Leila Smith

Leila Smith is a Wiradjuri woman and CEO of Aurora Education Foundation. With over 20 years of experience across not-for-profit, research and consulting sectors, she is a Charlie Perkins Chevening Scholar with a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Cambridge. She brings deep expertise in Indigenous data governance and policy, and serves as Chair of the Aurora United Kingdom Trust, an Advisory Member of the National Data Advisory Council, and on the advisory board of the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity. Prior to Aurora, Leila was 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 program. She has also held senior roles at Nous Group, the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.