About

Skye is an advocate for democracy, the purpose-driven economy and the role of civil society in high level decision making; work that saw her named an inaugural Obama Foundation Leader for the Asia Pacific in 2020. She’s the co-founder of Ripple Opportunities; a social enterprise helping emerging professionals (aged 18 - 30) contribute to their communities and build purpose-driven careers so they can tackle the world's biggest challenges, and she previously founded Y Vote; helping galvanise increases in youth voter participation. Skye has represented Australia in a cross section of international forums such as the World Forum for Democracy and the EU-Australia Leadership Forum. She took 10+ years to complete her Bachelor of Arts and had a brief stint working in the music industry.