Supporters and Partners
AVEA thanks all our supporters for their invaluable and ongoing commitment.
AVEA’s team are veterinarians, scientists, business leaders, animal-industry professionals and talented volunteers committed to saving Australia’s animals and environments. Together they make sure AVEA’s work is grounded in scientific evidence and the experiences of the people doing veterinary work every day.
AVEA works alongside veterinary associations and organisations, universities and veterinary students, corporate and industry partners, zoos and conservation organisations, and selected science-based sustainability, climate and biodiversity organisations.
Ambassadors and Key Supporters
Prof Peter Doherty, Patron
Nobel Laureate, Veterinarian and Patron of AVEA and WVEA.
Click here to see Peter Doherty discuss AVEA.
Prof Mark Howden, Ambassador
AC FAA FTSE Australian National University, Vice Chair of IPCC Working Group II. Shared Nobel recipient.
Dr Mark Schipp, Ambassador
Former Chief Vet Australia, Former President WOAH,
WVA Asia Pacific Councillor and One Health Committee Chair,
CVA Councillor.
Dr Finola McConaghy, Ambassador
BVSc (Medal), DipVetClinStud, PhD
Dr Helen Scott-Orr, Ambassador
Former Australian Inspector-General of Biosecurity, Former Chief Vet Officer NSW, VfCA (AVEA) Board Director
Prof Richard Eckard, Ambassador
WEVA Ambassador, Professor of Carbon Farming, University of Melbourne, and a Program Leader, Net Zero Agriculture CRC
Dr Jeremy Watson
Chair, Climate Care Program Advisory Committee. Brimbank Veterinary Clinic, Australia’s first carbon-neutral veterinary clinic.
Dr Catherine Chicken
BVSc (Hons), PhD, MANZCVS, DipVCS. Consultant Veterinarian, Scone Equine Hospital; Sustainable Equine Futures.
Dr Michael Banyard
OAM, Australian Veterinary Association Fellow and Former President. Florey Fellow.
Dr Jeannet Kessels
Founder of Vets for Climate Action, AVEA and WVEA. Founder, Greater Springfield Veterinary Group.
Dr Catherine Harper
Chair, AVEA Board. Veterinarian and owner, Barossa Veterinary Service.
Mr Frank Shadforth
Garawa cattleman and owner, Seven Emu Station, NT. Advocate for conservation agriculture and Indigenous land stewardship.
Mr Ray Dimakarri Dixon
Mudburra Traditional Owner, musician and community leader. Marlinja, near Elliott, NT.
Dr Liza Schneider
Co-founder of SustainaVet. Founder and Director, Holistic Vets and ARRC Wildlife Trust, New Zealand.
Dr Robyn Alders AO
Honorary Professor, Australian National University and Tufts University. Veterinarian and global food and nutrition security expert.
An alliance is only as strong as the organisations behind it. The veterinary bodies, businesses, and other partners below have put their names, expertise and resources behind practical action for Australia’s animals and environment. Some help shape and endorse our work; others provide the products, services and funding that make our programs possible. We’re grateful to all of them — and we choose them on the same basis we do everything else: a genuine commitment to the outcome.
Partner Organisations
Corporate Partners
Our Proud Gold Partners:
Our Proud Silver Partners:
Our Proud Bronze Partners:
In-kind Supporters
AVEA appreciates the generous in-kind support from these businesses.
