Bronwyn Clarke

WALRC Chair

Dr Bronwyn Clarke

Dr Bronwyn Clarke is a respected quantitative sheep geneticist with a strong consulting and leadership background in a career that has spanned consulting roles with MLA and AWI, the New Zealand Merino Company and significant contracts with Murdoch University and DPIRD.
She is currently president of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) and outside of agriculture, Dr Clarke holds a range of chairing and governance roles in the education and training sector.
Bronwyn commenced her role as Chair of WALRC in February 2022.

WALRC Executive Officer

Amy Coombe

Amy comes to the role with a strong background in communication, facilitation and engagement. She has a particular passion for mental health and has spent over a decade on the speaker’s circuit sharing her insights in this space. Amy also holds the role of Executive Officer to the Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants WA.

Call for Applications for 2 Producer Members

Two (2) producer member vacancies will occur in July for a three-year term.

Producer Council members enjoy a close working relationship with the State’s agricultural research institutions and have regular opportunity to get detailed insights into the way in which red-meat industry research and extension is conducted.

  • The positions become available following the completion of Lynley Anderson (Kojonup) and Matt Camarri (Nannup) terms.
  • These are skills-based appointments, but where selected candidates will complement the skill set of existing WALRC members and will enable WALRC to maintain an appropriate balance of beef/sheep productions systems and geography among its council.
  • A key consideration for applications is genuine and reliable availability for (mostly) virtual meetings and material reading/review.

If you think you will enjoy the opportunity to identify and help initiate the next wave of red-meat research and extension that will drive our industry forward,
then please consider this opportunity.