Valerie Cooms

Dr. Valerie Cooms belongs to the Nunukul people of North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. Valerie worked as a full-time member of the National Native Title Tribunal and has had many years of experience in Government administration including the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Regional Manager of the ATSIC office in Brisbane. Valerie has 3 children and 6 grandchildren with another on the way. Valerie has had a lot of experience in Native Title, having worked as the Manager of the Native Title Unit in the ATSIC Western Australian State Office, the CEO of Queensland South Representative Body Aboriginal Corporation, and Queensland South Native Title Services as well as serving as a Director and Chair of the Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Prescribed Body Corporate.