Donna is the Managing Director and Founder of Comacon. Comacon has grown to include a team of over 140 (many of which are located overseas). Comacon is currently undergoing a structure change and will soon be an employee-owned organisation and Donna sees that as the embodiment of her work in community engagement.
During her 30 year career, Donna has had experiences that she only dreamed of. She loves people, is inspired by ensuring all voices are heard (not just the loudest) and loves that infrastructure leaves a legacy and serves communities. Donna has been grateful to spend her career working with communities, especially lower socio-economic and Indigenous communities. With a deep respect for both communities and the technical specialists she works with, Donna seeks to build rapport, gain trust and work towards viable solutions for all. The more challenging the task, the more Donna enjoys the project.
Donna has lost count of the number of infrastructure projects she has worked on. At last count it was over 200. She has worked on roads, water projects, rail projects (both freight and passenger), ports, gas, groundwater, housing estates, parkland development, Indigenous programs and many more. Yet every project gives her a new opportunity for learning and developing. What she loves most about this industry is that there is never a blanket solution. She is always given the opportunity to try new approaches and seek new solutions.
During COVID, Donna wrote her soon to be released book SHINE – which details her personal transformative wellbeing journey. It was through this journey that Comacon developed and created their Wellbeing division. Offering wellbeing planning and programs for both teams and communities in infrastructure and natural resource delivery, the division has had an exceptional first year. Donna personally leads this division and is also hard at work on her second book – a narrative about women finding power through understanding their stories.
Donna is looking forward to meeting you at the conference, to hearing your stories and to learning from you and with you.
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