CORE TEAM
Cait Wildman | Community Development Project Coordinator | Communify: The eXchange Kelvin Grove
Kavita Gonsalves | Creative Producer | QUT Design Lab
Sam McGeown | Community Partner | Village Mosaix
Daniel Brown | Volunteer Coordinator | QUT School of Creative Practice/ School of Public Health & Social Work
Agapetos Fa'aleava | Bench Performers Coordinator | QUT School of Creative Practice
Jimmy Southwood | Community Partner | KGSC
Jodie O'Sullivan | Community Partner | KGSC
Dita Southwood | Community Partner | Cre8tive Nations
Emily Claworthy | Team Support | Communify
Contact us : chattybenchfestival@gmail.com : Facebook
EVENTS TEAM
Sarah Huth | Chatty Bench Festival Event Stylist
Sally Jelbert | Photography | Communify
Sana Tasnim | Event Support
Christine Lim | Event Support
Jade Adlem-Marton | Event Support
Enkhzul Doopalam | Event Support
Craig McDonald | Event Support
Naomi Rutherford | Event Support
Kevin Herben | Event Support
Mac Rutherford | Event Support
Sivaselvi Natarajan | Event Support
Dee Winterton | Event Support
Eleanor Klemm | Event Support
MARKETING TEAM
Aimee Hourigan | School of Communications | QUT Design Lab
Lan Ha | Digital Design | QUT
Marcia Mattushek | QUT Foundry
Mish Burkett | Community Engagement | Communify
Jade Goulding | Communications & Marketing | Communify
Laura Kennedy | Communications & Marketing | Communify
Lewe Atkinson | KGCCA/ KGUV PBC
FINANCE TEAM
Mon Aye | Senior Finance Officer | Communify
Kim Sommerfield | Chief Financial Officer | Communify
ADVISORS
Professor Marcus Foth | Urban Informatics | School of Design | QUT Design Lab
Associate Professor Glenda Caldwell | School of Architecture and Built Environment | QUT Design Lab
SPECIAL THANKS
Councillor Vicki Howard | Support for the Chatty Benches & Chatty Bench Festival
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner | Support for the Chatty Bench Festival
Councillor Peter Matic | Support for the Chatty Bench Festival
Hon Trevor Evans MP | Support for the Chatty Bench Festival
Misha Emingerová | Community Engagement Practitioner | for all the ground work and getting this festival up to speed.
Rhett Hammerton | Communications & Marketing Officer, Communify | for "the lovely people on the bench" photography and posters.
Danny van der Walle | Brisbane City Council | got the park benches converted into Chatty Benches.
Kelly Sciacca | Community Services Manager, Communify | for keeping us on track.
We also have team members who would prefer to fly under the radar and do their magic.
We acknowledge their contribution to the Chatty Bench Festival.