2024 First Nations Juvenile Justice & National STOP Domestic Violence Conferences

Clinton Bennell is a proud Noongar and Wiradjuri man, living on Kaurna Country (Adelaide). Working to support, nurture and create opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander communities to heal, grow and thrive is Clinton’s passion.

Experienced across Community Services, AOD, Health, Education and Correctional Services, Clinton brings a holistic approach, with a wide perspective of how and where impact can be made.

Clinton currently works at Nunga Mi:Minar and is focused on working primarily with Male perpetrators of family violence and fostering inter-generational healing with a social and emotional wellbeing approach.

Michael Foster-Greenwood is the Senior Sonographer and Student Coordinator at I-Med Radiology. Michael is a nationally and internationally recognised presenter and had been awarded the 2023 Australasian Sonographers Association - Queensland Sonographer of the Year. Michael has over 15 years’ experience in specialist point of care ultrasound. He has a Masters in medical ultrasound (Uni SA 2013) and Bachelor of Medical radiation science (Sydney Uni 2007).

Mark Robertson is a highly acclaimed and talented musician, MC, producer and secondary school teacher. Mark has built a solid reputation with his teaching methods. Mark’s achievements in this field were recognised when he was awarded the 2009 Young Social Pioneer of the Year Award for Innovative projects toward social and educational change, and his work with Indigenous youth earned him national recognition by being one of 20 Australians invited to meet His Royal Highness Prince Harry at Kirrabilli house in 2013. Mark was also a final nominee for 2011 Australian of Year Award and 2014 finalist for New York global citizens award.

Sharon is a descendant of the Dunghutti, Gumbaynggirr and Biripi language groups from the mid-north coast of NSW. She was a member of the victorious Australian Netball Diamonds World Cup teams in 1991 and 1999, Commonwealth Games team in 1990 and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the sport of netball. Sharon is one of only three Aboriginal women to have ever represented the Australian Diamonds. Her industry experience spans over three decades, working in the private, public and community sectors, including state government, educational and financial institutions, not for profit organisations, media and sport.

Dr Meg Perkins PhD was born in Africa with British, German, and Norwegian ancestry, as well as African heritage associated with slavery at the Cape of Good Hope.She migrated to Australia from South Africa in 1988 to remove her children from a racist society and the threat of conscription to military service in defence of apartheid.

Meg was employed as a prison psychologist in Queensland in 1991 and learned the racist history of Australia from prison inmates. She was shocked by the over representation of Aboriginal and, to a lesser extent, Torres Strait Islander people in the criminal justice system.

Dr. Joseph B. Stone, PhD is an Anasaki-pikuni ceremonialist and traditionalist and member of the OKKAN (Sundance), the Last Star Thunder Medicine Pipe and Beaver Lodge. Dr. Stone works at Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga – a Kaupapa Māori Health Provider; Awhina Whanu Family Services, and the Napier Family Centre all located in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. He has clinical experience with adult prisoners & corrections and juvenile justice in both New Zealand and USA. He is affiliated with the National Centre on Trauma and Project Making Medicine – Indian Health Service Assessment and Treatment of Child Abuse at Oklahoma State University. He has presented to, and served as consultant to, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs of Native Youth Suicide. Dr. Stone’s publications include articles on trauma, suicide, and other cultural & behavioural issues.

Dr. Amber R. Logan is a traditional Kahungunu Māori wahine, a New Zealand Health Psychologist and Doctoral Fellow in Public Health at Otago University. She teaches health psychology course work at the University of Auckland & Otago University and is well-known in New Zealand for her work in methamphetamine education and community activism. She is a consummate grant writer, health services evaluator and health services program designer. She has presented extensively in Australia, Canada, and the USA at Harvard University, the University of Washington, and to the US Federal Government.