Thank you to all judges who volunteered their time to be a part of the Achievement Awards judging panels.
2026 Achievement Awards Judges
Co-Chairs of the Judging Panel
Jenness Gardner
President, IPAA WA;
Chief Executive Officer, Economic Regulation Authority
Sharyn O’Neill AO PSM FIPAA
Public Sector Commissioner
Main Judging Panel
Karen Ho
Former Director General, Department of Training and Workforce Development
Tony Brown OAM
Local Government Inspector
Judges
Alan Barrett
Managing Director, Pelican Advisory
Janis Carren
Chief Executive Officer, VenuesWest
Prof. Rick Cummings
Fellow, Australian Evaluation Society;
Emeritus Professor, Murdoch University
Rob Delane PSM
Chris Hall AM FIPAA (WA)
Former Chief Executive Officer, Juniper
Elizabeth MacLeod PSM FIPAA
Former Chief Executive, East Metropolitan Health Service
Jacqueline McGowan-Jones
Commissioner for Children and Young People
Susannah Nichols
Lecturer, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Murdoch University
Duncan Ord OAM
Prof. John Phillimore
Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
Antonella Segre
