As Executive Director of the Australian Writers’ Guild, Jacqueline Elaine heads the peak national organisation for performance writers. The AWG has been championing Australian performance writing for 50 years to promote the Australian cultural voice.
Jacqueline also sits on the Boards of the Australian Writers’ Foundation and Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society. Jacqueline is on the Audiovisual Executive Committee of CISAC (International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies) supporting writers and directors worldwide.
Previous executive positions include Director of the Whitlam Institute, Director of the European Network on Debt and Development, Director Marketing and Communications CARE Australia, and Director Development, World Development Movement.
Previous non-executive roles include Vice Chair of the Board of the Australian Copyright Council, Chair of the Board of Jubilee Australia and the Jubilee Research Institute, Chair of TREEAID, Founding member of CIDESC – an International Centre on Social Cultural and Economic Rights and Member of the Board of the National Foundation for Australian Women.
Jacqueline has a Masters in International Studies – International Law and Economics, from the University of London SOAS
