Fiona is of the Wuthathi peoples of the far north-east cape of Queensland with family roots also in Zenadth Kes (the Torres Strait Islands). She has gained experience and perspectives in education, leadership, governance and business development at home and globally and in all spaces, shares a message of celebration and gratitude for the greatness of ancestors, Elders, and the ontology and authority that holds individuals, families and nations. She has served as CEO and Deputy CEO of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, a national organisation leading the movement on survivor-led intergenerational healing.  On a foundation of senior and leadership roles of community and of governments, she applies management degrees (ANU CBE) and higher education teaching and learning accreditation to understand the opportunities for systems to change, knowing the impacts of intergenerational trauma as well as the power and strengths of First Nations peoples’ cultures to lead that change.