Jason Ardler PSM
Co-founder & Director
Thirriwirri
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Australia

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Directory update requestJason Ardler is an Yuin man from the NSW South Coast.
Jason is the co-founder of Thirriwirri, a 100% Aboriginal owned and operated consultancy with the purpose of supporting Aboriginal communities and others to work differently, confidently and effectively together, to achieve the social, cultural and economic aspirations of Aboriginal peoples. He is also co-Founder and Chair of First Peoples Leading, a NFP that has delivered leadership development programs and executive coaching to over 500 First Nations people Australia-wide.
For more than 20 years, Jason held senior executive roles in both the public and university sectors in NSW. Most recently, Jason held the role of Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Indigenous Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine and Health. Jason’s previous roles include, Head of Aboriginal Affairs NSW, leading Government strategy and reform in Aboriginal economic participation, community governance, land rights, culture and heritage, community safety, environmental health and service accountability, and Executive Director Culture and Heritage in the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Jason has been a member of numerous national and state level councils, executive committees and working groups on Aboriginal affairs, state and economic development, public land management, and social policy reform. He is currently Chair of the National Indigenous Australians Agency’s Indigenous Evaluation Committee.
In 2018, Jason received the Public Service Medal (PSM) for outstanding public service and in 2019 was made a Fellow of the Australian New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). He holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of NSW, an Executive Certificate in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is a Global Alumni of the Commonwealth Leadership Development Study Conferences.