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TROPIC • URBAN AFFAIRS

TROPIC’S COMMITTEE We pick a diverse dream team of locals to lead a vision for the city to 2050

Stephen Foster Michael Nelson
Cairns Regional Council’s head Pinnacle Tourism Marketing
of Cultural Services
CHOSEN FOR: Passion and expertise in
CHOSEN FOR: Arts and culture vision tourism

Darren Barber Davy O’Rourke Cr Bob Manning
Gin Social, Three Mama Coco & Cairns Mayor
Wolves & Flamingos Hopscotch
Tiki Bar CHOSEN FOR: Cairns management
CHOSEN FOR: experience
CHOSEN FOR: food scene
Sophisticated innovation and
foresight and social advocacy Nathan Lee Long
small business ARUP and Cairns and District
experience Belinda Danks-Woodley Chinese Association Inc
Crystalbrook Collection
CHOSEN FOR: Infrastructure nous
Amy Eden CHOSEN FOR: Marketing and meets cultural knowledge
Community advocate communications guru
CHOSEN FOR: Krista Watkins
Community advocacy Norris Carter Natural Evolution
and personal integrity
Cairns Airport
CHOSEN FOR:
CHOSEN FOR: Agricultural innovation
Dr Leah Talbot Our city’s most
Wet Tropics Management Authority important built
asset Amy Turnbull
CHOSEN FOR: Environmental and Executive Manager
cultural resource management
to Cairns Mayor
CHOSEN FOR: Big
Ranjit Singh city views framed
Holding Redlich in a Cairns lens
lawyers
Grace Lillian Lee
CHOSEN FOR: Indigenous artist
Global approach Special advisor
to doing deals CHOSEN FOR: Artistic vision and to the Tropic
creativity Committee:
Luckbir Singh for his
Rick Hanlon sense of clarity, vision
Cape York AFL House Rhiannon and leadership skills.
CHOSEN FOR: Using sport as a Simcocks
means for wellbeing Cairns Young
Chamber OUR CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
Andy Taylor Ar S
Prime Constructions CHOSEN FOR:
Passion for youth COMMUNITY ARTS SPORTS ENVIRONMENT
CHOSEN FOR: Game changing leadership
construction leader
Bu
Jodie Mlikota Doug Stephens BUSINESS INNOVATION TECH
Gathar AirBridge Networks
co-founder, TROPIC’S
marketing guru CHOSEN FOR: FOOD TOURISM PERIODIC TABLE
Ingenuity, problem OF COMMITTEE
CHOSEN FOR: solving and DIVERSITY
Social innovation pragmatism
EXPERIENCE YOUTH

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