Regional Arts NSW - The peak body for regional arts activity in New South Wales

About us: Staff

Elizabeth Rogers

Chief Executive Officer

Contact: Tel 02 9270 2505 | Email

Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth joined Regional Arts NSW in December 2006. She has a very broad base of arts management and arts marketing experience gained in over 20 years work in the field in both metropolitan and regional areas. She took up the position of Manager, Marketing & Communications with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in January 2005. In that time she has developed and implemented key marketing and communications strategies to build the profile of the Conservatorium as the leading music education institution in Australia, to develop audiences for the extensive concert program and to develop and manage internal and external events promoting the diverse range of activities undertaken by the Conservatorium.

Previously, she was the Director of Canberra Arts Marketing for six and a half years. This was a unique role where she represented a large diversity of arts organisations making up Australia's leading arts marketing consortium. These included National Cultural Institutions, national touring companies, festivals, venues and facilities, commercial and exhibiting galleries, museums, theatre companies, classical and contemporary music ensembles and orchestras, film -makers groups, writers groups, community arts and regional arts groups.

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Palmarita D'Orazio

FINANCE Manager

(Part time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & every second Friday)

Contact: Tel 02 9270 2503 | Email

Palmarita D'Orazio

Palmarita joined Regional Arts NSW in April 2008.

Palmarita has a very broad experience in financial accounting and statutory reporting. Previously, she was a senior financial accountant with Milton Corporation for ten years, and also worked as an accountant with AGL Comany.

In the Regional Arts NSW office, Palmarita will manage all the finances, including the insurance policies and the funding program.

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Annette Eassie

Funding Manager

(Part time: Monday to Thursday)

Contact: Tel 02 9270 2502 | Email

Annette Eassie

Annette joined Regional Arts NSW in June 2003.

Annette's 20 year involvement in the arts has been as a volunteer and practitioner in both rural and metropolitan areas. She began working as a psychologist in Papua New Guinea for three years and then spent five years with the Department of Defence (Navy) in Perth. Since then she has worked in CCD, as manager of a family support agency in Karratha, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and as a Community Development Coordinator for Learning Centre Link, the peak body for community neighbourhood and learning centres in WA.

Over a period of fifteen years Annette has also initiated, coordinated, administered and managed many (lost count!) small and large scale community arts projects and events, including a Community Arts Festival in the hills of Perth which was the culmination of a number of community cultural development projects and reputed as a "best practice" model.

Through her roles as Festival Manager and Community Development Coordinator, Annette has gained considerable knowledge of and experience in funding programs, as an applicant herself, as mentor to others and as facilitator of grant-writing workshops. She is also familiar with regional and rural issues, having spent her first twenty years in small country towns in NSW, eight years in the isolated Pilbara region of WA and the last nine years working with groups in regional and rural WA.

Annette is primarily responsible for the administration of the Regional Arts Fund at Regional Arts NSW.

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Ben Sibson

Funding Officer

(Part time: Monday to Wednesday)

Contact: Tel 02 9270 2501 | Email

Sam Chester

Ben joined Regional Arts NSW in July 2008.

Since graduating with honours in composition from the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1997, Ben has worked as a freelance composer and percussionist on a variety of projects and in many genres. He has composed music for many theatrical works, and has received several commissions from performing bodies.

As a performer, he has many years experience as a drummer/percussionist, keyboardist, vocalist, conductor and musical director, spanning many genres. He has performed at venues and festivals throughout Australia and Asia, including Womadelaide, Port Fairy, Apollo Bay and Bellingen folk festivals, and the festival of Island Cultures in Cheju, Korea.

He has lectured in music technology, ethnic percussion and aural skills at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, worked in support and logistics for the Victorian College of the Arts Music School,  and has been an Arts Program Officer with both Arts Tasmania and Arts Victoria.

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Kate Reynolds

Administration Officer

Contact: Tel 02 9270 2509 | Email

Kate Reynolds

Kate joined Regional Arts NSW in May 2007. Kate began her career in a public relations role with Landa Communications. She is a graduate from the University of Sydney, with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Art History & Theory and Performance Studies. She also has a Masters in Media Practice from the same university where she studied public relations, broadcast production and journalism.

She has a strong interest in the performing arts, especially music. Kate has also worked in the retail and hospitality sectors.

Within the Sydney office for Regional Arts NSW, Kate handles enquiries and provides administrative support. She administers the Creative Volunteering program for regional NSW, compiles the monthly e-Bulletin, and maintains the website.

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Regional Arts Development Officers

For the Regional Arts Development Offices (RADOs), see the Contacts area of the Regional Arts NSW Network section of this website.