The Hunger Project's Vision to Action Workshop

As CEO for The Hunger Project Australia (now Global Leader of Partnerships for The Hunger Project) for nearly two decades, it has been Cathy Burke’s privilege to travel extensively across the villages of Africa and South Asia in her work of ending hunger. She has been profoundly changed by what she has experienced. The women and men she has met have given her the most enduring lessons in life and leadership.

Cathy’s perspective on leadership is surprising and profound. We have what it takes – right now – to heal our world. This is as relevant for a work culture, a family dynamic and personal change. If illiteracy, poverty, malnutrition are not a barrier to affecting visionary change, then what are we truly capable of? How can we connect across the world and support each other as leaders? Cathy writes, speaks, and leads workshops globally on these questions around transformational leadership. She is honest, real, and very human. She offers a way for us to step into the power we each have to make a difference in our lives, organisations and community.

Cathy has received numerous accolades for her work on leadership, including winning the prestigious 2014 Westpac and Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Award.

She also holds a number of senior leadership roles within the organisation globally. Prior to working at The Hunger Project, Cathy worked in her own business, and in Federal politics as a Senate campaign manager, lobbyist and policy strategist.

Cathy's first book, Unlikely Leaders: Lessons in Leadership from the Village Classroom, was published in 2015 and is available at select bookshops or online at www.cathyburke.com

Glen Carlson is an award winning entrepreneur, speaker and co-founder Dent Global. Dent run the Key Person of Influence program, acknowledged by INC.com as “One of the top personal branding conferences in the world”.

Featured in the international media as a small business expert, in less than 4 years Glen has built his own business into the 9th fastest growing company in Australia (SmartCompany 2014). He is best known for helping fellow entrepreneurs develop an ‘unfair advantage’ in their industry and believes there has never been a better time to build a global business and personal brand doing something you love.

Glen will be facilitating the Vision to Action workshop alongside Cathy Burke. 

Jack Delosa is changing education for entrepreneurs. He is the founder of Australia’s largest and most disruptive education institution for entrepreneurs, The Entourage.

Prior to The Entourage, Jack co-founded MBE Education which assisted SME’s to raise money from investors. MBE quickly became one of Australia’s fastest growing companies. Along the way, Jack also became a high-profile investor, investing in growth companies such as Q-Biotics, Martin Jet Pack (ASX:MJP), and founding The Entourage Growth Fund. His last book UnProfessional became a bestseller in just three weeks. His most recent book Unwritten outlines the unconventional wisdom he’s become known for, to living a life on purpose and making the world a better place. Jack has been listed in the BRW Young Rich List since 2014.

Jack is one of the creative and inspiring entrepreneurs speaking at Vision to Action Workshop, 1pm-5:30pm Saturday May 28 at aMBUSH Gallery, Chippendale. 

What began as an attempt to keep a few of his mates on track with their health has turned into a business that is tracking to turnover $15 million this financial year. 26-year-old Ben Doolan is the founder of FivePointFour. He holds Bachelors in Psychology and Health Science, as well as a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy. 

A dedicated athlete, Ben participated in decathlons, competing in javelin and high-jump, while working full-time at a sports supplement shop. Motivated by his sports performance, Ben poured hours of his time into researching the best macronutrient breakdowns, experimenting with recipes, feeding intervals and portions. His background and experience led him to launch FivePointFour, which has served up more than 3 million meals to about 20,000 Aussie customers. It has 150,000 Facebook followers and almost 20,000 on Instagram. 

With each meal sold, FivePointFour donates money to The Hunger Project which works to break the cycle of poverty worldwide.

Jacinta McDonell launched the highly successful US franchise Anytime Fitness with her brother Justin and business partner Richard Peil into Australia in 2008. With over 420 clubs now in Australia and 2,700 clubs with 2 million members’ worldwide, Anytime Fitness is Australia’s number one health club chain.

As well as setting up Australia’s most successful fitness brand and being a mother of three children, Jacinta’s entrepreneurial spirit has led to the opening of Urban Yoga, making her a true inspiration to Australian business women.

A strong advocate of using Business For Good - Jacinta established The Human Kind Project last year, which is a for-purpose Foundation that enables Businesses to build brand equity whilst creating social change. She and her team now work tirelessly to fund and support organisations that deliver change in the world.

Jacinta is on the panel at The Hunger Project's Vision to Action event on Saturday May 28th at aMBUSH Gallery at 1pm -5:30pm. 

Jessica is the Director/ Founder of Carrera Press Agency and Co-Director/ Co-Founder of The Dollhouse Pictures, a production company with a dedicated ethos to create work for women by women.

Jessica is on the panel for The Hunger Project's Vision to Action event on Saturday May 28th at aMBUSH Gallery.