REGIONAL ARTS NSW TEAM

Dr Tracey Callinan OAM Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Email tracey@regionalartsnsw.com.au Tracey joined the Regional Arts NSW team in 2022 as Chief Executive Officer after a 13-year stint as Executive Director of Arts OutWest. Tracey previously worked at the University of Sydney at the Conservatorium of Music and the Arts Council England with the national Creative Partnerships program. She has travelled extensively in her pursuit of artistic learnings and throughout her career including working for a silversmith in Jerusalem, programming for Wirksworth Festival in rural Derbyshire in the UK and working as a musician in Europe. Tracey has a PhD from Charles Sturt University as well as a Master of Music (Music Education) and a Bachelor of Music Education, both from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the University of Sydney.

Funding and development manager Freya Ververis Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm Email funding@regionalartsnsw.com.au Freya has extensive knowledge of a wide range of areas within the arts and cultural sector gained over decades of professional experience. Recent roles include Arts Grants and Engagement Officer and Acting Cultural Policy and Planning Leader, Inner West Council. Freya has a Master of Arts Administration, College of Fine Arts, University of NSW and has studied a Masters of Fine Art by Research, College of Fine Arts University of NSW, Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours, Sydney College of the Arts University of Sydney and Advanced Diploma of Fine Art, National Art School.

Communications Officer Adara Enthaler Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 9am – 5pm Email comms@regionalartsnsw.com.au Adara has worked in the arts since the final year of her Bachelor of Creative Arts (Major in Creative Writing) at the University of Wollongong, which she followed with completing Honours. For a decade she managed communications for the South Coast Writers Centre and then Writing NSW, at the same time freelancing for various festivals including the Feminist Writers Festival, Heroines Festival, BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival and Word Travels’ Story Week. Adara also hosts Enough Said Poetry Slam in her home region of the Illawarra, and co-founded the Society City Collective, a volunteer-run co-working space, venue, and secondhand bookshop.

Finance Coordinator
Jessie Yin Working remotely, Wednesday & Thursday, 9am – 5pm Email finance@regionalartsnsw.com.au
Jessie joined Regional Arts NSW in March 2016 and is an accountant and bookkeeper with experience in various industries and sectors, including media, advertising, design and IT firms. Her role is to maintain daily accounting tasks and assist Theresa to prepare management and financial reports for Regional Arts NSW.

Jessie holds a Master of Commerce in Finance and Accounting from Macquarie University and is a qualified CPA member.

Administration & Projects Officer
Edna Boey
Working Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
Email a dmin@regionalartsnsw.com.au Edna joined Regional Arts NSW in October 2023 and has been working in the cultural sector since 2020, starting as an intern at the Goethe-Institut and continuing to work in administration there until April 2023. Edna completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney in 2021, graduating with First Class Honours in Germanic Studies.