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Panel members and state government design champions

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Profiles

The NSW State Design Review Panel (SDRP) includes a team of state government design champions and 6 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members with expertise in design and Aboriginal cultural heritage to promote opportunities to Design with Country.

Marc Deuschle, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Marc Deuschle

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Marc is an Associate Principal at Architectus, with a particular focus on how landscape design improves users' lives, the built environment, and the natural world around us. His work focusses on creating a unique landscape identity that sparks interest and delight for each project.

Esther Dickins, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Esther Dickins

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Esther is a Principal at Architectus with more than 25 years’ experience as a landscape architect and urban designer. She believes a truly integrated approach to design and planning leads to richer, more successful outcomes for cities and communities.

Tamara Donnellan, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Tamara Donnellan

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Tamara is Studio Director of ASPECT Studios and has over 20 years’ experience in leading and delivering large scale and complex projects. She has particular interest in systems thinking to balance circular and restorative practices.

Emili Fox, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Emili Fox

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Emili is a principal at Architectus and a key contributor to the Living Sector. She is an award-winning architect known for her inspired thinking and fierce commitment to exceptional, enduring design solutions for cities and communities.

Joshua French, State Government Design Champion
Joshua French

State Government Design Champion

Joshua is the Chief Executive for Greater Sydney Parklands. His role focuses on strategic planning, heritage and environmental management and excellence, design and project delivery and green and blue infrastructure planning and delivery.

Penny Fuller, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Penny Fuller

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Penny is a Founding Partner of Silvester Fuller. Specialising in concept development and delivery, she has contributed to the design collaboration of every project in the studio which span a broad range of project types and scales.

Dr Libby Gallagher, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Dr Libby Gallagher

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Libby is a landscape architect and Director of Gallagher Studio. She has dedicated the past 10 years to researching the design and delivery of high-quality public spaces to address climate change and has completed a PhD focused on climate adaptation for urban streets.

Carroll Go-Sam, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Carroll Go-Sam

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Carroll is a Dyirbal Bama descendant from Gumbilbarra Country in north Queensland. She joined the University of Queensland in 2009 as an Indigenous researcher and was appointed lecturer in 2019. Her interests intersect with Indigenous architecture and place keeping.

Jefa Greenaway, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Jefa Greenaway

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Jefa is Founding Director of Greenaway Architects and a Senior Lecturer at the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. He is interested in a holistic approach to design excellence within the built environment to ensure an integrated and people-centred ethos.

Diana Griffiths, NSW SDRP Panel Member
Diana Griffiths

NSW SDRP Panel Member

Diana is a Director of Urban Design at Studio GL. She brings extensive experience on major transport infrastructure and station precinct studies, mixed-use developments, town-centre strategies, greenfield and urban infill master planning.