Tanya Hosch

Tanya Hosch is an Australian social activist.^[1] She is a Torres Strait Islander woman who lives in Adelaide, and is the Joint Campaign Director for RECOGNISE, a position she shares with Tim Gartrell.

Other positions

Prior to Recognise, Tanya held advocacy and consulting roles with the aim of increasing philanthropic investment into Indigenous development. Tanya was a key contributor in the creation of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, and a foundation director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre and the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute. In 2013, Tanya was appointed as the Independent Chair of the new company Price Waterhouse Coopers Indigenous Consulting, and until recently also served on the Boards of Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Australian Red Cross. In 2014, Tanya was appointed to the Review Panel for the Act of Recognition (2013) to provide a report (to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in September 2014). In October 2015, Tanya was appointed as a director of the Indigenous Land Corporation for three years.

Awards and honours

In 2013 Tanya was named in the South Australian Women’s Honour Roll and in 2012, 2013 and 2015 was recognised in the list of ‘100 Women of Influence’ Awards run by Westpac and the Australian Financial Review to recognise women who are achievers in Australian business and society. In 2015, Tanya was named in The Australian Women’s Weekly Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women.

National Press Club Address

On 13 February 2013, Tanya addressed the National Press Club (Australia). The title of her address, delivered with Jason Glanville, was "Recognition: Why It's Right."

AFL

Hosch was named the general manager of inclusion and social policy at the Australian Football League in 2016, beating former Labor Senator Nova Peris to the role, and becoming the second female executive at the AFL.^[2]

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