Patricia Caswell

Patricia Caswell (Tricia Caswell) is Founder and CEO of Caswell + Associates: Sustainability Experts. Tricia and her teams specialise in advising business and industry on sustainability issues of the day.

She has most recently been CEO of Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI), from 2004 - 2007, developing the forest industry's policies and practices around sustainability.

Biography

Tricia was the Founding Executive Director of the Global Sustainability Institute at RMIT University from October 2000 to June 2004.

In the 1980’s she was a Trade Union Leader and a Member of the ACTU Executive. In 1992 Tricia became Executive Director of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and in 1995 Executive Director of Plan International. She has a long standing interest in all things public, political and artistic and has developed specialist expertise in the areas of sustainability, local and global.

Tricia has been a representative on many public and private organisations in Australia and internationally. These include the National Commission for UNESCO, The Australia Council, Uluru-Kata Juta National Park Board, RMIT University Council and Chair of Circus Oz. Present Tricia presently holds a number of Board and Advisory positions especially around sustainability, at State and National levels.

Early career

Tricia began her working life as a teacher at Secondary then TAFE and Tertiary levels. She became one of the nation’s first women trade union leaders; General Secretary of the Teachers Trade Union of Victoria, an elected Industrial Officer at the Victorian Trades Hall Council and a member of the ACTU Executive.

Speaker and writer

Since 1980 Tricia has been a keynote speaker and has had many articles/chapters published in relation to her work. She has also co-edited a book “Protecting the Future”, Stories of Sustainability from RMIT University.

Awards

*1966/1967 - American Field Service Exchange Scholarship
*1994 - United States Information Services International Visitors Program
*1997 - Australian Medical Association Inaugural President’s Award for Advocacy in Environment & Health Issues
*1997 - Victorian Trades Hall Council Award for Service to the Trade Union movement

Associations

*Fellow, Australian Institute of Management
*Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
*Life Member, Australian Education Union
*Member, Latrobe University Alumni
*Member, Cranlana Alumni
*Member, Women Chiefs of Enterprises International

External links

*http://www.caswellassociates.com/
*http://www.vafi.org.au
*http://www.abc.net.au/talkingheads/txt/s1465864.htm
*http://www.ces.vic.gov.au/ces/wcmn301.nsf/LinkView/76B9BA7478F65541CA256F340020587AE57427BA59B71598CA256F47007F6766
*http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse/News%20and%20Events%2FNewsroom%2FNews%2FMedia%20Releases%2Fby%20title%2FT%2F;ID=fw5o768dvddq;STATUS=A
*http://www.ecopolitics.org.au/2005/tricia-caswell.pdf