PhD in Environmental Science (Plant Ecology) (University of Newcastle)
Qualifications in Horticulture and Landscape Design & Management
Regional Weed Strategist, The Hunter & Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy

Dip Teach; Cert Horticulture; Ass Dip Landscape Design and Management; AILDM (Fellow Retired)
Taught K – Y12 Wetland Ecology; Environmental Education; Aboriginal Studies for NSW Dept Ed and Training for 22 years at Wetlands Environmental Education Centre.
Partner in C & J Horticultural Consultants and Landscape Design for 20 years.
Life Member of Australian Plant Society NSW.  Awarded in 2008.
Awarded Premiers Scholarship to study wetland education in UK in 2007.

GradDip Strategic Leadership; ADDip Community Services (Disability); MAICDFounder and Director of Clear Sky Australia PTY Limited – a Disability Service Provider (DSP) specialist NDIS accommodation provider, respite services, and capacity building community participation programs. Founder and Director of BGR Retail group PTY Limited. A retail group with a difference providing employment pathways and opportunities for people living with a disability. Director HP Red PTY LTD.