

Town Team Movement is proud to welcome three new exceptional and experienced Directors to strengthen its Board.
Emma Watton, David Lee and Tara Gloster have joined the Board following the retirement of inaugural Directors Marc Drexel and Neil Viney. We thank Marc and Neil for their outstanding contributions over a number of years!
Emma, David and Tara will help to lead our movement for positive change and support the real heroes – the volunteers from the 48* Town Teams (* – and counting!) around Australia and New Zealand.

Emma Watton
Emma is an experienced Non-Executive Director in the community sector and a visionary leader who works with organisations to assist in developing and delivering strong brand-led engagements, strategies and communications. She is a brand strategist and facilitator at government, board, stakeholder and community level.

David Lee
David has been involved in the not-for-profit, community arts, and community activation sectors for many years. He has operated at the executive level in the resources industry, manufacturing and government sectors for several decades. He is Chair of local Town Team the Baysie Rollers, and been a member of the WA Government’s Technology and Industry Advisory Council, the Knowledge Economy Taskforce and Creative Industries Taskforce. He is an experienced company Director and been a Councillor in regional Local Government.

Tara Gloster
Tara is a talented and innovative placemaker with experience in the private sector, local government, Curtin University and the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. She has strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills and experience developing place visions, strategies and policy.