Our Board

Jane Buncle is a barrister focusing primarily on commercial disputes in the Supreme Court, Federal Court, as well as Royal Commissions and international commercial arbitrations. She has strong family ties to the Riverina region and a longstanding commitment to community service through providing professional expertise as a board member for various organisations, ranging from mental health to youth homelessness initiatives.

Elissa Baillie has extensive experience in sales, marketing, and PR in the Arts, and is currently the Sales Director at Simon and Schuster Australia/New Zealand. She develops and drives the organisation's B2B and B2C marketing and PR strategy, building strategic partnerships. As a board member of Aspire Disability Services in Albury, she supports disability services across NSW and Victoria.

Mitch Hibbens is a Wiradjuri person with significant leadership and management experience in the health and education sectors. He served as Program Director of the MURRA Program at Melbourne Business School and is a founding member of the Dilin Duwa Centre for Indigenous Business Leadership at the University of Melbourne, where he holds an Honorary Fellowship and is pursuing a Doctorate in Management. Mitch is actively involved in the arts scene in the Murray Region as a performer and creative. Mitch believes in the transformative power of the arts to address tough social issues, focusing on regionality and marginalized communities.

Lisa Malone leads marketing and communications at a Melbourne legal firm, drawing on local and international experience across technology, legal, professional services, supply chain, and agribusiness sectors. She has key skills across marketing, crisis communications, risk management, growth strategy, and business development.

Rachael Muntz is a Certified Practising Accountant and is a founding partner of Muntz & Associates, a boutique accounting firm based in Albury. She has extensive experience in the accounting profession. Passionate about community development, Rachael believes in the importance of amplifying the presence regionally and nationally of the arts, with an emphasises on increasing community engagement.

Isobel Parker Philip is Director, Curatorial and Collection at the National Portrait Gallery. She was previously the Senior Curator, Contemporary Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she curated numerous exhibitions including Hoda Afshar: A Curve is a Broken Line (2023–24) and, with Erin Vink, the Art Gallery’s curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Daniel Boyd: Treasure Island (2022–23). Isobel was a Member of the MAMA Advisory Committee from 2018 and was appointed to the Provisional MAMA Board in 2020.

Frank Zaknich is the CEO of Albury City Council. Frank joined AlburyCity in March 2013 from Broken Hill City Council where he had been General Manager since 2006. Frank’s career has included senior positions in rural and metropolitan councils across NSW and South Australia, and he is highly experienced in community governance, change management and strategic and regional planning.