COASTWATCHERS - Key Persons


Barbara Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Ordinary Member

Brett Stevenson

Job Titles:
  • Ordinary Member

Dr Keith Joliffe

Dr Keith Joliffe leads the Eurobodalla Koala Project.

Gillianne Tedder - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Resident of Meringo, professional photographer, and committed community activist, Gillianne has been on the Coastwatchers committee since 2017.

Jeff Aschmann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Coastwatchers Environment Fund Committee

Joslyn van der Moolen

Job Titles:
  • Ordinary Member
A committed and tireless worker for the environment, Joslyn has been a Coastwatchers member since 2011 and has been on the committee since 2016, serving 4 years as Secretary. She works on the conservation of SE NSW public native forests through the Coastwatchers Forest Working Group and wants to see NSW join WA and Victoria and announce the end of native forest logging (mainly exported at taxpayer expense as woodchips) and move 100% to softwood plantations to supply the domestic construction sector. Joslyn also co-manages the Great Eastern Ranges and WWF-Australia South Coast Project for environmental conservation and restoration projects (2021-2024) as part of the broader bushfire recovery effort.

Julie Taylor-Mills - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Member of the Board of Management of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW
Julie is a member of the board of management of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, a member of the WIRES State Council of NSW and has a professional background in corporate environmental management. Julie joined the Coastwatchers committee in 2021.

June Mills

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Coastwatchers Environment Fund Committee

Linda Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Coastwatchers Environment Fund Committee

Lurline Dillon-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Coastwatchers Environment Fund Committee

Mark Rote - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Coastwatchers Environment Fund Committee
  • Treasurer
Mark lived in the beautiful Deua River Valley for 10 years before moving into the Moruya township in 1999. A keen cyclist and environmentalist since his youth, Mark and his wife Dana owned and operated the successful Moruya Bicycles retail store, from 1991 until 2016. This included a major online sales presence for the latter half of this time. Mark has been a Coastwatchers member since 2005 and has been treasurer since 2016.

Niall O'Donnell

Job Titles:
  • Ordinary Member
Niall is the Dad in a family of 5, and concerned for the future for his kids. He's an Emergency Room Registered Nurse and a Vipassana meditator. He says he's constantly trying to make fewer mistakes and to understand what it's all about (and is open to suggestions on that). Niall joined the committee in 2021.

Reina Hill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Coastwatchers Environment Fund Committee

Stewart Needham

Coastwatchers member Stewart Needham is a member of the Dargues mine Community Consultative Committee. He submitted the following document in relation to the Dargues Mine Water Management Plan.