New Faces at WoTL for 2025
It is an exciting time of growth for WoTL, and we’d love to take this opportunity to introduce you to a few new faces!
In December, we welcomed Renee Farrow to our Board of Directors, a previous Stepping Into Leadership mentor, and a passionate leader. “I was first introduced to WoTL this year, as a mentor in the Stepping into Leadership program. The experience left a strong impression on me, not only for the support and growth it offers women in agriculture, but also for the community’s sense of care, generosity and passion. Having grown up on a farm on the Yorke Peninsula and faced the challenges of being taken seriously as a woman in agriculture, I’m passionate about elevating and developing the leadership capacity of women across rural Australia. Throughout my career, there have been too many occasions where I have not had female role models in plain sight – and I want to be part of changing that for women growing up in rural Australia.”
Joining the WoTL Board
“Joining the WoTL board is a really exciting opportunity to combine my passion for sustainability, leadership development and empowering rural women. My purpose is to help leaders and organisations unlock systemic change for a healthier, happier planet, and I can’t wait to work with WoTL to do exactly this, through empowering women across regional and rural Australia.”
You can read more about Renee, on Our Board page.
Farewelling a Director – Neeta Bhise
Of course, the election of a new Director followed the resignation of another. At the recent WoTL AGM, we officially bid farewell to Neeta Bhise, who completed her term as a WoTL Director. Neeta has been a very supportive board member, sharing her knowledge of Not For Profit organisations, her skills in marketing and communications, a curiosity about the agricultural sector and the women amongst it, and an innate kindness. We thank her for her time on the board and wish her all the very best the future.
Kathy – Events Coordinator
WoTL is also pleased to welcome Kathy Moloney to our staff, joining our remote team as Events Coordinator. Based in NSW, Kathy will be leading key WoTL events like the Thriving Women Conference.
Kathy brings a wealth of knowledge to the team, with much experience in working with, supporting, and of course, being a rural woman. After growing up on a cattle and sheep farm in the South East of SA, different career opportunities saw Kathy live and work in Victoria and Northern Territory, before she landed on a broadacre farm in Southern NSW as a 4th generation farmer, with her husband Shaune, and 3 daughters.
‘I am very excited and proud to working within a team that is committed to connecting and supporting Women in Agriculture,’ Kathy noted.
Kathy is very active in her local community, and has a strong passion and drive to ensure the strength of community groups, which ultimately keep small rural towns not only alive, but vibrant. School P&C ✅ Oaklands Harvest Ball ✅ Melbourne Cup Luncheon ✅ Sporting Committees ✅ Local volunteering ✅ You name the pie, Kathy probably has her finger in it!
In her (probably limited!) spare time, Kathy enjoys camping with friends and family, cooking on a cracking campfire, and watching everyone getting out on the water-skis in summer. A lover of live music, Kathy’s favourite concert was Keith Urban, who she saw with her daughters under the stars at Deniliquin. She liked the performance so much, she saw him again the following week in Melbourne!
Kathy’s passion, work ethic, and integrity embody the WoTL values, and she makes an excellent addition to the WoTL team. Beej and Kim are looking forward to leaning on Kathy for HR know-how and NSW geography lessons, as well as the fresh ideas, knowledge and enthusiasm Kathy brings, that will see Thriving Women continue to be a premier event on the agricultural conference calendar, and assist the organisation to grow our NSW WoTL network.
