Board

Susie Duggin - CHAIR

Susie Duggin brings a background in governance, cultural strategy and public institutions. With experience across arts, government, education and research sectors, she is passionate about supporting regional creativity and ensuring Hahndorf Academy continues to thrive as a dynamic space for artists and community. Her leadership focuses on sustainability, collaboration and long-term cultural vitality. 

I live and work on unceded Peramangk Country and Kaurna Country. I honour the continuous connection that First Peoples maintain with lands, waters and skies. 

Wen Dixon-Whiley - DEPUTY CHAIR

Wen Dixon-Whiley is a self-employed Illustrator and Visual Artist from South Australia. In her freelance practice she has worked with a diverse range of businesses in industries ranging from craft brewing and hospitality through to government and the health sector. She has also project managed a number of community art and youth development programs in collaboration with local councils. Prior to this she worked in the arts and not-for-profit sector. With a Bachelor of Illustration Design and Master of Visual Art and Creative Practice and a Diploma of Creative Arts in Health underway, Wen has participated in multiple group and solo exhibitions and works from her studio at the Hahndorf Academy where she has been working from for 9 years and has been a Board Member since 2023.

Ros Cameron

Ros Cameron is an Aboriginal cultural educator, storyteller and emerging artist based in the Adelaide Hills. Ros draws on lived experience to guide her work. With more than 17 years in Aboriginal education and community engagement, she supports cultural learning and wellbeing through the arts, strengthening relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities through shared creative experiences.

Ros facilitates community initiatives including Flaxley Woven – Reconciliation through the Arts and Wellbeing on Watta, an Aboriginal women’s arts and wellbeing group. Her creative practice explores a sense of memory and connection to Country. 

As a member of Hahndorf Academy Board, she advocates for inclusive cultural representation and meaningful community access to the arts.

Mike Greenwood

Mike Greenwood qualified as an engineer in London and later became a trainer of engineers. Followed by working as a program designer and facilitator where he developed peoples’ negotiation and influencing skills through his own company which he founded in Sydney in 1991. Mike moved to Hahndorf in 2007. He has served on the Board of the Hahndorf Academy Foundation for 14 years, twelve of those as its Chair. His interests are in video and audio arts; in the cultural history of Bukatila (Hahndorf) and in the heritage of the Hahndorf Academy building. With a German born grandfather, Mike is currently tracing his family story which now extends to a grandson growing up in Los Angeles.

Kristy Carter

Kristy Carter is an Organisational Psychologist and Founding Director of Heart@Work. She specialises in leadership development, systems alignment, and cultural transformation, helping organisations create unity between strategy, systems, and culture to deliver sustainable performance and measurable outcomes. Kristy is a descendant of the Pfeiffer family, one of the original Prussian settlers who arrived in South Australia aboard the Zebra who built the village known as Hahndorf. She acknowledges the Peramangk and Kaurna people as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Hahndorf stands – Bukatila - and honours their enduring connection to Country. She values both the region’s deep Indigenous heritage and the legacy of resilience and community stewardship that followed.

Patrick Bugeja

Patrick Bugeja is the Public Programs Coordinator at the State Library of South Australia. He began his career in Canberra, working across cultural institutions including Canberra Museum and Gallery as an Education Officer and Front of House team member.

With a background as a classroom teacher and visual arts educator, he later joined the Centre of Democracy at the State Library of South Australia as an Education Officer, and also worked front of house at the Art Gallery of South Australia and Ayers House Museum with the National Trust of South Australia.

As Visitor Experience Manager and later Team Leader of Engagement at the National Trust of South Australia, Patrick led dynamic programs and events that activated heritage sites and connected diverse audiences with South Australia’s history. He now also serves on the board of the Hahndorf Academy, where he brings together his passion for history and the visual arts.

Lisa Liebelt

Lisa Liebelt is an experienced executive and community leader with a background in sales strategy, stakeholder engagement, event management, and cultural advocacy. With over 20 years’ experience across the craft beverage and wine industry, health sector, event management and small business, she brings a collaborative and outcomes focused approach to governance and strategic planning.

Lisa’s family live on land settled by her husband’s forebears, Prussian refugees who arrived on the Zebra in 1839. She acknowledges the original custodians of this land and respects their enduring cultural heritage.

Lisa looks forward to contributing to the Hahndorf Academy Board, providing support to our local arts community and ensuring the continued relevance of this iconic South Australian gallery and museum.