Meet our Board

Dr Brian Lindsay, Board Chair

Ms Amy Beaumont, General Counsel at Port Authority of New South Wales

Dr Naomi Parry Duncan

Dr Elizabeth McEntyre

Dr Elizabeth McEntyre is a Worimi and Wonnarua Woman Elder belonging to Lands and Waters spanning Port Stephens, the Great Myall Lakes, the Barrington Tops, and the Hunter Valley in NSW. Dr McEntyre is an accredited mental health social worker in disability and justice with a doctorate in social work and criminology. She is the Aboriginal Official Visitor of prisons state-wide with the NSW Inspector of Custodial Services, and a member of the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal conducting civil and forensic hearings. In addition to this work, Elizabeth is a Board Member of Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council (covering Maitland and Lower Hunter Valley) and Hunter Local Land Services (covering Lower and Upper Hunter Valleys, Mid North Coast, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle areas)and a Board Director of Indigenous Allied Health Australia and Life Without Barriers.

Dr McEntyre is an appointed member of the NSW Aboriginal Fishing Trust Expenditure Committee, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Hunter Central Coast Regional Advisory Committee, and Port Stephens – Great Lakes Marine Park Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Community Advisory Council and Culturally Safe Notifications Working Group, the Aged Care Standards Clinical Expert Working Group for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, and the Department of Health and Aged Care Quality Aged Care Consumer Reference Group.

As an Aboriginal-Led research consultant, Elizabeth advises several professional associations, service providers, Universities and consultative groups including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Greening Australia, University of Sydney, and University of NSW.

The Hon. Justice Mark Leeming

Justice Mark Leeming has been a Judge of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2013.  Before then, he was a barrister for 18 years, including as a senior counsel since 2006.  He has also taught at the University of Sydney, part-time, since 1995, where he is Challis Lecturer in Equity.  He has written or co-written 11 books and numerous academic articles on law and legal history.  

He is a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Equity, the Australian Bar Review and the Contract and Commercial Law Review, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Francis Forbes Society, and an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn.

The Hon. Dr Sarah Kaine, MLC

Dr Sarah Kaine is a member of the NSW Legislative Council. Her policy areas of interests are labour standards, gender equity, sustainable fashion, procurement, the gig economy, university governance and artificial intelligence.

Sarah completed an economics degree at the University of Sydney while working at the AWU before going on to become an Organiser at the ACTU.

After having children, Sarah completed a PhD at the University of Sydney and was an Associate Professor at UTS for 10 years before moving into her role as Director, Industrial Relations Inspectorate in the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet. She was elected to the NSW Legislative Council in the 2023 Elections.

Sarah has over 15 years of engagement in research that has explored labour standards set outside the bounds of labour law and other forms of regulation. As an academic Sarah developed a public profile as a ‘go-to’ commentator on workplace issues. Her research, and public advocacy emphasised the importance of organised labour in protecting the right to dignity and fairness at work as well as recognising the contribution made by women in the workplace and the labour movement.

Mary Darwell, Museums of History NSW CEO

In 2022, changes to the State Records Act 1998 were made, which created a State Records Authority NSW Board position to be filled by the Museums of History NSW (MHNSW) CEO.

Mary joined Museums of History NSW as Chief Executive Officer in June 2023. Mary brings over 30 years’ experience across the public and private sectors to her current role and has previously led the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and Arts NSW. Mary has most recently been heading State Records NSW as Executive Director to support transparent and accountable government.

Mary has served in a number of non-executive director positions on cultural organisation Boards, including with the Sydney Festival and Carriageworks and holds an LLM, LLB and BA (Hons).