our vision for the future - Shire of Roebourne

Section TwoElectedRepresentatives –The CouncillorsCr Fiona White-HartigShire PresidentCr White –Hartig represents the Wickham/ PointSamson/Cossack Ward and her term expires in2015.Cr White-Hartig has resided in the Shireof Roebourne for the past 10 years. CrWhite-Hartig is currently Roebourne ShireCouncil President, President of the WickhamCommunity Association, Chair of the KarrathaEmergency Relief Organisation, and Presidentof the Karratha branch of the Make-A-WishFoundation.Cr White-Hartig has trained and workedextensively with youth, in disability servicesand Indigenous engagement. Her previousexperience includes appointments with ACTYouth Justice, Quamby Youth Detention Centre,Family and Children’s Services, Karratha YouthHousing Project, Intellectual Disability RightsService, Jobsolve, Karijini Aboriginal Corporationand Karratha College.Cr White-Hartig is passionate about the Shire ofRoebourne and creating a brighter future for allwho choose to call the Shire home.In addition to her role as Shire President,Cr White-Hartig sits on the following CouncilCommittees, organisations and working groups:• Audit and Organisational Risk Committee• Roebourne Advisory Committee• Plant Reference Advisory Group• Pilbara Regional Council• Pilbara Regional Road Group• Roebourne and Karratha Visitor CentreCommittees• Housing Reference Advisory GroupCr Peter LongDeputy PresidentCr Long represents the Karratha Ward and histerm expires in 2015.Cr Long is a senior environmental practitionerwith over 30 year’s project experience on avariety of projects around the world. Cr Longis a Director/Partner of Astron EnvironmentalServices with Offices in Karratha and Perth.He has qualifications in both environmental andengineering fields and has been involved in awide range of environmental activities duringhis career including over 20 years experiencein project management, construction auditing,environmental management plan development,compliance monitoring and impact assessment.He has been responsible for a large numberof EIS/Project Approval documents for mining,hydrocarbon and infrastructure projects: majorclients include Apache Energy, BHP Billiton,Boral, Chevron, Mermaid Marine, WaterCorporation and WMC.Apart from his management role, Peterremains active in biological and environmentalmanagement projects, preparing documentssuch as EMPs, monitoring reports andmaintaining involvement in environmentalmonitoring.In addition to his role as Deputy ShirePresident, Cr Long sits on the following CouncilCommittees, organisations and working groups:Yaburara Heritage Trail Steering CommitteeKarratha Airport Advisory GroupWaste Services Advisory GroupKarratha Leisure Complex Projectdeputy.president@roebourne.wa.gov.auCr Sharon VertiganCr Vertigan represents the Dampier Ward andher term expires in 2013.Cr Vertigan moved to Karratha in 1989 andDampier in 1994. A mother of two, co-owner ofthe family business, cupboard visual artist andEarly Childhood teacher in Dampier, Cr Vertigancontinues to mentor graduate teachers whileworking with Council to make Dampier and theShire of Roebourne a better place to live.Cr Vertigan sits on the following CouncilCommittees, organisations and working groups:• West Pilbara Communities for ChildrenConsortium• Pilbara Regional Council• Karratha Leisure Complex Project• Dampier Highway Street scaping Project• Youth Centre Projectcr.vertigan@roebourne.wa.gov.aushire.president@roebourne.wa.gov.au[14] Shire of Roebourne Strategic Community Plan 2012-2022