Our 2025 Program Participants

  • Alyce Zerner

    NEWS CORP

  • Belinda Porter

    HATCHED MEDIA

  • Cody Bennett

    QMS MEDIA

  • Ellie Beale

    NEWS CORP

  • Katy Bristow

    SCA

  • Laura Pozzobon

    PUBLICIS IMAGINE

  • Lauren Aramani

    CARSALES MEDIAHOUSE

  • Mia Sherman

    NOVA ENTERTAINMENT

  • Millie Michael

    SCA

  • Olivia Fleming

    HALF DOME

  • Pip Bulmer

    QMS MEDIA

  • Sheridan Comer

    NEWS CORP

  • Tas Ali

    AUDIENCE 360

Your 2025 Mentors

  • Chloe Hooper

    SPEAKER, FACILITATOR & SELF-LEADERSHIP EDUCATOR

    Chloe is on a personal mission to make a million women believe in themselves. She is the host of The Limitless Equation podcast where she interviews senior women around the industry to uncover their superpower. From this experience, she has gained a wealth of knowledge in how to build your career. Chloe’s approach to coaching is authentic, she is not afraid to help you reach solutions and has a unique ability to see the bigger picture which helps set you on the right path.

  • Lizzie Young

    CEO - COMMERCIAL RADIO & AUDIO AUSTRALIA

    Lizzie is a media executive with 25 years’ experience across the UK, US & APAC. She currently leads Commercial Radio & Audio on behalf of the Australian audio industry. Her remit at CRA covers industry wide initiatives including regulatory affairs, audience measurement, demand generation, digital transformation.

    Previously Lizzie was APAC CEO and Global Growth Officer of social media start-up WeAre8, spent 12 years at Nine, Australia's largest locally owned media company, rising to the role of Managing Director - Local Markets, Group Marketing & Commercial Partnerships and 12 years in radio at Southern Cross Austereo and Global Radio in London. 

    Her roles have spanned content, marketing, sales, commercial partnerships and operations. In recent years she has executed a number of transformation projects resulting from M&A activity, leveraging new platforms and technologies for growth.

    Lizzie is also a former non-executive director of ASX listed real estate classified business Domain and Founding Board Director of Future Women where she remains as an Advisor and Mentor.

  • Sarah Mazur

    EXECUTIVE COACH, MENTOR, TRAINER
    Human Centered Practitioner

    I’ve spent the past 29 years at the intersection of creativity and commerce, first in full-service and media agencies, later as national sales coach and trainer, and now as founder of Agent for Change. 

    My goal in every role has been the same: help good ideas land and help the people behind them thrive.

    I learnt my craft at JWT and Mindshare, moving into a leadership position as Managing Partner, successfully navigating a male dominated world.

    From 2010–2016 I was Southern Cross Austereo’s dedicated national sales trainer and coach, collaborating with stakeholders across metro and regional markets to build the company’s Sales Playbook while coaching leaders and delivering workshops to lift performance.

    I founded Agent for Change in 2016, partnering with agencies, media networks, high-growth brands and individual leaders to sharpen communication and embed competencies to power performance. 

    Licensed facilitator of Coach U’s Coaching Clinic · DISC practitioner · Master NLP practitioner · Currently completing a Diploma of Counselling to deepen my work in behavioural change, relationship dynamics, and grief & loss. 

    Outside of work my passion project is my volunteer role with Horse Shepherd Equine Sanctuary. You can also find me kayaking on the Noosa River, at yoga or ceramics and walking my gorgeous Vizslas on the beach.

  • Virginia Scully

    FOUNDER, HUMAN KIND COLLECTIVE

    Virginia Scully is an award-winning people and culture expert with nearly three decades of experience in the creative and media industry. As the founder of Human Kind Collective, she provides specialized HR consultancy services that help businesses and their teams thrive in the evolving workplace.

    Having worked in media and creative agency roles she transitioned to People and Culture later in her career and believes in life long learning and leaning into opportunities when they arrive. 

    With a proven track record in organizational development, Virginia successfully led the People and Culture function at Hatched Media, scaling the company from 5 to 80 employees across two markets while maintaining a connected and collaborative culture that sustained profitability through rapid growth.

    A dedicated mentor, Virginia devotes time to supporting women.  She is passionate about gender equity, mental health awareness, and empowering women in the workplace. As a certified Mental Health First Aid instructor, and a co-founder of Never not mentally healthy - she also educates community and workplaces on mentally healthy practices.

    She believes the world needs more Human Kindness and seeks to collaborate with like-minded people and business'

  • Lisa Lie

    FOUNDER, LEARNA

    Lisa is the founder of Learna, a microlearning app that helps teams build the people skills to solve real work problems - fast. Think feedback, working through change, managing others - the messy stuff no one really teaches you, but everyone is expected to know.

    With a background in media, coaching, and people and culture, Lisa has worked to help teams grow through change and lead with confidence. She brings a smart, no-BS approach to learning that’s designed for fast-moving teams who don’t have time for theory.

    Whether she’s speaking about leadership development, career growth, or creating a culture where learning actually sticks, Lisa delivers practical insights that help people take action - not just take notes.

  • Gemma O'Neill

    CEO, THREE BIRDS RENOVATIONS & CO-FOUNDER AT BESTIES

    Gemma O’Neill is CEO of Three Birds Renovations, an incredibly successful home renovation business aimed at helping women create their dream home. Gemma is also Co-Founder of a women’s content and event business called Besties with her best friend and broadcaster, Jackie O. Gemma and Jackie have created a cult following for their candid podcast called Her Best Life.

    Gemma has had a career spanning 25 years in Media and Entertainment, holding executive positions such as Head of the Hit Network at SCA in Australia, Chief Content Officer for NZME in New Zealand, Creative Executive for Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films and Managing Director of the Gemmie Agency where she negotiated the highest ever media deal in Australia. Gemma is a recipient of the Telstra Corporate Business Woman of the Year award, she has her MBA from Melbourne University and has completed the AICD Board Directors course. Gemma is a Non executive board member for Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer and is an advisory committee member for Soho House.

    Her true love is as a mum to her 2 young sons and on the weekend you’ll find her cheering on the Sydney Swans with a glass of French rose.

  • Danika Johnston

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, CORPORATE ADVISOR

    Danika is a passionate leader with twenty six years experience in the media, entertainment, digital and technology sectors, driving strategic and commercial direction for businesses and implementing transformational change.

    Having worked across mainstream media companies and also start-up businesses, Danika is well regarded for leading teams to operational and commercial success and for building credible brand partnerships to deliver business capabilities and outcomes.

    Danika is passionate about people and performance and using creativity and strategy to solve business challenges with a future mindset.

    Danika is also a board director, wife, mum of three boys, ocean obsessed, and a board advisor and mentor for women in sport.

  • June Laffey

    CREATIVE COACH

    With over two decades of Creative Leadership experience, culminating in a stint as Chief Creative Officer in New York, my mission now is to inspire, empower and lift-up a new kind of leader. How? Through insights, tools and strategies it has taken me a lifetime to learn.

    I've always been a creative thinker, cared deeply about people, and always, always come from a place of love. For much of my career I have had a focus on health comms, but the principles apply through the line. I’ve also taken a special interest in coaching women, and helping them to shine.

Book a mentoring session

You can book anywhere from 1-6 sessions of your total allocation (6 x 1 hour mentoring sessions between now and October).

You may choose to just book one session at a time with a mentor and then book more sessions with the same or different mentors each month.

Remember, this program is all about you!

Once you’ve submitted the form we’ll get in touch with your mentor and connect you up to set up a time to meet.