Key People
Board
Monica Taylor
President/Chair
Monica is a lawyer who works across the community legal, university and social service sectors. She is passionate about the need for fair and just adaptation in the face of the climate crisis, and is undertaking a PhD to examine how climate change affects the civil legal needs of vulnerable members of our community. Monica is humbled by the incredible work that PSC does, and believes that emotional engagement with feelings of climate distress is vital to supporting better mental health, and ultimately harnessing action on climate change.
Yalcin Adal
Secretary
Yalcin is a cybersecurity professional working for the Bureau of Meteorology. He is committed to the health and well-being of people and communities and contributing to the Bureau’s mission of zero lives lost from climate hazards. He has a PhD in science, is an advocate for data-driven policy responses and believes deeply in PSC and the work it does. Yalcin is proud to be the Secretary of PSC’s Board.
Marijn Cugati
Treasurer
Marijn has a passion for life-long learning with specific interests in sustainability, the behavioural sciences, and our economic and financial system. She believes that an understanding of their interconnectedness is crucial to address challenges in any of these areas. She is currently completing a Masters of Professional Psychology and has a background as senior executive in finance and treasury operations. At PSC, Marijn is able to convert experience and interest into action with purpose.
Tim Fisher
Deputy Chair
For two decades Tim has worked as a journalist, editor and educator for the ABC, SBS, RMIT, Broadsheet and elsewhere, and now devotes much of his time to storytelling and communication around climate change. Tim is Head of Engagement with the Energy Efficiency Council, and is also a board member of the Emerging Writers’ Festival.
Dr Charles Le Feuvre
Ordinary Board member (Previously Deputy Executive Director)
Charles is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in private practice in Melbourne. He has been a Consultant Psychiatrist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Chair of The Section of Psychotherapy of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He has been interested in psychosocial perspectives on the natural environment and climate change for many years and joined PSC over ten years ago. He has facilitated PSC workshops and written and spoken about the climate and ecological crisis for PSC.
Staff
Bronwyn Gresham
CEO
Bronwyn was appointed as CEO in October 2023, having been a longstanding member and volunteer with PSC since 2012. She is a registered clinical psychologist who has worked across the community health, private practice and university sectors in clinical services, advisory, leadership, strategic planning, risk management, mental health promotion and prevention. Bronwyn is passionate about emerging holistic, collaborative and collective approaches to emotional, psychological and social health and wellbeing, as we live in and respond to the climate crisis. She is also mum to two young humans, and together they enjoy bushwalking, music and playing!
Dr Beth Hill
Programs Manager
Beth has a PhD in Anthropology and has worked as a facilitator over the last ten years. Beth’s research is concerned with the cultural and psychological dimensions of climate change, in particular how local communities in Australia navigate the reality of their vulnerability and responsibility as they come to terms with what climate change means in their daily lives. Beth facilitates workshops drawing on the Work that Reconnects, as well as deep ecology, mindfulness practices, non-violent communication and creative processes involving art and writing. Beth began volunteering with PSC in July 2018, and from 2021 has worked as the Program Development Coordinator, collaborating with expert volunteers to create and facilitate original workshops, talks and interactive seminars as well as PSC’s professional development series.
Christie Wilson
Climate Mental Health Manager
Christie has a wealth of experience supporting practitioners in bringing climate psychology into their clinical practice, mentoring practitioners’ climate journey, and facilitating group processes around climate emotions. She designed and facilitated the inaugural InterVision Group for PSC in 2022 and co-designed the CAP Facilitator Training with Beth Hill. Christie developed the Regen101 program focusing on Earth Emotions and Regenerative Cultures. In her practice, she provides activists, organisers, and climate and environmental advocacy groups with mental health and burnout support, pre and post-action debriefings, and movement-wide regenerative development.
Christie holds a Master of Psychotherapy (Gestalt) focused on the somatic, is a clinical member of the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA), and is an accredited Fellow of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS).
Maria Griffin
Administration and Office Manager
Maria manages administration and communication related to PSC memberships and events, as well as general remote-office admin for the organisation. With many years working in events, ticketing, and administration in the arts and NFP sectors, Maria has passion for social justice, and strong organisational and communications skills, and is delighted to be using these to assist PSC do its important work. Maria has a creative practice as a writer and is deeply interested in the intersection of human grief and the environment.
For other key PSC people, see our Facilitators and Volunteers pages.
