Jaki has over 30 years’ experience in government and non-government/international development sectors. In 2025 joined the Lowitja Institute as the Executive Manager Research and Knowledge Translation.

Jaki has over 30 years’ experience in government and non-government/international development sectors. In 2025 joined the Lowitja Institute as the Executive Manager Research and Knowledge Translation. Prior to this, Jaki held several leadership roles across The Fred Hollows Foundation (Australia) over a span of thirteen years. Jaki’s roles included eye health programming, strategic leadership, partnerships and advocacy across the Indigenous Australia Program, the Pacific, Timor Leste, Philippines and Indonesia.

As the Director Social Justice and Regional Engagement, Jaki led The Foundation’s positioning in supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples having the right to sight, good health and self-determination. Jaki also supported the Strategic Partnership with FHF New Zealand and continues to co-convene the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) Indigenous Peoples Special Interest Group.

In 2022 Jaki completed a Masters of Social Change Leadership through the Atlantic Fellowship for Social Equity (AFSE) and is a Global Atlantic Fellow. In 2023 Jaki was awarded the Australian Council for International Development’s (ACFID) Outstanding Contribution to the Sector Award for championing health equity, supporting strategic eye care relationships in Australia and across the Pacific, helping drive the agenda of the Allies for Uluru Coalition and elevating the voices of First Nations people (in Australia and internationally).