Kitty Walker is a highly respected communications and fundraising expert with more than a decade of experience working across the Australian not-for-profit industry.

She has held senior positions at the National Gallery of Victoria, The Australian Ballet and more recently as Director of Development for Australia’s national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance company, Bangarra Dance Theatre. During her time with Bangarra she led the Board and Executive on creating a new strategic outlook which underpinned her strategy of diversifying the company’s revenue streams. In her final year with the company she led the highest year-on-year increase in development income in the company’s 30-year history. Currently, Kitty is working with the Board and team at Reach to develop a new strategic vision as Head of Strategy and Government Relations.

Kitty is fascinated by the power of good strategy development and has an extensive record of increasing earned revenue across a variety of streams on the back of a clear vision and strategic priorities. She is an expert in external relations management with many years of experience managing government, corporate and philanthropic partnerships. As well as her work with Tony Grybowski & Associates, Kitty is a Senior Strategist with Dalton Garland Blanchard, is a founding member of the Lighthouse Arts Collective and is the Founder and Leader of Queenscliffe Climate Action.