Tanya Hosch

Tanya Hosch is an Australian social activist.^[1]

Career[]

Hosch held advocacy and consulting roles with the aim of increasing philanthropic investment into Indigenous development. She 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.^{[citation needed]}

On 13 February 2013, Tanya addressed the National Press Club. The title of her address, delivered with Jason Glanville, was "Recognition: Why It's Right".^[2]

In 2013, Hosch was appointed as the inaugural Independent Chair of Price Waterhouse Coopers Indigenous Consulting, and also served on the boards of Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Australian Red Cross. In 2014, she 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, Hosch was appointed as a director of the Indigenous Land Corporation for three years.^{[citation needed]} Hosch was the joint campaign director for the Recognise campaign^{[citation needed]} run by Reconciliation Australia (wound up in 2017^[3]), a position shared with Tim Gartrell.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4]

Awards and honours[]

In 2013 Hosch was named in the South Australian Women's Honour Roll. ^[5]

In 2012,^{[citation needed]} 2013^[6] and 2015^{[citation needed]} she 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, Hosch was named in the Australian Women's Weekly Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women. ^[7] She was named the 2021 South Australian of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life[]

She is a Torres Strait Islander woman who lives in Adelaide, South Australia^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ National Library of Australia news - 12 p91 National Library of Australia - 2001 "A strong contingent of Indigenous Australians, including Kerry Arabena of the Meriam people of the Torres Strait, Tanya Hosch, a director of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, and Indigenous barrister Louise Taylor, now a ..."
^ "Recognition: Why It's Right" ABC News, 13 February 2013.
^ Brennan, Bridget (11 August 2017). "Recognise campaign ends after making 'significant contribution'". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
^ Thompson, Matt (22 June 2016). "Indigenous leader Tanya Hosch named as new AFL diversity chief". AFL. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ South Australian Women’s Honour Roll
^ 100 Women of Influence’ Awards 2013
^ The Australian Women’s Weekly Power List of Australia’s 50 most powerful women