Tara Loty is passionate about creating transformative and strategic engagement opportunities for universities and the government. She has over 10 years of experience in senior management roles at universities in Australia and the United States. She received the 2020 Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Medal and Award for Mission Excellence.

Loty has policy development expertise with both state and federal government, including the Department of Premier and Cabinet, New South Wales and the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.