In this episode Dr Sarah Casey is joined by Rechelle Leahy. Rechelle resides in the New England area of NSW. Rechelle is committed to making the world a better place than she found it. After studying law at the great rural university, the University of New England, Rechelle moved to Canberra, and was there for about 20 years. A lot has happened in this time.
Rechelle lost her beloved husband to cancer and has two young sons. She has a podcast and business, IDecided where she speaks with others about their experiences of loss, and assists with end of life planning. Rechelle’s main work is with Regional Collab where she’s the CEO. It’s a consultancy business to help rural, regional and remote Australia roll out different projects, programs and facilities basically sponsored by government. She’s passionate about social and economic prosperity in rural Australia. Rechelle works on a number of different boards and committees like the National Rural Women’s Coalition, which is one of the six National women’s Alliances (NWA) funded by the Australian Government. Rechelle has been to the Commission on the Status of Women at the UN more than once and has spoken about rural, regional and remote women and also about widows. Rechelle is also on the Australian Gender Equality Council. Her passion for the rural, for gender equality and for advocacy is inspiring.
Here are some links about Rechelle’s work, life, and businesses:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rechelle-leahy-343654107/?originalSubdomain=au
https://www.mamamia.com.au/author/rechelle-leahy/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRpGYXVGMwlAW2micNjyC6g
https://about.abc.net.au/profile/rechelle-leahy/