Penny is an arts professional with close to 30 years’ experience in senior roles in the performing arts, executive leadership, reform and transformational projects, strategic planning, and design of organisation culture, governance and structures. 

Penny career spans industry roles and working for all tiers of government including the Australia Council for the Arts and a variety of NSW Government departments managing the major performing arts portfolio, sport infrastructure programs, gambling regulation and health services. This diverse subject matter expertise means Penny brings to all projects a great breadth of best practice to support the arts to continually improve.

Penny is recognised as an expert in audience development and regional engagement through her extensive practical experience in producing, touring, and risk management acquired through leading roles managing the Federal Government's Playing Australia fund, Executive Producer for Circa, committee member for the National Performing Arts Alliance, Executive Coordinator for NSW & ACT venue association, and heading up Arts on Tour for over a decade. 

Penny’s strategic skills and expertise have been sought after to lead the development of foundational work such as the inaugural Arts and Cultural Plan for the City of Parramatta, the first precinct program framework for the City of Gold Coast and the Audience Experience Program for regional galleries and performing arts centres. 

Penny was recently the Chair of City of Melbourne’s Night Time Economy (aka Night-time Mayor) focused on the development of strategic solutions through arts and culture activations. Penny is currently the part-time Executive at the Betty Amsden Foundation.