The Management Committee

Committee members work for the Land Trust in a voluntary capacity. Each member brings a broad range of skills and experience to decision making aimed at conserving the natural environment.

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Andrew Lohrey - President has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Technology, Sydney. Prior to returning to university in 1988 he was a Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for fourteen years in which time he served as a Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the House of Assembly. As Minister for National Parks he played a major role in saving of the Franklin River from being dammed. He is the current President of the North East Tasmania Land Trust.

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Todd Dudley - Vice President is a leading environmental activist of 25 years standing and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Tasmanian flora and fauna. Todd is President of the North East Bioregional Network, a management Committee member of Environment Tasmania and the Break O'Day committee member for NRM. His areas of expertise include bush regeneration, landscape conservation planning, environmental law, wildlife surveys, weed control, botanical surveys and reserve management plans. Todd is Vice President of the North East Tasmanian Land Trust.

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Robin Lohrey - Treasurer has a Bachelor of Business degree and is the Treasurer and Public Officer of the North East Tasmania Land Trust. She is currently the General Manager of Theatre North in Launceston. Robin is a former Director of the Port of Launceston Authority and has served on the Council of the University of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board as well as being a Director of the Arts Law Centre of Australia. Robin grew up on a farm in the north east and has maintained an active interest in conservation and preserving the environment.

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Bill Manning - Secretary is the Secretary of the North East Tasmania Land Trust. As a forester he worked for the Forestry Commission in a variety of positions for over 30 years; from Inspector of Forest Practices with state-wide responsibilities to auditing threatened species on logging operations. Bill has also given evidence regarding forestry operations to Federal Select Committees. Since 1983 he has represented his community of Four Mile Creek on various planning appeals and rezoning hearings. In that time he has also been actively involved in the conservation of coastal flora and fauna; the protection of water resources; fire control; and the provision of general amenities.

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Frank Giles is a businessman, horticulturist, electrician and an innovative farmer with a background in local government. A former cherry farmer, Frank now raises cattle and grows organic blueberries on a commercial scale. He has a special interest in scientific farming as it relates to the elimination of polluting chemicals so that sustainable biological farming can bring back health to the soil, as well as to animals and humans.

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Peter Troode Worked in Local Government for 26 years as an Engineering Design Draftsman and for 9 years as Development Manager with the WA Football Commission. Peter played league football for the South Fremantle Football Club and for Western Australia. He then became a League Umpire and in 1996 he took on the management role with the Commission. In 2005 Peter and his wife Dianne moved to St Marys where they currently own and operate Addlestone House Bed and Breakfast. Peter is actively involved in several local community and volunteer organisations. He is also a photographer.

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Ellen Naef has worked in Switzerland as a GP and then trained in Psychotherapy and Psychiatry. She worked for many years in her own practice in Switzerland before coming to Tasmania in 2003. She now works as a counselor for the Healthy House and also has a practice at St Helens. She is an active local environmentalist and is also involved in the Pollution Information Tasmania Network. The diversity of the North East environment holds an overwhelming beauty for Ellen.

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Michaela Spencer is a PhD student at the University of Melbourne. Her research interests focus on practices of governance as they are enacted through concepts of nature. Michaela initially trained as an environmental scientist, but has more recently become interested in appreciating the social and philosophical aspects of sustainable ecological living. Previously she has worked on projects such as the creation of a community eco-living and permaculture centre, the production of a theatre piece centring on the Australian Nuclear Test veterans, and an assessment of the sustainability practices of large scale Australian companies. She looks forward to being able to continue living out her commitment to environmental protection through the work of the Land Trust.