Meet the Team

Holly Vucic, Program and Administration Support [email protected] Holly has worked with the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action for the past 6 years, providing administrative and project support within Legal teams and now within Agriculture Victoria. Holly attended an Agricultural High School and has roots within South Australia’s farming [...]

Anthony Dean Senior Policy Officer [email protected] Anthony has worked for Agriculture Victoria for 18 years, including policy roles in agriculture, invasive species and forestry. Anthony has recently joined the RDRP team and is looking forward to working with our Plan Coordinators and community representatives.

Steven Field Regional Leader Loddon Mallee [email protected] Steven grew up from a mixed production farm at Amherst, and has worked for Agriculture Victoria for over 25 years, primarily in invasives and agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulatory roles. Steven worked with regional stakeholders and partners across the Loddon Mallee to develop [...]

Ralph Cotter Regional Leader Barwon South West [email protected] Ralph has worked for the Victorian Government for over 20 years. His first role was in waterway restoration, which he enjoyed, but over time he became more interested in agriculture. Ralph’s current role involves working with stakeholders to support and promote agriculture [...]

Michael Bretherton Regional Leader Hume michael.bretherton@ agriculture.vic.gov.au Michael has spent over 20 years working in Agriculture, after working in aquaculture and fisheries research with intermittent periods in private industry. Michael facilitated the development of the Goulburn Regional Drought Resilience Plan. He highly valued the collaboration from regional stakeholders and partners [...]

Bruce Weston Regional Leader, Greater Melbourne [email protected] Bruce has worked for Agriculture Victoria for over 40 years, starting in soil resource mapping and sustainable land and catchment management. Bruce worked with regional partners during the 2016-2020 drought, and was fortunate to be involved in the deep conversations that were the [...]

Gemma Heemskerk Manager Programs and Assistance [email protected] Gemma has worked for Agriculture Victoria for over 20 years, commencing her career in soils research. Gemma has worked on the RDRP program since 2022 and is rapt to see regions now implementing activities that are building regional drought resilience!

Plan Coordinator for the Barwon region.  Southern Farming Systems (SFS) is a farmer-driven, non-profit organisation based at Inverleigh, in the Barwon region of Victoria. SFS provides practical research and information on cropping, soils, pasture, and livestock to farmers. For more information visit: www.sfs.org.au.

Plan Coordinator for the Ovens Murray region. North East Catchment Management Authority (North East CMA) is a Victorian statutory authority established under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994. North Central CMA is the lead natural resource management agency for a large part of north eastern Victoria including Wodonga, Indigo, [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Central Highlands region. Commerce Ballarat is the largest independent business group in Ballarat, creating a united voice for all business sectors. Commerce Ballarat has over 650 members from the private, public and non-profit sectors. It has supported businesses and communities across the Central Highlands region through [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Gippsland region. Food & Fibre Gippsland (F&FG) is a non-profit membership-based organisation. Its mission is to build capacity, promote innovation and facilitate collaboration and knowledge-sharing across Gippsland’s food and fibre sector. F&FG works with farmers, industry, government, research organisations and the broader Gippsland community to connect [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Goulburn region. Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (Goulburn Broken CMA) is a Victorian statutory authority established by the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994. Goulburn Broken CMA is the lead natural resource management agency for part of northern Victoria, including the Goulburn and Broken river catchments. [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Loddon Campaspe region. North Central Catchment Management Authority (North Central CMA) is a Victorian statutory authority established under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994. North Central CMA is the lead natural resource management agency for a large part of north central Victoria, including the Campaspe, [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Wimmera Southern Mallee region Wimmera Southern Mallee Development (WSM Development) is a non-profit organisation that works with communities, industries and all levels of government across the Wimmera Southern Mallee region, to take advantage of economic, cultural, social and environmental opportunities. It has led projects focused on [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Great South Coast region. Food & Fibre Great South Coast (GSC) is a non-profit representative body for food and fibre production businesses and their supply-chains in south-west Victoria. It collaborates with local government, primary producers, processors and other stakeholders to sustainably grow the region’s food and [...]

Plan Coordinator for the Mallee region. Mallee Catchment Management Authority (Mallee CMA) is a Victorian statutory authority established under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994. Mallee CMA is the lead natural resource management agency for the Mallee region of Victoria, with responsibilities under law for the sustainable and integrated [...]