Regional Leadership Program

Program Facilitators  

The program will be facilitated by Coo-ee Collective, who facilitated the previous iteration of the Emerging Leaders Program.

The Coo-ee Collective team; Jeanette Long, Beck Burgess, Danielle Lannin England and Jeanette Gellard, are trained and experienced facilitators who are passionate about developing people within regions. They have developed and delivered a range of leadership training in industries and communities across South Australia. Living and working in regional Australia, they ‘live and breathe’ what they teach. They will provide personal experiences about being on boards and committees within industry and their local communities. The modules they deliver will be interactive and engaging with opportunities to apply learning through practical activities.

Annabelle Homer is a former ABC rural broadcast journalist who has reported on rural affairs for 12 years across Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia. Annabelle grew up on a cattle station in central Queensland and now lives in South Australia’s Clare Valley.  She spent 12 years presenting the ABC SA Country Hour with brief stints on ABC Landline and Behind the News. She now runs Voice it, a voice coaching, MC and podcasting business and was recently acknowledged as SA finalist in the 2025 Rural Women’s Award.