Leonie Morgan AM

Leonie Morgan AM is a passionate advocate for women to be equally represented in political decision-making.

She is a skilled and experienced consultant. Her expertise spans diversity, equity and inclusion across the private, public and not for profit sectors.

Leonie has worked in education, employment, training, equal opportunity and workers compensation. She has been a teacher, equal opportunity officer and researcher for a community organisation. She has also worked as a public sector project manager, consultant and senior manager. She is a Board Director and Board Chair, and is also an experienced mentor.

After extensive research, advocacy and pioneering work in the early 1990s, Leonie co-founded EMILY's List Australia. She also established and coordinates the EMILY’s List mentoring program. It has assisted over 350 women into Australia’s parliaments.

Leonie continues to be at the forefront of mentoring new women councillors entering local government. She set up and runs the Australian Local Government Women’s Association (Victorian Branch) program. It has assisted over 140 newly elected women councillors since 2016.

Internationally, Leonie has set up innovative mentoring programs in Myanmar and Timor Leste. These programs match local women parliamentarians with Australian women parliamentarians. She has also conducted women’s candidate training in Fiji and Bougainville.

Leonie was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List 'for significant service to women, particularly in the area of equitable political representation, and through a range of community organisations'.

She was appointed as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2023.