Miriam Lyons is the Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Development. Formerly the Policy Coordinator of New Matilda, Miriam has a long history of bringing policy ideas to new audiences, as the founding director of the Interface Festival of Ideas in Sydney, and director of the Ideas Program for the Straight out of Brisbane Festival. Miriam has also worked as a freelance writer and a media development consultant in East Timor with the international NGO Internews. She is on the steering committee of Project Australia. Miriam was a delegate to the 2020 Summit and was recently profiled in the Thinkers' category of The Australian's Emerging Leaders series.

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Contact: miriam.lyons(at)cpd.org.au* 

Antoinette Abboud is the Public Affairs Manager at the Centre for Policy Development. Her research interests are broad and often connect to her extensive community advocacy and work in the not-for-profit sector. She has been involved in refugee and Indigenous Australian rights, environmental and anti-war campaigns, created and run Australia's first ever accredited hip hop program in Redfern and recently worked at Union Aid Abroad, the humanitarian aid arm of the trade union movement. At CPD, Antoinette is currently developing a Sustainable Economy Ideas Index that will become a collaborative online research project drawing together policy ideas that can transition our economy to one that operates within environmental limits. When not inside the think tank, Antoinette teaches research and writing skills in a Tertiary Preparation Course at Sydney Institute TAFE.

Contact: antoinette.abboud(at)cpd.org.au*

Marian Spencer is the Administrator for The Centre for Policy Development. Marian worked in London as the membership secretary for The Women's Environment Network and then as the administrator for The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. She moved to Sydney in 1998 and worked as the NSW Manager for The Wilderness Society. After leaving full time work to have a family Marian worked part time as a community educator with TEC's Safer Solution Campaign before joining CPD.

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