Our team
Embark, trading as Energy Together, is a company limited by guarantee and governed by a volunteer board of directors.
We collaborate resourcefully with partners and volunteers to sustain our work.
Meet Our Board
Dr Juliette Milbank
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Juliette is a mechanical engineer, researcher and writer with a with a keen interest in communicating complex or technical topics in an easy-to-understand way. She became involved with C4CE in December 2023 as the Organiser for the 2024 Community Energy Congress in Eora/Sydney and joined the Board in April 2024, taking over the Treasurer role in late 2024.
She has been a Committee member of Totally Renewable Yackandandah and their Communications Coordinator since 2019, and a past President in 2021-22 and Vice President in 2023-24. She is also a member of Baranduda Landcare and the Wodonga Urban Landcare Network.Â
Heather Smith
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Heather has Chaired the Coalition for Community Energy for 6 years and has volunteered to lead our organisational transformation to Energy Together – putting community at the heart of the shift to clean energy. She is an electrical engineer and has been completing a PhD on redesigning the electricity grid with microgrids.
Heather travelled on a Churchill Fellowship in 2016 to look at community energy and the influence of communities on energy transitions in USA, Germany, Denmark, UK and Japan. https://changingweatherblog.wordpress.com/churchill-fellow-2015/
Jonathan Prendergast
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Jonathan is an experienced project manager, engineer and procurement specialist, with over 12 years’ experience in clean energy project developments and investments. He is particularly recognised for working at the forefront of renewable energy procurement strategies and business models. Jonathan co-founded Sunny Shire to support bulk buying at the dawn of the community energy sector and through Komo Energy helped numerous community energy groups develop mid-scale solar.
Sara Fuller
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Sara Fuller is an academic working in the field of community energy. Her research career encompasses low carbon urban transitions and climate governance; NGO discourses of energy justice; low carbon communities and social justice; and energy vulnerability in communities. Sara leads the community energy researcher network for Energy Together.
Our wonderful staff and volunteers
Aneka Henshaw
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Aneka is an electrical engineer who is fascinated with the way renewable technologies are reshaping our energy system. In the early stages of her career, she designs solar and battery systems to help organisations transition away from fossil fuels. She previously led a youth advocacy network championing community-led policy and engaging young people in civic and political processes.
Dr Liz Beavis
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Liz Beavis is a volunteer with Energy Together who brings deep technical and governance expertise to the community energy sector. A chemical engineer with a PhD in coal gasification, she has worked across Australia’s energy industry in senior roles spanning thermal power stations, renewable energy operations and wind farm asset management. Liz applies her experience to support community‑led clean energy initiatives, helping groups strengthen governance, build capability and design benefit models. Based in regional Queensland, she also serves as a board member of her local community foundation, championing inclusive, community‑driven approaches to the energy transition.
Governance
Embark trading as Energy Together is registered with the Australian Charities & Not-for-profit Commission (ACNC) and is endorsed as a deductible gift recipient. The Constitution can be viewed on the ACNC website.
ABN: 76 140 094 882
ACN: 140 094 882
