Natalie Walker is the Far West Councillor & elected President of NSW P&C Federation. She resides in Forbes, Central West NSW, with her husband and two children who attend Forbes High School. Natalie is also an active member of Forbes High School P&C Association, currently in the role of Secretary.

As a passionate advocate for (and product of) public education, Natalie is deeply committed through her professional and volunteer work to ensuring all children and young people get the best start in life. Based in NSW, this means her effort is focussed on strengthening the foundations of key organisations – and particularly the NSW P&C Federation – as valuable stakeholders, partners and contributors to NSW public schools and the system they operate in.

Cathy Buining leads the Strategic Planning team at NSW Department of Education, with a number of high profile projects in her portfolio such as the School Hours Pilot and the overarching Department of Education Strategy. Cathy has extensive strategy, planning and stakeholder engagement experience across the NSW Government agencies, working with Service NSW and the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) over the past 15 years. A mother of three boys living in Sydney, Cathy is excited to ensure the voice of the parent is incorporated into policy directions at the NSW Department of Education. One of Cathy’s key focuses is to collaborate with key stakeholders and other government agencies to deliver better outcomes for school communities right across the state, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) groups.