Our Team
Built on lived experience, and on the belief that young First Nations people already bring the interest, curiosity and ambition. Our role is to expand what they can see and reach.
CHAIR & DIRECTORWarren Entsch
Warren brings the perspective of a respected, long-serving parliamentarian. He understands how policy is made, how governments decide and how to align government, industry and communities around a shared goal. His standing across Far North Queensland and between sectors steers the Foundation’s strategic direction and earns the trust of the partners it depends on.
The electorate of Leichhardt, which spans Cape York and the Torres Strait, was represented by Warren from 1996 to 2007 and again from 2010 until his retirement at the 2025 federal election. He chaired the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia and served as Chief Opposition Whip, Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Science, Resources and Tourism, and Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef. This breadth equips the Foundation to weigh regional priorities against national ones and to make a credible case to government.
He also served on parliamentary committees addressing Native Title and Indigenous Affairs, and chaired the inquiry into the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters, delivering the Never Again report. His experience in cultural heritage, and in engaging respectfully with First Nations communities, reinforces the Foundation’s commitment that Elders and Cultural Authority lead on culture.
Nine years in the Royal Australian Air Force as an aircraft engine fitter, followed by a career in property, cattle and business in Cape York, provide practical insight into both aviation and regional industry: the sectors young people are being introduced to and the communities they come from, an understanding the Foundation draws on in connecting the two.
Beyond Parliament, he is Independent Chair of the Cairns Headspace Consortium, a Director of the National Threatened Species Institute and Junction Clubhouse, and Vice Chair of the Global TB Caucus Executive Committee. He has also continued to work with several not-for-profit organisations in the region, and the Foundation gains current insight into not-for-profit governance and young people’s wellbeing, alongside his credibility with government and industry and his relationships across the region and beyond.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERJoshua Vick
Josh brings an insider’s command of education systems and the executive experience to build a promising program into a well-governed, enduring organisation. Across more than 20 years in schools and the South Australian Department for Education, he has designed, resourced and governed learning programs at scale. Under his leadership, Raising Horizons is positioned to reach more schools, funders and industry partners while protecting the quality at its core.
Leadership in complex, high-scrutiny environments has defined his career. As Principal of Warradale Primary School from 2019 to 2026, he oversaw a budget of approximately $4 million, a team of more than 40 FTE and an $8.5 million building project. As Deputy Principal of Woodcroft Primary School, he co-led one of the largest public primary schools in South Australia. On secondment as Senior HR Business Partner with the Department for Education, he supported more than 100 sites on recruitment, retention, conflict resolution and organisational reviews. The Foundation is served by a leader practised in managing risk, compliance and financial accountability, with every decision directed toward outcomes for students.
His career began in secondary teaching and curriculum leadership, where he developed a local delivery model and trade pathway program. That grounding keeps the Foundation’s learning experiences aligned with the Australian Curriculum, the realities of school life and the STEM pathways open to students. It also earns him standing with teachers and school leaders, the basis of lasting school partnerships.
An Executive Master of Business Administration from Melbourne Business School sits alongside qualifications in education and health science. Josh was a founding member of the Google Australia/New Zealand Education Advisory Board, has sat on the leader advisory group to the SA Department for Education’s Chief Information Officer, and serves on the Cobra Foundation Charity Board, bringing current insight into digital innovation, system change and governance practice to the Foundation’s own approach.
As CEO, Josh leads the Foundation’s governance, strategy, partnerships and growth, directing a focus on culturally responsive pathways that connect First Nations young people with STEM experiences, professionals and opportunities.
DIRECTORAnna Alexander
Anna brings expertise in strategy, governance, partnerships and sustainable funding, together with a commitment to creating opportunities for First Nations young people to shape their own futures.
A strategist and leader with more than 20 years of experience across government, industry and international organisations, she has worked across multiple levels of government and the private sector. She has advised senior leaders, led policy reform, shaped strategy and built partnerships that connect people, organisations and opportunities.
A central focus of her work has been developing leadership capability and creating pathways for others. She has designed and delivered leadership programs in Australia and the United States, bringing together emerging leaders from government, industry and the community to strengthen their networks, broaden their perspectives and build their capacity to lead. Her work also includes developing award-winning initiatives that create opportunities for young people to explore future education and career pathways. That record of building pathways aligns closely with the Foundation’s own purpose.
A Fellow of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Anna is also a published commentator, TEDx speaker and experienced keynote presenter. Her contribution to leadership development has been recognised through the inaugural Streicker Award for Leadership from the Australian American Leadership Dialogue, and her contribution to the Cairns region through the 2026 Cairns Citizen of the Year awards.
Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Business, Master of International Management, Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning and Graduate Certificate in Australian Migration Law and Practice.
FOUNDER & DIRECTORDaniel Joinbee
Daniel sets the Foundation’s strategic direction and secures its standing with industry. Combining commercial judgement with first-hand experience across Defence, aviation and space, he builds the partnerships that translate into genuine opportunities for young people and sustained growth. He is adept at aligning industry requirements, program realities and participant outcomes, ensuring each partnership delivers value to every party.
A career of more than 20 years spans operational service in the Royal Australian Air Force, government program leadership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Defence, and executive leadership as Founder and Managing Director of Gunggandji Aerospace, an Indigenous and veteran-owned business delivering Defence, aviation and space consultancy. His leadership of a team embedded within Defence Space Command earned the first Defence Contractor Commendation awarded for exceptional performance, a standard of delivery recognised by Defence itself. He holds an Executive MBA from Melbourne Business School, is a graduate of the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Royal Australian Air Force School of Air Traffic Control, chairs the Future of Space CRC bid in collaboration with ANU, and serves as a reservist at Headquarters Joint Operations Command.
That standing positions the Foundation as a credible partner from the outset, and his relationships carry the confidence of Defence and government partners through to mentoring, workplace access, funding and long-term growth.
Lived experience grounds this dedication. His own path into aerospace did not follow a traditional route, and it formed a conviction that talent and curiosity exist everywhere while opportunity does not. Having benefited from people who opened doors for him, he regards opportunity as something to pass on, and the Foundation is the vehicle for doing so. The same conviction underpins the Raising Horizons program, which creates genuine moments of possibility through practical industry exposure and meaningful human connection. Aviation and aerospace are where his influence is currently greatest, but the purpose is broader: to build the confidence, connections and practical pathways young people need to pursue the futures they choose.
DIRECTORRosie Korman
Rosie connects government, community and operations. Her understanding of how stakeholders think, how Far North Queensland communities function and how programs are delivered on the ground sharpens the Foundation’s partnerships, engagements and governance.
More than a decade in the office of the Hon. Warren Entsch MP, progressing through electorate support, office management and executive assistant roles, shaped her approach. Her work spanned government liaison, stakeholder engagement, community enquiries, staff leadership and day-to-day operations, and built the trusted relationships and sound judgement she now applies to the Foundation’s work with government, schools and community leaders.
As Chief of Staff at Gunggandji Aerospace, she coordinates organisational priorities, business operations, workforce activities and industry relationships. Her close involvement in Raising Horizons, spanning program coordination, partner liaison, logistics and student engagement, means Board decisions are informed by how programs actually run.
A lifelong Cairns resident, she has deep regional knowledge and familiarity with students from the 29 remote communities across Far North Queensland. This informs her commitment to accessible pathways into education, training and employment for First Nations young people, and keeps the Foundation’s work in aviation, aerospace, space and defence grounded in the communities it serves.
With qualifications in human resources and community development, Rosie pairs a people-focused approach with strong operational experience, a combination the Board draws on when weighing how to deliver programs well and govern them responsibly.
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