Kirsty is the Executive Director of the Environment Centre NT, and is an advocate, researcher and strategist with 25 years experience. She has been based in the Northern Territory for over two decades, where she worked for a number of years as a native title and environmental lawyer for an Aboriginal land council, where she negotiated resource agreements, conducted native title and land claims, and ran strategic litigation. In 2020, she completed her doctorate analysing the intersection of the state, the environment, Indigenous institutions and extractive development in northern Australia, and she has published widely in these areas. Kirsty is an adjunct research fellow at Charles Darwin University, and a Councillor of the Australian Conservation Foundation. She is committed to ensuring the continued flourishing of the worldclass landscapes and communities of Australia's Great North.