Past Associates and current Advisors

• Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin

  Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin is a Narungga, Wirangu, Wotjobaluk woman and lives in South Australia. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of South Australia. Lee-Ann is well known throughout the Australian and international Indigenous and arts communities and has worked across many major events and festivals including Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Festival and Brisbane Festival of Arts. She has been at the forefront of developing and delivering strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural programs for public audiences in Australia.

  In 2005, she was awarded the prestigious and internationally recognised Sidney Myer Facilitator Prize. She is the recipient of two Ruby Awards in South Australia. She was a key designer for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial, for South Australia and opened by the Governor General Quentin Bryce in 2013. The project won the Ruby Award for Best Work. In 2016 she was awarded the Ruby Award the Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award for her sustained contribution to the arts and community cultural development in South Australia.

  Lee-Ann is the appointed Deputy Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts. She is an advisory member of The Art Gallery of South Australia and for Tarnanthi the Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts, Adelaide. Serving as an independent board director of Ku Arts, Lee-Ann has consulted and advised on many film scripts and currently is the Aboriginal Strategy Executive for the South Australian Film Corporation.

• Kitty Walker

  Kitty Walker is a highly respected communications and fundraising expert with more than a decade of experience working across the Australian not-for-profit industry.

  She has held senior positions at the National Gallery of Victoria, The Australian Ballet and more recently as Director of Development for Australia’s national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance company, Bangarra Dance Theatre. During her time with Bangarra she led the Board and Executive on creating a new strategic outlook which underpinned her strategy of diversifying the company’s revenue streams. In her final year with the company she led the highest year-on-year increase in development income in the company’s 30-year history. Currently, Kitty is working with the Board and team at Reach to develop a new strategic vision as Head of Strategy and Government Relations.

  Kitty is fascinated by the power of good strategy development and has an extensive record of increasing earned revenue across a variety of streams on the back of a clear vision and strategic priorities. She is an expert in external relations management with many years of experience managing government, corporate and philanthropic partnerships. As well as her work with Tony Grybowski & Associates, Kitty is a Senior Strategist with Dalton Garland Blanchard, is a founding member of the Lighthouse Arts Collective and is the Founder and Leader of Queenscliffe Climate Action.
  
  
  
  FROM HOME PAGE
  Tony Grybowski and Associates was established in 2019 and since has completed over 30 key projects that are outlined in OUR WORK.

  Deep knowledge of the sector is informed by robust research and analytical insight.

  This has been brought to our work with organisations across the country. Clients have included government organisations at national, state and regional levels, and a wide range of large, medium and small arts organisations. We have worked on complex, multi-partner projects, requiring the management of multiple perspectives and expectations.

  Across this span of work, Tony Grybowski and Associates has a demonstrated track record of success – delivering Reviews and Reports with clear recommendations and actions – delivering Strategies and Business Plans that are embedded in an organisation’s culture and values and which drive performance outcomes. The essence of our work is to ‘create change’ and ‘amplify cultural experience’ for all.

  Our teams bring unique insights into the arts and cultural sector, offering the benefits of curated teams that have deep knowledge and vision to meet the client’s expectations.

  We offer flexibility and cost-effective solutions in providing advice and the range of consulting services – from a once off consultation and advice to a full scale project with a tailored specialist team.

  We work to support CEOs, senior managers and management teams and build capacity and effectiveness and provide a range of support and other services for the not-for-profit sector including financial analysis, governance advice, design, online facilitation and Interim executive support. Our range of activities is outlined in SERVICES.