The South Coast NRM Board of Management is a skills-based board that is supported by committees and reference groups. This enables an inclusive approach to community engagement, and the efficient use of time, technical and skilled input. While it is very important to have a strong board, South Coast NRM recognises that on-ground involvement with the South Coast community is vital to our achievements and ongoing success. Board of Management Alex Campbell- Chairman Alex has been farming at Narrikup since 1976 and has been involved in a range of organisations including WA Farmers Federation, State Salinity Council, Land and Water Australia, and CRC for Plant Based Management of Dryland Salinity. Alex currently chairs the UWA Albany Centre, is a director of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, and chairman of the South Coast NRM Board of Management. Keryl Enright Keryl is currently a member of the National Rural Advisory Council and is a partner in a farming business including cereal grains and livestock in southern WA. Keryl's former board memberships include director of the Mt Barker Cooperative Ltd, director and deputy chair of Animal Health Australia, and member and chair of the Agriculture Protection Board WA. Other former positions include board member of the Curtin University Muresk Institute of Agriculture, executive member of the WA Farmers' Federation, board member of the Vertebrate Biocontrol centre, and member of the Farm Business Development Board WA. Industry representative roles have included the Tender Evaluation Committee of the 'Operation of Quarantine Checkpoints in WA, the Review of Interstate Quarantine, and the Ministerial Review of WA Barrier Quarantine. Rod Hedderwick Rod is a licensed surveyor and managing director of a consulting firm based in Albany, Bunbury and Busselton, which has provided surveying, town planning and development consultancy services to regional WA since 1974. Rod is a member, and former secretary and executive member, of the Australian Spatial Industry Business Association, and a former chair of the Albany Primary School board for a period of six years. He is currently and executive member of the Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Gary Schwab Gary has lived in Denmark since 1997 and is actively involved in a number of community organisations including Green Skills, William Bay National Parks Association, Denmark Community Windfarm, and St John Ambulance Denmark sub-branch. Gary is a certified practicing accountant and services a small number of clients in Denmark, Albany and Perth. Rhonda Williams Rhonda was a member of the South Coast NRM council for four years and a member of the South Coast NRM Interim Board of Management since October 2008. She was previously a Jerramungup Shire Councillor for nearly 8 years as well as being a member of the Great Southern Area Consultative Committee and the Bremer River Catchment Management Committee. A former high school business education teacher, Rhonda is currently treasurer of the South Coast Management Group and a member of the South Coast NRM Finance and Audit Committee. Rhonda and her husband farm properties at Gairdner and Many Peaks.