Leanne Miller AM

2018 Cohort

Pronouns: she/her

Leanne is establishing a First Nation farmers collective to achieve their goals of generating intergenerational wealth on traditional or private lands or private, creating change in four states with up to 28 entities.

Leanne is a Dhulanyagen Ulupna woman of the Yorta Yorta people. She is an experienced director, skilled in governance and leadership in non-profit organisations, corporate social responsibility, program evaluation, conflict resolution and culture change.

She has extensive experience advocating for and building opportunities with women in business, including in environmental management and tourism. Leanne is chair of Outback Academy Australia.

She is a board member of the Victorian Women’s Trust, and trustee of the Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust and Dugdale Trust for Women and Girls. She is also a board member of the Golburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, a member of Koorie Women Mean Business and an inaugural elected North East Member of the First Peoples Assembly of Victoria.

Social change work

Leanne is working on establishing a national alliance of First Nations farmers, leading socially and environmentally responsible land-based enterprises. COVID-19 pandemic impacts meant a pivot to focus on families, but in 2023, she is returning to her proposal to build a community of Aboriginal women who are committed to social change through increased participation and leadership of ethical land-based enterprises that benefit their communities and Country.