Angela Driver – General ManagerAngela graduated from the University of Tasmania with a bachelor of Performing Arts in 1999. Since then she has continually worked in the arts as an arts administrator, event manager, theatre director and community cultural developer. She worked for six years with Tasdance as the Administration Manager. She was the artistic coordinator for Streets Alive Youth Arts Festival in 2003 and returned in 2006 as the co-executive director with Kim Schneiders. Most recently she was General Manager for the inaugural Junction Arts festival and the 2011 Regional Arts Australia national conference. Prior to that she was the Regional Arts Development Officer for Tasmnaian Regional Arts. Currently she is the General Manager with Tasmanian Leaders Inc. In 2007 she completed a Churchill Fellowship researching performance events for social change and is a graduate of the 2009 Tasmanian Leaders Program. |
Natalie Hayes – Skillsbank CoordinatorAlthough she graduated from the University of Tasmania with an Arts/Law degree in 1994, Natalie’s background is primarily in hospitality and tourism. She has worked almost every aspect of the industry, including seven years as Marketing Manager at Meadowbank Wines. In 2008, she left Meadowbank and headed to Botswana where she stayed for 2½ years managing Wilderness Safaris’ flagship safari camp, Little Mombo, in the heart of the Okavango Delta. These days, when she is not coordinating Skillsbank she is baking bread, cakes and biscuits at the Pigeon Hole Café in West Hobart. |
