Leila Smith

Leila Smith is a Wiradjuri woman and a Charlie Perkins Chevening Scholar with a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Cambridge. She has experience in Aboriginal health and education sectors and also the Chair of the American Australian Association and an Advisory Board Member for the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report. Prior to Aurora, Leila was the Knowledge Translation Manager at the Lowitja Institute where she was awarded a Roberta Sykes scholarship to attend Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-profit Management course. Leila also held senior roles in consulting, policy and program delivery, data analysis and research at Nous Group, the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.