MEGALO Board
DR LILY WITHYCOMBE | CHAIR
Lily Withycombe is a GLAM sector professional, with a background in archaeology and strong experience in curatorial, collections and exhibition development. She has been on the Megalo Board since 2019 and became Chair in 2024.
VALENTINA JOSIFOVSKI | PUBLIC OFFICER
Valentina is a lawyer with extensive global experience across a range of industries, most recently in the Defence sector. Valentina enjoys contributing to the Arts sector through her work on the Megalo board.
Pauline HORE | Treasurer
Pauline Hore is a CPA and has worked in government funded organisations for over 40 years. Her main area of interest and working history has been in financial management and governance.
Deborah Clark
Deborah is an art historian, a graduate of the University of Sydney, who has worked as a researcher, lecturer, editor and curator, including five years in the Australian Art department at the National Gallery of Australia, and eleven years as Senior Curator of Visual Arts at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. She was the editor of Art Monthly Australia from 2002-07, and has published widely in journals, books and exhibition catalogues. Exhibitions she curated include The drawings of Janet Dawson; John Brack: inside and outside; Jan Brown: sculptures, prints and drawings; Ruth Waller: a 30 year survey; Elioth Gruner: the texture of light; and Michael Taylor: a survey 1963-2016. She has served on numerous cultural advisory boards and committees in Canberra including Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Capital Arts Patrons Organisation, and the Fulbright National Selection Committee.
David Greenhalgh
David is Curator, International Art at the National Gallery of Australia. He has written extensively on European and American art, and holds degrees in visual arts and archives. In his spare time he maintains a video collage practice. David has previously worked in museums and galleries in science education and festival production.
Paul Mcinnes
Paul McInnes is a Canberra based artist, curator and design historian. Paul was formerly a Senior Executive within the Commonwealth Arts Portfolio responsible for Arts Policy and funding, research, corporate governance and international relations.
Annalisa Millar
Annalisa specialises in philanthropy, development and fundraising. She is currently the Head of Partnerships and Development at the Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD), and has held similar roles at the National Museum of Australia, the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Questacon and the National Gallery of Australia.
Coen Ramalli
Lilith Silva
Dr Naomi Zouwer
Naomi is a cross-disciplinary artist, researcher and arts educator, who works across drawing, printmaking, painting and textiles mediums making works that engage with ideas of cultural heritage, identity and the social role of personal objects. She is a Lecturer of Teacher Education specialising in the Creative Arts at the University of Canberra, and has exhibited widely in Australia. Naomi specialises in creative processes and education design to improve learning outcomes, engagement, collaboration and development, and has extensive experience in creative program design and delivery with children, teachers, researchers and communities. She has led creative projects in collaboration with research and cultural institutions, and educational organisations from preschool to tertiary. Her approach is grounded in practice based research and over 25 years in the arts education and museum sectors. In 2023 Naomi had a residency at Megalo and a solo exhibition, and she has worked with Clare Jackson on edition printing.