Who we are, how we operate
About RiverFoundation
International RiverFoundation works in partnerships around the world to fund and promote the sustainable restoration and management of river basins. As an international dynamic public benefit organisation, we have a life-changing impact on individuals and communities. By helping restore and sustainably manage rivers we have achieved improved health, ecological, economic, and social outcomes for people and the environment.
IRF rewards and champions best practice in river basin management through the International, Australian and European Riverprizes. From the Danube River in Europe, to the Mekong River in South-East Asia, and the St Johns River in the United States, the IRF has a far reaching network. IRF acts as a catalyst for replication of effective river system management around the world and promotes long term relationships between developed and developing countries around sustainable river system management.
IRF provides companies and individuals with the opportunity to be part of the solution and to establish an enduring legacy. We are only limited by the funds we raise.
View a copy of our financial report for the financial year ended 30 June 2011.
The History of International RiverFoundation
The journey began with a vision of the City of Brisbane and the then Lord Mayor Jim Soorley to put best practice for restoration of rivers onto the global agenda.
The vision extended to a prestigious Riverprize to complement International Riversymposium, an internationally recognised forum of river management.
The first Thiess International Riverprize was awarded in 1999 (the National Riverprize was introduced two years later) at the International Riversymposium, held during the Riverfestival, an annual celebration of Brisbane's people, culture and environment.
In 2003, Riverfestival established the International RiverFoundation to ensure the continued funding of the Riverprizes and support of International Riversymposium.
From 2003 to 2008, Riverprize was delivered in a partnership between Riverfestival and RiverFoundation at the International Riversymposium. RiverFoundation funded the prize money and Riverfestival managed the delivery of the Riverprize awards dinner. During this time the programs of the International RiverFoundation expanded to include twinning - to ensure world's best practice was shared.
Since 2009, RiverFoundation now manages the Thiess International and the Australian Riverprizes, which are awarded at the Riverprize Gala Dinner, held as part of the International Riversymposium.
Our Achievements
A Stable Foundation
Our four founding partners - The Queensland Government, Brisbane City Council, Thiess and BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance - have collectively contributed a total of A$3.25 million to RiverFoundation's endowment fund.
Committed Sponsors and Donors
The Australian Government, Caterpillar, Thiess as well as other dedicated donors such as The Albrecht Foundation, Kalbita Pty Ltd and Lindores Group continue to support us.
Riverprize
There have been 22 Riverprize winners and more than 60 Riverprize finalists since the establishment of the Riverprize in 1999. Today, Riverprize is the most prestigious environmental award. In 2010, the Thiess International and Australian Riverprizes had a combined value of A$550,000.
Support for River Managers from Developing Countries
Since 2003, RiverFoundation has funded over 200 delegates from developing countries to attend International Riversymposium where they have the opportunity to learn, share their experiences and develop professional networks for improving river health in their home country.
Successful Knowledge Transfer
Our active twinning partnerships projects share knowledge and skills globally to restore their rivers. Some achievements of our twinning program include: establishing Russia’s first watershed council; creating and coordinating a network of over 100 youth groups to clean up the Nairobi River, Kenya; providing clean water for villages in rural Kenya; mentoring the formation of a Landcare group in remote northern Australia; hosting the first international watershed management forum in South America
River Management Knowledge
Through Riverprize winners and finalists, twinning and other partners we are able to share important and practical knowledge for restoring and managing rivers in a wide range of contexts. Our Riverprize Network comprising winners and finalists is a continuously growing body of expertise and skills. The network members act as IRF Ambassadors and knowledge broker for river health.
Significant Alliances and Partnerships
Well established partnerships with businesses and non-government organisations dealing with water and rivers help sharing knowledge and resources and further protection and restoration of rivers and waterways.
Our Staff
Matthew Reddy
Matthew Reddy CEO
Matthew joined the RiverFoundation in 2010 after a career spanning carbon, renewable energy, clean technology investment and natural resource management.
As a passionate practitioner in environmental and management consulting his main areas of expertise cover project financing, capital raising and the application of market based instruments in carbon and ecosystem services.
With national and international project experience including environmental management systems, catchment scale implementation of biodiverse forest carbon sinks, degraded river restoration, native grasslands, freshwater biodiversity and wetlands he brings a breadth of integrated, practical expertise to the RiverFoundation.
A feature of all the initiatives that Matthew has led is the collaborative approach to achieving long term on-ground results.
Matthew has worked for Australian Partnered Investments, Power Alliance Holdings, Carbon Advantage, Landcare CarbonSMART, Landcare Australia Ltd, and holds a BA from Southern Cross University and an MBA from Ballarat University.
Melanie Ryan
Melanie Ryan PROGRAMS MANAGER
Melanie has many years experience across a diverse range of organisations including government, research cooperatives, private enterprise and not for profits. This experience has ranged from local through to global with recent project leadership and engagement in south east Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Throughout her career, Melanie has provided operational support, project and program management services to science professionals across a broad range of environmental sciences, and extensively in the water industry.
Melanie has worked across and led local to global tiers of projects and has gained experience in multidisciplinary, integrated projects and cross-cultural engagement and awareness. Her career has focused strongly on providing opportunities for science and water professionals to achieve tangible on-ground outcomes for the environment through program management, stakeholder engagement and consultation, communication and strategic planning.
Melanie holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Southern Queensland with majors in International Relations and German. In 2009, she was awarded the University Award for Honors Thesis of the Year. The focus of her research was climate change, developing nations and the socioeconomic implications of climate change adaptation measures in the Asia Pacific. Additionally, she has a Diploma of Project Management from the Australian Institute of Management.
Having worked for a variety of environmental and water management bodies, Melanie is passionate about environmental management and sustainability issues both locally and globally, and plans to continue her research and career in these areas with the International RiverFoundation.
Trish Dalby
John Hayes
John Hayes FINANCE MANAGER
After ‘trialling’ retirement for nine months, John was ready to re-engage with his vocation but this
time wanted to become more environmentally aware and make a contribution. In November 2010 he commenced with the International RiverFoundation as a volunteer accountant.
John spent over 30 years in the public service in human resources, program and business
management. He completed his accounting degree later in life and spent after a few years as a
tax accountant. His time is now divided between travel, grandchildren, the RiverFoundation and
cooking. Baked cheesecakes are his specialty and he has found the RiverFoundation staff and
volunteers willing judges of his creations.
Ambassadors
Ambassadors
Dr Alastair Driver
Alastair Driver is a naturalist from the Cotswold Hills in England graduating from Lancaster University with a BSc (Hons) in Ecology in 1978. He became the first ever Conservation Officer for the Thames catchment in 1984 and by the time he departed that pioneering role in 2002, the conservation staff had swollen to 25+ and the budgets were measured in millions of pounds. During that time Alastair oversaw hundreds of successful river enhancement and wetland creation projects, and the routine adoption of sensitive river management practices. He also instigated strategies habitat improvement projects which led to the return of otter and salmon to the UK’s most heavily populated major river catchment.
Since October 2002 he has been National Conservation Policy Manager overseeing a team responsible for all conservation policies and procedures for the Environment Agency, which is the largest environmental organisation in Europe, delivering environmental protection and water management throughout England and Wales. In April 2008 he was instrumental in securing a £60M programme of funding for wetland creation and restoration in England for the period 2008-11.
In 2010, Alastair represented the River Thames to receive the Thiess International Riverprize.
Dr Alistair Driver
National Conservation Manager of Environment Agency, UK
Amos Brandeis
Amos works (since 1995) as the CEO and Chief Planner of the Alexander River Restoration Project. This unique project has involved a decade of cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians, and has been recognized worldwide as a prime example of how restoring the world together can help restore society.
For three and a half years (1991-1994), Amos coordinated the physical - environmental - spatial team of the Israel 2020 Plan (a long term plan for the State of Israel). He serves as a consultant, speaker, and workshop leader in many countries over 5 continents, and is an international ambassador for the International Riverfoundation (IRF, Australia).
His Alexander River project has won five important awards and extensive international acclaim, including the Award for Realizing a Beautiful Israel which he received from the president of Israel in May 2001. That project also won (in 2003) one of the world's most important environmental awards, the International Riverprize (Brisbane, Australia).
Amos Brandeis
Dr Shrikant D. Limaye
Dr. S D Limaye is in the field of ground water development for the past over 50 years. For the past 21 years he is the Director of Ground Water Institute. Ground Water Institute is a private trust Institute (non-Government, non-University) devoted to ground water exploration, assessment and sustainable development for small farmers, farmers-cooperatives and peri-urban settlements. It also specializes in conjunctive use of surface water and ground water, recharge augmentation for drought mitigation, reducing harmful pollutants in groundwater and watershed development for flood control.
Dr Shrikant D. Limaye
Director of Ground Water Institute, Pune, India and Project Leader of UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP Project "GROWNET"
Teresa Moncarz
Dr Deborah Nias
Deborah has been involved in wetland management and rehabilitation in the Murray-Darling Basin for many years, acting as a facilitation officer, scientist and wetland manager to improve the health of wetlands, creeks and rivers on private and government property.
Passionate about the interaction between science, community, water and land management, she has overseen environmental water and wetland rehabilitation activities of the Murray Wetlands Working Group and recently formed Murray Darling Wetlands Ltd. for the past ten years.
Deborah holds various other roles, including Director of Wetland Care Australia, Advisor to RiverSmart, Fellow of the Peter Cullen Water and Environmental Trust and Facilitator for the Community of Practice of Environmental Water Managers.
Dr Deborah Nias
Programs Officer, NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group Inc., Australia
Olita C. Ogonjo
Olita has been a community development officer for many years in Kenya, acting as a facilitator between community, government, council, and private sector, improve access to water and sanitation in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
Olita has been working as the coordinator of the Tweed-Kenya Mentoring Program since it was established in 2004. Olita has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nairobi, and is currently undertaking a Masters in Integrated Water Management, in Brisbane.
Olita C. Ogonjo
Desk Coordinator, Tweed-Kenya Mentoring Program, Kenya
Mike Rayner
Mike Rayner is the General Manager of Tweed Shire Council, a position he has held since 2006. Mike represented Council at the 3rd World Water Forum in Kyoto in 2003 where he met Olita Ogonjo. At the time, Olita was a community development worker for Maji na Unfanisi which was an NGO accessing marginalised people in the slums of Nairobi through water and sanitation programs. Tweed Shire Council and the Tweed community, with the support of the International RiverFoundation subsequently established the Tweed Kenya Mentoring Program. Five years on, the TKMP continues to make a positive difference to the lives of struggling communities in Kenya and represents a best practice model for increasing access to safe water and sanitation, improving community and environmental health for Kenyan families, and strengthening bonds of friendship between communities.
Mike Rayner
General Manager, Tweed Shire Council, Australia
Johnny Sundstrom
Johnny Sundstrom is founder and president of the Siuslaw Institute, and coordinator for the successful 2004 Riverprize Winner: the Siuslaw Basin Partnership. The Institute specializes in collaborative approaches to natural resource issues and policy, endangered species, as well as providing educational opportunities in these subjects for local schools. He has worked extensively on Sakhalin Island, Russia, as a participant in the 'Twinning' process resulting from winning Riverprize.
He is co-owner and manager of a ranching and forestland operation in western Oregon, USA, as well as coaching track & field at the community's high school. He serves on several state and national advisory committees dealing with forestry, salmon habitat, and ranching interests.
Johnny Sundstrom
President of Siuslaw Institute, USA
Dr Vikki Uhlmann
Vikki’s abiding interest is in triple bottom line sustainability, particularly as it applies to water management. She has worked with communities in Australia and developing countries to improve social, economic and environmental conditions. Following a term as manager of the IRF, she produced a video of young people in Nairobi who were also working to improve these conditions (see www.vuc.com.au ), and subsequently worked in Indonesia to improve access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation in urban slums. For Vikki, taking a holistic approach means consulting with those affected and triangulating using different methods to maintain the health of rivers, and ensure people’s livelihoods and quality of life at the same time.
Dr Vikki Uhlmann
Vikki Uhlmann Consultancies, Sustainable Urban Water Management, Australia
Philip Weller
Philip Weller works as the Executive Secretary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR), Vienna, Austria. In this position he is responsible for the management of the ICPDR, which is the forum for the 14 major Danube countries and the European Commission to implement their commitments made to improve water quality and water management in the Danube Basin.
He is an environmental planner by training and studied general Environmental Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where he received also a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning.
In his previous position as Programme Director of the Danube Carpathian Programme of WWF International Mr. Weller was the driving force behind the “Lower Danube Green Corridor” - an agreement between Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine and the largest wetland protection and restoration initiative in Europe. Previously he served as director of Great Lakes United, a unique bi-national coalition of interest groups including local municipalities, research organizations, businesses and NGOs focused on the clean up of the Great Lakes.
Philip Weller
Executive Secretary, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
Anita Hillis-Krause
Anita Hillis-Krause is currently Vice-President of Marketing and Human Resources of Trillium Environmental Consulting. She has both volunteered and worked in the not-for-profit sector and brings her corporate experience, as a former founding partner of one of Canada’s largest Sign Manufacturers, in Human Resources, Health and Safety and Governance as well as Public Relations, Marketing and Fundraising.
Anita is also a Director on the Board of the Waterloo Region Sexual Assault Support Centre and has recently retired from the Grand River Conservation Foundation Board in Cambridge, Ontario.
Anita has been a passionate supporter of the International RiverFoundation since 2005.
Abdula Bansuan
Governance
Chairman – Professor Gary Jones
Professor Gary Jones CHAIRMAN
Professor Gary Jones joined the IRF Board in October 2010, and was appointed as Chairman in December 2011. Gary has been Chief Executive of the eWater Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) since its inception in 2005. Prior to that he was Chief Executive of the CRC for Freshwater Ecology, taking over from the late Peter Cullen when he retired in 2002. He also serves as a Director of eWater Innovation Pty Ltd and of the Peter Cullen Trust, and holds a Company Directors Course Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
With a 20 year research career prior to turning his hand to science leadership, Gary published over 100 scientific papers on the management of rivers and reservoirs, in particular in the area of toxic algal bloom impacts and control.
He has worked and advised extensively on water science management issues in Australia and around the world. He also chaired the Living Murray Scientific Reference Panel that supported the provision of 500 GL of environmental water to the River Murray in 2004, at the time the largest single environmental water decision in Australia’s history.
Gary has been Chair of the ACT Chief Minister’s Water Supply Catchment Management Advisory Group, a Board member of the Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, a member of the CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country National Advisory Council, a member of the Australian State of the Environment Committee, and a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering & Innovation Council Thematic Cluster Group on: Climate Change, Energy, Water and the Environment . He is currently a member of the NSW Natural Resources Commission Advisory Panel.
He remains a trusted adviser to Commonwealth and State governments across Australia on matters related to water science and the environment.
Director – Martin Albrecht AC
Martin Albrecht DIRECTOR
As Chairman of RiverFoundation since its establishment in 2003, Martin retired from the position in December 2010, and is delighted to remain involved as a Director. Martin was CEO of Thiess for over 15 years from 1985 and Chair of the Thiess Board and a Director of Leighton Holdings from 2001 - 2008.
Martin maintains an active interest in a wide range of government, community, and cultural activities. He is a member of the Board of Governors for CEDA and Chairman of Wesley Research Institute. He was awarded Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC) in 2002, and also the Centenary Medal in 2003.
Martin is also a recipient of Honorary Doctorates from University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and University of South Australia along with many other awards, and is Patron of Life Stream Foundation for people with intellectual disabilities as well as the Brisbane Regional Youth Orchestra.
Director – Barry Ball
Barry Ball DIRECTOR
Barry is the Deputy Director of the Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland. Part of his role is to work in the International WaterCentre as the Manager - Water Policy. Barry has worked in both State and Local Government in his 35 year career, predominately in the water sector.His most recent roles in Brisbane City Council were the Manager - Strategic Planning and Manager - Water Resources.
Some of Barry’s recent achievements include the establishment of the Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchment Partnership, an integrated “whole of water” strategy for the city and the development and implementation of the Drought Strategy for the city. Barry is also on the Board of Queensland Urban Utilities. He is also a member of the Environment Professional Advisory Board at Griffith University. Barry has held Board positions on the CRC Catchment Hydrology and CRC Coastal Zone. In 2010 Barry was awarded an Australian Public Service Medal for Water Policy.
Director – Professor Bill Dennison
Professor Bill Dennison DIRECTOR
Bill leads the Integration and Application Network, a collection of scientists interested in solving, not just studying, environmental problems. He is actively involved in the Chesapeake Bay Program, USA and had an active role in the Healthy Waterways Campaign of South-East Queensland, Australia.
Bill has a marine science background, and has published books and papers on a wide range of marine topics. In his current role as Vice-President for Science Application at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, his focus is on developing ways to effectively communicate science and to create credible and rigorous environmental report cards.
Director – Peter Krause
Peter Krause DIRECTOR
Peter is the President of Trillium Environmental Consulting Inc. and the immediate Past Chair of Conservation Ontario, the umbrella organisation representing Ontario's 36 Conservation Authorities. Peter is also the immediate Past Chair of the Grand River Conservation Authority, an environmental agency in South-Western Ontario, Canada and recipient of the 2000 Thiess International Riverprize. Peter was also a founding Board member of the Clean Water Centre of Excellence in Walkerton, Ontario Canada. Peter has served on several provincial panels created in recent years to provide the Ontario government with advice on the framework for developing source protection planning and safe drinking water, now legislated as "The Clean Water Act".
Peter has been closely associated with International RiverFoundation as a board director for many years, and as previous CEO.
Director – Professor Paul Greenfield AO
Professor Paul Greenfield DIRECTOR
Paul is currently Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He currently chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Healthy Waterways Partnership, which focuses on the health of the rivers, estuaries and bays of South-East Queensland.
Paul is a Director of several university companies and has consulted for national and international companies and government agencies in the fields of biotechnology, wastewater and environmental management. He also chairs the International WaterCentre, Riversymposium Strategic Planning Committee and the Thiess International Riverprize Judging Panel.
Director – Vicki Pethybridge
Vicki Pethybridge DIRECTOR
Vicki is a senior executive with Brisbane City Council. Her current portfolio covers the Council’s planning and economic development areas and leadership of programs supporting Brisbane’s goal to be a WaterSmart City and a Sustainable, Green and Clean City. Vicki’s other responsibilities in Council have included management of the Brisbane Lifestyle division with previous roles encompassing Brisbane’s emergency services and flood response teams, parks and gardens, safety and health, festivals, libraries and a range of other community facilities and services.
Prior to joining BCC in 2010, Vicki had a 20 year career across several areas of Commonwealth Government, including the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Child Support Agency, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). Vicki's key achievements have included managing the roll out of multiple government service centre offerings to the community across urban and rural
During her time in the Commonwealth Vicki was selected as a participant in the senior women in management program and obtained experience in private sector organisations in legal (Clayton Utz) recruitment (Robert Walters) and water (Sun Water) industries. In addition Vicki was selected to participate in the Australian Government’s LAFIA programme undertaking a study of Pacific island nations and more recently participated in a Local Government development program in
Vicki has a Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a past director of the
Director – Dr Peter Rowley
Dr Peter Rowley DIRECTOR
Peter is the London-based Director and Head of the Global Oil & Gas Services Sector with ERM, and was also a Fulbright Fellow and Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Colorado State University. Peter has worked in the environmental consulting industry and has been involved in a large range of extractive industry projects in Asia, the Middle East , North America, Europe and the former Soviet Union.
He is the ERM Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He has lectured at The Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge University in the UK on sustainability in the global mining industry and gave the keynote address at the Zurich Global Risk Managers Conference on emerging mega risks for the industry.
Director and Patron – Jim Soorley
Jim Soorley DIRECTOR AND PATRON
Jim had a successful career as a management consultant and sales trainer in the USA and Australia before he decided on a political career. In 1990, Jim entered local government politics because he strongly believed he could make a difference. He was elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane in March 1991, and was the driving force behind the establishment of Brisbane’s International Riversymposium and Thiess Riverprize.
Jim retained his office through three more election victories until stepping down in 2003. Since then, Jim has developed a portfolio of interests that reflects his diverse experiences and skills. He currently serves as a company director and consultant to a range of businesses.
Director – Rod Welford
Rod Welford DIRECTOR
Rod Welford is the national Chief Executive of the Australian Council of Recycling. He retired from the Parliment of Queensland in 2009 following nearly 20 years as a legislator and policy maker, including as Minister for Environment and Heritage and Minister for Natural Resources. Prior to his election to Parliament in December 1989, he practised as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and a barrister of the High Court of Australia.
Director – Michael Wright
Michael Wright DIRECTOR
Michael is Executive General Manager of Thiess Services, one of Australia's most trusted and innovative Services providers. With qualifications in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Michael has more than 20 years experience across a range of disciplines, including civil engineering, contaminated land remediation, telecommunications, utilities, mining and services.
After some 10 years working in Australia and the UK in project management and engineering roles, Michael joined the Thiess Group in 1998 as a Project Manager to lead the remediation of the former nuclear testing site at Maralinga. Prior to his current appointment Michael ran Leighton Asia’s operations in China and Mongolia. Though Michael’s leadership, Thiess Services maintains a strong focus on client relationships, operational performance and innovation.
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