Narelda Jacobs OAM is a Whadjuk Noongar journalist, presenter and author. She has been a tv news presenter for more than a quarter of a century starting in Perth before moving to Sydney to present national programs.

Narelda currently anchors Channel 10’s Perth weekend news bulletin, live and local. You’ll also find her on NITV and SBS, the ABC, podcast airwaves, in documentaries and Australian dramas, hosting events and sharing her lived experience around the country and internationally.

Narelda gives back to her community through numerous ambassadorial and board roles including as the inaugural patron of both Rainbow Futures WA and The Jilya Institute for Indigenous Mental Health.

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Louise Giolitto has been part of the Community Services Sector for over 26 years. Louise has a great deal of experience, has lived in the Kimberley and worked in the Pilbara which has given her great insight into the needs of regional WA. Her prior positions have provided Louise with years of valuable experience within a broad range of services in the sector. Experience includes management of homelessness programs, housing, youth services, Aboriginal support programs, employment, education, training, mentoring, drug education, seniors and emergency relief.

Louise has a commitment and belief that the Community Services sector needs collective commitment and leadership to improve the quality of life to community members disadvantaged by the inequities in our society. WACOSS provides the ideal platform for the Community Services sector to support organisations deliver essential services, work collaboratively to advocate to government, raise community awareness, network and share best practice to address the inequities and provide a strong voice for those community members in need.

BA Primary Education, M Ed (Religious Education)

Robyn is a Nyungar Yorga from the Whadjuk and Ballardong groups, has 9 brothers and sisters and is a mother of three and nana to 15 beautiful and talented grandchildren.  Her wider family includes the McGuire, Bennell and Shaw families with connections to the Tiwi Islands.

She has developed cultural education programs, offers cultural safety advice from an Aboriginal perspective on a range of issues and builds capacity with everyone she meets. 

Robyn comes with a wealth of knowledge and experience in her career that covers previous roles within the Government and Catholic education systems as a Principal, Team Leader and Education Consultant across the Northern Territory and Western Australia – she continues in her role of storyteller and educator.

Robyn is a very busy Nana cultural and community work in her spare time and supporting her grandchildren in their endeavours at school and sport.