights of nature laws and promotion of environmental awareness and stewardship through education, art and community engagement.
Monty House
Committee member
Monty is a Farmer from Tenterden in the Great Southern, he has been involved in his family farming operation ever since he was knee high to a numbat. During which time he has been deeply involved in many Landcare activities from tree planting, to programs assisting threatened flora and fauna, across many different areas of WA. His Landcare vision is to have an agricultural system that complements nature, a system in which the land produces high quality food, and the natural world thrives. Monty represents the Gillamii Centre Incorporated.
Carrie Taylor
Committee member
Carrie grew up on a sheep and cereal grain farm in Lake Grace, where her interest in agriculture and passion for the natural world developed. Carrie moved to Perth to study a Bachelor of Science (Conservation and Wildlife Biology), followed by a Graduate Certificate in Environmental Assessment and Management, and most recently a Graduate Certificate in Regenerative Agriculture.
Prior to joining Perth NRM as a Sustainable Agriculture Program Officer in 2024, Carrie worked as a Natural Resource Management Project Officer at Fitzgerald Biosphere Group. Her experience has offered her a broad perspective on the intersection of agriculture, the environment, people, and the broad, systemic factors that influence how natural assets are managed. Carrie is committed to engaging with producers, land managers, and the wider community to promote practices that build environmental stewardship and regenerate natural capital.
Graham Weber
Committee member
Graham is currently the Chair of Track Care WA Inc. (TCWA), a 100% volunteer organisation. With a background that includes botanical research on Stylidium species in Western Australia, teaching Computing at the high school level, and 40 years in the IT industry, he brings a broad skill set to his environmental roles.
As a member of TCWA, he has served as Grants Officer, Treasurer, Vice Chair, and now Chair. With more than 30 years of four‑wheel driving and camping experience, he understands the importance of bringing together people from diverse backgrounds to achieve environmental goals.
Graham initiated the tri‑partite approach to environmental management, a method of research by the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists identifies as the most effective model for sustainable environmental management. His aim is to align the complementary goals of TCWA with WALN.
Dan Friesen
Committee member
Dan has over 15 years of experience working in the community led Natural Resource Management sector. He's cherished working alongside community groups, volunteers, and local governments throughout his career to care for and restore natural areas, protect threatened species and ecological communities. He is passionate about the role community plays in building resilient ecosystems, and values the knowledge, commitment, and generosity of volunteers across Western Australia. Dan brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to governance and collaboration, and is motivated to support strengthening connections, sharing knowledge, and advocating for community-led landcare.
Jacqueline Lahne
Chief Executive Officer
Jacqueline is a long-term community sector professional with extensive experience working with First Nations people in WA and the NT. A social scientist and educator by discipline, Jac has worked in senior management roles in the community and the environment sector. Passionate about the grassroots community landcare movement, considering it to be on of the nation’s greatest social assets, Jac works with the committee, the team and the community to future proof community landcare in WA.
Eve Holohan
Members Services Manager
Eve grew up between Fremantle and Ireland and spent every possible school holiday down in Albany and on family friend's farms. She has recently completed a double degree BArts & BSc in Environmental Science and Heritage and Politics and International Relations at Notre Dame University. Eve is a committee member of Friends of Clontarf Hill and enjoys getting out in the bush whenever possible! She has also volunteered with multiple political parties. Eve sees Landcare as an integral part of maintaining overall wellbeing and connection to your local country, but as a critical act to combat climate change and contribute towards the restoration of our beautiful environment.
Vanessa Slater
Landcare Expertise Exchange Facilitator (LEEF)
Vanessa has over 20 years of NRM and environmental experience along with community engagement and empowerment. She grew up on a farm in the small Midwest town of Morawa, where her parents were active members of the local Landcare group. Vanessa’s working life has reflected this continued connection to the land through being a Landcare Coordinator supporting the communities and environment within the Shires of Dowerin and Goomalling for over 7 years and then working for the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale for the last 15 years managing natural areas and community groups in the per-urban interface. Vanessa has an interest in photography and is currently the president for the local Camera Club helping people to improve their skills.
Leonie Kirkwood
Finance Officer
Leonie has a range of experience working with community groups and the not-for-profit sector in administration and finance over the past 15 years, in employee, contractor and volunteer capacities. She is passionate about using her skills to assist community groups achieve their goals and support their members and stakeholders. Leonie’s family come from the Murchinson River region in WA, Yamatji country, and she has strong interest in working with and supporting Indigenous businesses.
