Karen Mundine is from the Bundjalung Nation of northern NSW. As the CEO at Reconciliation Australia, she brings to the role more than 25 years’ experience leading community engagement, public advocacy, communications and social marketing campaigns. An architect of the landmark Australian Reconciliation Barometer, Mundine works with governments, the business sector and civil society to advocate for change, and is currently a member of the Australian Government’s Referendum Engagement Group. Over the course of her career, she has been instrumental in some of Australia’s watershed national events, including the Apology to the Stolen Generations, Centenary of Federation commemorations, Corroboree 2000 and the 1997 and 2021 Australian Reconciliation Conventions. She is a director of the Gondwana Choirs, Sydney Festival and the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre.