The Stakeholder Council comprises a representative from each of the CRC partners. Those partners that contribute at least $100K each year have voting rights and also have the right to nominate a Governing Board Member. The Council meets twice a year to receive updates on the progress of research, communication and commercialisation activities and to provide strategic advice and direction to the Governing Board. This Council provides advice at an executive level on the needs of stakeholders and appropriate stakeholder membership of the Governing Board.

The Governing Board, under the chairmanship of Mr Len Foster, governs the Bushfire CRC. This Board consists of the independant chairman and eight skills-based members with the majority being end users representing stakeholder interests.

The Bushfire CRC is an incorporated entity.

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Members of the Stakeholder Council 

Len Foster (Chairman)
Independent

Neil Burrows / Rick Sneeuwjagt
Director Science /Chief Fire Officer
Dept of Conservation and Land Management

Jo Harrison-Ward
Fire and Emergency Service Authority of Western Australia

Alistar Robertson
Dean, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Resources
University of Western Australia

Geoff Cary
Forestry Program
School of Resources, Environment and Society
Australian National University

Euan Ferguson
Chief Executive Officer
South Australian Country Fire Service

Naomi Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Australasian Fire Authorities Council

Derek Jory
Australian Capital Territory Department of Justice and Community Safety

Ray Canterford
Bureau of Meteorology

Neil Bibby
Chief Executive Officer
Victorian Country Fire Authority

Tony Blanks
Forestry Tasmania

Brian Richardson
Ensis (CSIRO - Forestry and Forest Products)

Vince Dowling
Research Leader - Fire Science
CSIRO Manufacturing Infrastructure Technology

Ewan Waller
Chief Fire Officer
Dept of Sustainability and Environment

Tony Pearce
Director-General
Emergency Management Australia

Ken Latta
Chief Executive Officer
Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board

Shane Fitzsimmons
Commissioner
New South Wales Rural Fire Service

Ken Thompson
Deputy Commissioner
NSW Fire Brigades

Lee Johnson
Commissioner
Queensland Fire and Rescue Service

Murray Dudfield
Chief Officer
National Rural Fire Authority

Grant Lupton
Chief Executive Officer
South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service

Nick Roberts
State Forests of New South Wales

John Gledhill
Chief Officer
Tasmania Fire Service

Mary Omodei
La Trobe University
School of Psychological Science

John Handmer
Innovation Professor in Risk and Sustainability
RMIT University

John Baird
Rector of University College
Australian Defence Force Academy

Samantha Setterfield
Lecturer Environment Management & Ecology
Charles Darwin University

Les Field
Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor
University of New South Wales

Allan Canty
University of Tasmania

Geoff Love
Director of Meteorology
Bureau of Meteorology

Mike Williams
Acting Deputy Director, Regional Conservation
Department for Environment & Heritage

Tony Fleming
Deputy Director General
Department of Environment and Conservation - Parks Service Division

Alison Cottrell
Lecturer
James Cook University

Rod Keenan
School of Forest & Ecosystem Science
University of Melbourne