Elizabeth Bradshaw is a seasoned cultural heritage and social performance manager with over 30 years of experience in the mining and cultural heritage sectors. She spent over two decades at Rio Tinto (1996–2018), including as global lead for cultural heritage, and has worked on heritage management for government and Indigenous communities. Now, through Elizabeth Bradshaw Consulting Pty Ltd, she provides expert advice to businesses, governments, and stakeholders.

She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at UWA, Senior Industry Fellow at the University of Queensland, and an Expert Member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Archaeological Heritage Management.

Dr. Lawrence is a respected academic and former politician. After training as a research psychologist at The University of Western Australia, she lectured at several Australian universities before entering politics in 1986. She served at both state and federal levels, including as WA's first female Premier and Treasurer. In federal politics, she was the Minister for Health and Human Services and the Minister assisting the Prime Minister on the Status of Women.

After retiring in 2007, Dr. Lawrence became Professor Emerita at The University of Western Australia. She chaired the Australian Heritage Council from 2010 to 2015 and is currently President of the Conservation Council of WA.

Dr. John Stanton is a leading expert in Aboriginal arts and anthropology with over four decades of experience. Following his appointment in 1978 as Curator of the Anthropology Research Museum, his research has primarily focused on the Western Desert, with ongoing projects in the northwest and southwest of Western Australia.

Dr. Stanton has collaborated closely with Aboriginal communities to establish Keeping Places and cultural centres, preserving and sharing their cultural heritage. From 1995 to 2013, he served as the Director and Founding Curator of the Berndt Museum of Anthropology before retiring to pursue collections-based research.

Dr. Vanessa Russ is a Ngarinyin/Gija woman from the Kimberley and was the first Aboriginal director of the Berndt Museum. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the College of Fine Arts (Art + Design) UNSW, graduating in 2009, and completed a PhD in Fine Arts at UWA in 2013. In 2014, Dr. Russ was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to explore the impact of national identity in mainstream art museums on Indigenous populations, conducting research across the USA, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Dr. Russ currently works at the Ngangk Yira Institute for Change at Murdoch University.