Jacquelene Brotherton | Chair
Transport Women Australia

Jacquelene has been a leader within the transport, logistics and supply chain industry both here and in the USA for over 30 years. She is now sharing her passion with future generations through her public speaking and appearances at industry events, industry advocacy, plus her published articles and various media interviews. She has been instrumental in the conception of the Driving the Difference scholarships, the Trish Pickering Memorial Award, the Young Gunnette Award, the Dream Maker Awards, the Dream Accelerator Leadership program, the Women Driving Transport Careers program, and the Creating Connections Mentoring program. She is the Chair of Transport Women Australia Limited, a national advocacy and support group for women involved in all modes of transport; a board director and treasurer of the National Rural Women’s Coalition which is the largest organisation in Australia focussed on the issues of rural, regional, and remote women. She is also a former board director of the Australian Gender Equality Council. In 2018, she won both the Excellence in Road Transport Award at the Women in Industry Awards and the Inaugural Female Leadership in Transport Award at the Australian Freight Industry Awards. In 2019, at the prestigious Wyndham Business Awards, she won the Businessperson of the Year. In 2023, she was awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Trucking Industry at the Australian Trucking Association Awards.