Sally Cooper

Sally Cooper is an experienced professional currently serving as an Advisor at the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) since May 2023, while also holding the position of National Director for the Indigenous and Remote Covid Taskforce at the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care since December 2021. With a long-standing role at the NSW Department of Education since August 2016, Sally has contributed as a Senior Project Manager in Aboriginal Education and has served as a Research and Development Project Manager at the Centre of Education, Statistics and Evaluation (CESE). As a co-founder of Téa&Belle, an Indigenous gift-ware brand established to promote reconciliation, Sally has demonstrated a commitment to supporting Indigenous culture. Previous roles include Community and Connections Manager at mwah. from 2016 to 2018, Project Manager at The Smith Family from January 2012 to 2014, and a position at ACT Police focusing on Community Linkages for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.