Jo Lanagan is the deputy chief executive of Central Desert Native Title Services. She held senior roles in the State and Commonwealth Governments including as director of heritage and culture at the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and director of claims management at the Office of Native Title. Ms Lanagan has led negotiations on behalf of the State and Commonwealth Governments in the Australian Square Kilometre Array Project, leading to the CSIRO build of the largest Radio Astronomy observatory in the world and Australia hosting international radio astronomy projects. She was also one of two negotiators on behalf of the State Government to reach a comprehensive native title settlement with the Yawuru People over Broome, resulting in the creation of Conservation Estate and the creation of a Marine Park.
Jo Lanagan
Non-Executive Deputy Chair (from May 2019) / Conservation and Parks Commission