Angela is the Executive Dean, College of Sciences and Engineering at UTAS. She has experience in regional development and governance, community engagement and development and strategic and land use planning. She has worked at senior management level in local government and as a consultant managing and/or contributing to major projects. Angela has also worked on place focused projects for a number of organisations and has a PhD focused on regional development, planning and agriculture. Angela is interested in transformation and innovation and their consequences for policy making and change in rural and regional communities.