Sally Barnes ‘I am a sucker for getting people out into nature’

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Thursday, 1 February 2024 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Sally Barnes
Sally Barnes

Sally’s career has centred on managed public places for public value from national parks in NSW, Northern Territory and Jervis Bay, to the Australian National Botanic Gardens and now as Chief Executive of the National Capital Authority.  Sally is leaving her current role at the end of February 2024 so this talk will provide a nice space (with friends) to reflect on her passion.

Biography  

Sally started in the National Capital Authority Chief Executive role on Monday 12 February 2018.

Sally has spent most of her career in place making activities - connecting people to places and making places as healthy and sustainable as possible.  Sally was the Chief Executive of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and Australia’s Director of National Parks – which includes the Australian National Botanic Gardens.

Sally is a member of the National Capital Authority Board as well as the Chief Executive. Since joining the National Capital Authority, Sally and the team have focussed on activation of public places.

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Booking
Lunchtime talks are held at 12.30 pm every Thursday from February to November. Talks last for 1 hour. We welcome donations by gold coins, notes, or electronically. The Friends use donations received at each talk to support Gardens’ programs and development and we thank all those who have donated. 

Unless otherwise indicated, talks are held in the ANBG Theatrette.

It is a good idea to reserve a seat at the talks that you wish to attend; talks may be booked out very quickly.  Bookings can be made from about 30 days in advance until the night before the talk or until seating limits are reached. 

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The Friends of the ANBG thank the speakers who volunteer their time and talents to further the knowledge of all attending events in the Gardens. Many summaries or PowerPoint presentations of Thursday talks are available to Friends at the ANBG library. Please direct queries about the talks to the Thursday Talks Team: email talks@friendsanbg.org.au.