Leadership
The dedicated team behind the TrackSAFE Foundation
Heather Neil
Executive Director
Heather has worked in the private, public and community sectors focusing on public policy, community behaviour change and advocacy. Heather joined TrackSAFE Foundation as Executive Director in May 2020 after 12 years as CEO of RSPCA Australia. Heather has been an active volunteer for three decades including as a voluntary counsellor for the Australian Breastfeeding Association, Director and Deputy Chair of the Community Council for Australia, and Director of Rowing Australia. Heather has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from UNSW and a Master of Business Administration from University of Central Queensland.
Hope Steele
Stakeholder Engagement & Communications Manager
Hope has 20 years experience in communications, marketing, advocacy and managing strategic partnerships in the not for profit sector. Hope joined TrackSAFE Foundation in January 2021. Hope has first-hand experience in developing engagement initiatives to raise awareness of social issues in an effort to drive behaviour change. Hope has a BA, Communications – Journalism from Charles Sturt University.
Members of the Board
Danny Broad
Chair
Danny has been a Board member of the TrackSAFE Foundation since 2015 and commenced as Chair of the TrackSAFE Board from 1 July 2021. Danny was Chair of the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) December 2019 – November 2024. Prior to this, Danny spent over four years as the CEO of the ARA where Danny led the Associations activities, including policy development, maintaining strong professional relationships with key Government representatives and industry stakeholders, providing value for the Associations members across all rail sectors and implementing with his team the ARA’s strategic objectives. Prior to joining the ARA, Danny advanced from a career as a young structural design engineer, through to project management and general management in the power, civil, construction and rail industries, having worked on numerous major infrastructure projects across Australia. For several years Danny held a position on the Council of the NSW Australian Industry Group and is a former board member of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Howard Collins OBE
Coordinator-General for Transport for New South Wales
Brian Brennan
CEO – Transdev Australia & New Zealand
Steven Dietrich
CEO – TasRail
Ben Fountain
Head of Safety, Health & Environment – Aurizon
Aline Frantzen
COO – Metro Trains Melbourne
Shayne Kummerfeld
Assistant National Secretary – RTBU
Holly Mepham
General Manager – Safety and Environment, ARTC
Stephen B. Mannix
Non-Executive Director, Loram
Rebecca Munn
Queensland Rail Group Executive People Safety and Sustainability, Queensland Rail
Genevieve Nix
Head of Health, Safety and Environment – Pacific National
Phillip Kershaw
General Manager – UGL Transport Operations
John Skilton
Programme Director: Future Rail Systems – Kiwi Rail
