Northern Territory

Committee

Committee

  • Kylie Welch MEIANZ CEnvP

    Kylie Welch MEIANZ CEnvP

    Kylie Welch MEIANZ CEnvP President

    Kylie is an environmental professional with 25 years’ experience working in environmental planning, environmental impact assessment and approvals. She currently works at renewable energy developer SunCable where she is the environment lead for the Australia-Asia PowerLink Project, solar and wind generation sites and long-distance transmission infrastructure. Kylie has experience developing and delivering complex approval and permitting strategies for major projects across a range of sectors including energy, transport, agriculture, mining and Defence. Her skills include managing multi-disciplinary project teams, corporate environmental policy and planning, environmental impact assessment and approvals, compliance, and engaging and communicating effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders on environmental issues. Through her work in the environment sector and now in renewable energy development, Kylie hopes to make a valuable contribution to sustainable development in the Northern Territory.

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  • Bradly Torgan MEIANZ

    Bradly Torgan MEIANZ

    Bradly Torgan MEIANZ Vice President

    Brad is Special Counsel at Ward Keller in Darwin, with a practice emphasising environmental impact assessment and environmental regulatory compliance in the pastoral and mining industries.  He served as General Counsel to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, including as counsel to the California Office of Historic Preservation. Brad's undergraduate degree is in Public Policy from Duke University. He has a Master of Regional Planning and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina and a Master of Environmental Law from the University of Sydney. A member of EIANZ since 2018, Brad is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.

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  • Sarah Smith MEIANZ

    Sarah Smith MEIANZ

    Sarah Smith MEIANZ Secretary

    Sarah is an ecologist with more than 10 years’ experience working in environmental consulting in the Northern Territory. Her experience includes environmental approvals, environmental and biodiversity management planning and implementation, mine closure, rehabilitation and monitoring. Sarah has a PhD in zoology and eight years’ post-doctoral research experience resulting in more than 25 scientific publications.

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  • Bill Low MEIANZ

    Bill Low MEIANZ

    Bill Low MEIANZ Southern Region Representative (Alice Springs)

    Bill Low has worked in environmental research and management since 1970 throughout the NT and adjacent states but specialising in Central Australia. In 1980, he founded Low Ecological Services, the longest running environmental survey business in the Northern Territory. His team of consultants has completed more than 700 major environmental monitoring projects for public and private companies, governments, NGOs and individuals. Bill has been involved with EIANZ since its inception, as well as several environmental, historical and heritage organisations in Alice Springs and the Territory, including The Rangeland Seminars, Land for Wildlife Central Australia and the National Trust. He competes in squash and Olympic-style pistol shooting.

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  • Jeff Richardson MEIANZ

    Jeff Richardson MEIANZ

    Jeff Richardson MEIANZ Committee Member
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    Jeff has over 30 years’ experience as an environmental professional and is the General Manager at EcOz Environmental Consultants based in Darwin.  Trained is ecologist with a BSc (Hons) from James Cook University, he has worked for the Commonwealth and Western Australian Governments and as a consultant in policy, land management and science roles. Jeff has been an EIANZ member since 2012 and his service to the Institute at the divisional level was recognised when he received the Mary-Lou Morris Award in 2020.

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  • Darren Skuse MEIANZ

    Darren Skuse MEIANZ Committee Member
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  • Beth Salt MEIANZ

    Beth Salt MEIANZ

    Beth Salt MEIANZ Committee Member

    Beth is a creative and innovative Project Manager with extensive experience in water and environmental sustainability and management projects; establishing partnerships, community consultation; reporting and relationship management. Beth’s diverse skills in environmental management and program management make her a highly successful environmental lead on a wide variety of project.

    Previously located in NSW, Beth has relocated to the NT to work on community focused and infrastructure enabling projects.

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  • Mia Sandgren MEIANZ

    Mia Sandgren MEIANZ Committee Member

    Mia is an assessment officer at the Supervising Scientist Branch of the Australian Government’s Department of the Environment and Energy, which provides regulatory oversight of uranium mining in the Alligator Rivers region. Mia has been an EIANZ member since 2016 when she joined as a student while studying geography and environmental studies at the Australian National University.

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  • Carly Hibble MEIANZ

    Carly Hibble MEIANZ Committee Member
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  • Lisa Bradley MEIANZ

    Lisa Bradley MEIANZ Committee Member
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