WEN National Committee

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The Women in Economics Network is run by the national Women in Economics Committee (WEC) and the committees of each State and Territory WEN branch. Committees are comprised of female economists from the public sector, private sector, academia and teaching.

The WEN National Committee is comprised of the Chairs of each WEN State and Territory committee, executive roles (Chair, Deputy, Secretary and Treasurer) and special appointments who bring specialist knowledge to the committee. Committee members are appointed to their roles via a nomination and election process. The WEN National Chair represents WEN on the ESA Central Council.

A list of current and former members of the WEN National Committee is provided below:

WEN National Committee 2024/25

	National Chair Dr Angela Jackson (Lead Economist, Impact Economics)
	National Deputy Chair (Industry & Policy) Kar Mei Tang (Head of Oceania, UN Principles for Responsible Investment)
	National Deputy Chair (Academic) Associate Professor Duygu Yengin (Associate Professor, University of Adelaide)
	National Secretary Bianca Ayling (Senior Economist, KPMG)
	National Treasurer Jyothi Gali (Principal Economist, Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources)
	Co-Chair, Australian Capital Territory Dr Alicia Mollaun (Senior Economic Analyst, Australian Government)
	Co-Chair, Australian Capital Territory Andrea Kurepa (Advisor, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)
	Chair, New South Wales Evie Fox Koob (Manager, Deloitte Access Economics)
	Chair, Northern Territory Dr Maneka Jayasinghe (Senior Lecturer in Economics, Charles Darwin University)
	Chair, Queensland Professor Louisa Coglan (Professor of Economics, Queensland University of Technology)
	Co-Chair, South Australia Dr Tania Dey (Manager, BDO EconSearch)
	Co-Chair, South Australia Associate Professor Duygu Yengin (Associate Professor, University of Adelaide) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Chair, Tasmania Dr Maria Yanotti (Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Tasmania)
	Chair, Victoria Alyssa Cameron (Senior Economist, Department of Treasury and Finance)
	Chair, Western Australia Cassandra Winzar (Senior Economist, Committee for Economic Development of Australia)
	Educational Advisor Wendy Mockler (Facilitator of Pedagogy, Lumen Christi Catholic College)

Former members of WEN National Committee (from 2017)

WEN's ongoing activities and contributions to the economics profession have been made possible through the dedicated voluntary efforts of our Committee members over time. Below we recognise the contributions of former members of our WEN National Committee.

	Dr Leonora Risse WEN National Chair (2020-2022) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Dr Vandana Arya WEN National Treasurer (2022-2024)
	Kar Mei Tang WEN National Deputy Co-Chair, Industry & Policy
	Dr Swee-Hoon Chuah WEN National Deputy Co-Chair, Academic
	Chirine Dada WEN National Secretary
	Carmela Chivers WEN National Treasurer (2020-2022)
	Danielle Wood WEN National Chair (2017-2019) WEN Victoria Chair (2017) (Inaugural National Chair; Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Dr Bethany Cooper WEN National Treasurer (2017-2019) WEN Chair, South Australia (2017-2018) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Cate Rogers WEN Chair, ACT Branch
	Dr Tina Rampino WEN Chair, Queensland (2017-2018) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Associate Professor Rebecca Cassells WEN Chair, Australian Capital Territory (2017-2018) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Analena Gilhome WEN Chair, Western Australia (2017) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Pip Freebairn WEN Chair, New South Wales (2017-2018) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Dr Mala Ragahavan WEN Chair, Tasmania (2017-2020) (Founding member of inaugural WEN National Committee)
	Nicki Hutley WEN Chair, New South Wales (2018-2019)
	Cherelle Murphy WEN Chair, Australian Capital Territory (2019-2020)
	Alexandra Lobb WEN Chair, New South Wales (2019-2020)
	Janine Bialecki WEN Chair, Victoria (2019-2020)
	Dr Christine Williams WEN Chair, Queensland (2019-2021)
	Katherine Wagner WEN National Secretary (2020-2021)
	Sally McMahon WEN Chair, Western Australia (2018-2021)
	Elizabeth Alvaro WEN Chair, South Australia (2019-2021)
	Leith Thompson Educational Advisor (2017-2021)