In her more than 25 years in radio, Sonya Feldhoff has switched between the roles of journalist, producer and presenter. Sonya grew up in Adelaide, the daughter of 1960s German immigrants.

Sonya began her radio career with a cadetship at FIVEaa. Various radio roles followed and then, in 2007, Sonya made the jump from commercial radio to the ABC, where she hosted Afternoons for more than a decade before taking over the Breakfast slot in 2024 with Jules Schiller.

A consummate interviewer, Sonya is passionate about sharing stories from the South Australian community and beyond.

Anna joined BHP in 2017 and was appointed Asset President of Copper South Australia in February 2024.Prior to this role, Anna was Vice President Planning and Technical, where she led a future facing portfolio of decarbonisation, cultural heritage, and early phase growth activities across our Australian operations.Anna has over 20 years of experience in the mining sector and has a diverse work background in operational
leadership, business improvement, commercial transactions and capital projects covering multiple
commodities including coal, copper and iron ore.Before joining BHP, she held a variety of senior operational and functional leadership positions with Rio Tinto
including as General Manager Tom Price and Marandoo Mines, Head of Business Improvement Kennecott Utah Copper and as Business Development Executive in Rio Tinto’s London office. Anna holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University, Victoria.

Caroline Rhodes is a leading advocate for the state’s farm sector, as the inaugural CEO of peak body, Primary Producers SA.  She brings more than two decades of agribusiness experience in industry policy, stakeholder management and regulatory affairs.  She is passionate about improving the economic and social wellbeing of farming families.

Caroline has proudly served on the Foodbank SA/NT board for the past eleven years and readily applies her professional background in public policy, to strategic and risk management functions at board and committee level.  She is also a non-executive director of the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority, SA Cricket Association, and the Australian Farm Institute.

With a lifelong interest in the rural sector, Caroline holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Adelaide, a Master of Agribusiness from the University of Melbourne, and is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program.   She is an active member of her community in the Adelaide Hills, including serving as Vice President of the Onkaparinga Pony Club.

Maria is one of the most accomplished, authentic and passionate forces within the State’s housing and community services sector.

Her foresight, courage and determination to drive positive, long-term impact has been crucial to improving the lives of South Australians.

Over the past 25 years, she has held senior leadership positions across Government and the community sector – but her sphere of influence stretches far wider.

As an Executive within State Government, she delivered strategy, funding and regulation of community and affordable housing, as well as service reforms in homelessness and domestic violence. She also spearheaded the largest transfer of housing in SA to community housing providers that transformed the sector’s capacity as growth developers.

As CEO of Common Ground Adelaide, Maria drove and oversaw the development of accommodation and support services for hundreds of South Australians including the development of several ground-breaking projects in the city and Port Augusta.

Since being appointed CEO of Junction in 2017, she has led a significant period of expansion comprising the establishment of Junction’s $500m affordable housing pipeline.

Maria was an SA Telstra Business Woman of the Year finalist in 2019 and won UDIA SA’s Women in Leadership Award in 2021.

She is a former Non-Executive Director of Homestart and, also, Foodbank SA/NT. She currently serves on the Property Council of South Australia’ divisional council.

Lucy is a senior leader in PwC Australia’s Corporate Affairs team. She started her career as a broadcast journalist with Nine News, working across the Melbourne and Adelaide newsrooms. Following a short stint in South Australian politics, Lucy moved to the corporate world, joining PwC’s Media Relations team in Sydney. She is a proud Foodbank Ambassador and contributor to Foodbank’s annual Women with Influence Luncheon.