Sherie is an Arrernte woman from Mparntwe (Alice Springs) with a deep cultural connection to the Yolngu, from the Northern Territory, where she grew up on Country.
Sherie is an environmental scientist who is passionate and committed to combining First Nations Traditional Knowledge/Science with western science. She has over 25 years of experience in various areas, including project leadership, organisational change, communications, training development and delivery, and organisational development. This experience has been across all sizes of businesses and organisations in the public and private sectors.
Sherie's environmental science skills were developed over ten years in the mining, state government, and not-for-profit environmental conservation sectors. Her passion is combining Aboriginal and western science enabling her to facilitate opportunities to embed Aboriginal perspectives and outcomes that position Australia's First Peoples at high-level decision-making tables.
Sherie is undertaking her PhD at the University of Queensland, Investigating Aboriginal knowledge of fungi in Northern Australia, and developing commercial opportunities on Country.