The Master of Public Policy Course Advisory Board (MPP Board) was established in 2025 to cultivate enduring and mutually beneficial partnerships with key industry stakeholders and policy experts to advance opportunities for Murdoch Public Policy Graduates.

The MPP Board supports this objective by providing strategic advice to enhance and promote the academic curricula and to ensure the alignment of the Master of Public Policy (MPP) with contemporary employer and public sector expectations and requirements.

The inaugural members of the MPP Board are composed of senior practitioners with distinguished careers in policy and research who have worked across different policy sectors that span local, inter-state, national and international contexts.

The inaugural chair of the MPP Course Advisory Board is Dr Susannah Nichols, a lecturer in Public Policy. Associate Professor Narelle Miragliotta, the Academic Chair of the Master of Policy, serves as its Executive Officer.

Susannah Nichols

Dr Susannah Nichols

Chair of the Course Advisory Board

Lisa Baker MLA

Lisa Baker

Future of Food

Dr Chiara De Lazzari

Dr Chiara De Lazzari

Research Analyst, Parliament of Victoria

Gavin Lewis

Dr Gavin Lewis

CEO, Institute of Public Administration Australia WA

Nicole Matthews

Nicole Matthews

Executive Manager of Policy, Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA)

Richard Miles

Richard Miles

Director, WA Teachers Registration Board

Sandra Walton-Ellery

Sandra Walton Ellery

Senior Analyst and Advisor, ACAPS