Session 2 September 2022: Working with Partners

Natalie Holland

Natalie Holland has a career spanning over 17 years working in the not-for-profit conservation sector in Australia. Currently, Natalie is the Conservation Projects Manager for The Nature Conservancy’s Australia Program, supporting the Conservancy’s Murray Darling Basin Program. Previously at The Conservancy, she led a capacity building program for indigenous groups across Northern Australia in the use of Healthy Country Planning, an adaptation of the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation. She is a member of the Coordination Team for the Conservation Coaches Network in Australia.

Natalie is a Churchill Fellow recipient, undertaking a project which examined the planning, implementation, and stewardship of landscape-scale projects. Natalie has extensive experience in community and private land conservation through roles supporting community involvement in threatened species with WWF-Australia in the Threatened Species Network, and with private landholders and community groups working as the Stewardship Program Manager for Trust for Nature (Victoria).

Toona Berwick

Based in Melbourne, Toona has worked for the past ten years with community and conservation organisations to lift innovative project ideas off the ground. Her extensive fundraising, conservation and land management experience combined with a passion for people thoughtfully managing land, sea and nature, mean Toona has developed a deep understanding of sector trends in philanthropy, business, policy, and e-NGOs. Toona uses this to support projects and clients to strategically target and access supportive networks through 1:1 coaching, group training, and preparation of external-facing communications.