Joslyn Eades-Tass is a proud Noongar Woman and respected community leader known for her culturally grounded governance, integrity and commitment to advancing the rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She brings deep lived experience, cultural knowledge and strong capability across strategic policy, regulatory reform and legislational advocacy.

Joslyn is recognised for her clear, values-led leadership style shaped by trust, honesty, courage and accountability — principles passed down through her ancestors and lived through her community work. She contributes a strong cultural lens to decision-making, strengthens organisational accountability, and champions self-determination and culturally safe governance practices.

With extensive experience across boards, community-controlled organisations and advisory roles, Joslyn brings a confident, ethical and culturally present voice to all governance spaces, ensuring decisions reflect community, culture and long-term impact

Laurence is from a diverse and mixed ethnic background, with connections to most regions throughout the state; though strongly identifies with his Noongar roots, being born raised and bred in Narrogin, as well as his connection to Nanda in Yamatji country.

He holds a Diploma of Government, Diploma of Business, Diploma of Management and Diploma of Nursing currently registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency as an Enrolled Nurse. Over the past twenty-four years has worked predominantly in Government, as well as non-Government sectors, in the areas of Education, Health, Social and Emotional Well Being, Mental Health, Justice, Housing, Employment Services and Corrective Services.

Throughout his professional career he has held a Ministerial appointment from both the Western Australian Attorney General and Minister of Education. He is also the first ever Aboriginal Assistant Parliamentary Commissioner appointed to an executive position at Ombudsman WA in its fifty-year existence. In previous years he held positions on numerous Aboriginal community-controlled Organisation, locally, state based, and nationally.

Laurence is passionate about social justice, equity, and better access to services through activity-based outcomes. He is a strong advocate for Aboriginal people and endeavours to make changes within the community and the larger systems to ensure and provide wider inclusion, growth, as well as continuous quality improvements to services and programs for all Aboriginal people.

Alex Ogg is the Founder and Managing Director of Blue-X Ventures with a focus on circularity in seafood waste, where he lives and works on MenangNoongarBoodja.

With an extensive professional background in fisheries and aquaculture leadership, Alex was an innovator of open ocean farming systems, quality improvement and vertical integration in the South Sea Pearl industry in the Kimberley region. Alex served as Vice Chair of the Pearl Producers Association for a decade, was a ministerial appointee to the Pearling Industry Advisory Committee and was active in developing leadership pathways.

Navigating both commercial and not for profit sectors Alex led an industry advocacy role as CEO of the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council, where he consulted on the Kimberley and South Coast Marine Parks and forged strong relationships across commercial, recreational and indigenous interests, including cross-sectoral cultural awareness training for those teams.

Alex holds an MBA from Melbourne University, is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation. He is a Non-executive Director of Australia’s Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and played a key role in developing Australia’s national peak body, Seafood Industry Australia.

Alex is currently also Deputy Chair of Regional Development Australia Great Southern, Director of Albany’s Historic Whaling Station, Ministerial Advisor for DPIRD and Treasurer of Blue Alliance WA. He is honored and pleased to be appointed as an Expert Director to WagylKaip Southern NoongarAboriginal Corporation.

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