About Us Staff

Kathleen Burton

CEO

Kathleen is passionate about enabling people to live considered, meaningful lives, feeling that they belong and are valued in their community, and are connected to the natural world.  She’s used her degree in Accounting and Entrepreneurship to work with non-profit organisations, creating programs that bring in new types of revenue, whilst creating change. Kathleen first fell in love with Perth City Farm in 2010 as a volunteer, and after some overseas experience stepped into the role of CEO in 2017.

Paula Galvin

Venue and Office Manager

Paula drives our venue hire enterprise, selling the space and supporting clients to put on delightful events. She also coordinates a lot of the background office work for City Farm and enjoys cooking lunch for our volunteers most Fridays.

Phoebe Dean

Venue, Office and Marketing Assistant

Phoebe works closely with the Venue and Office Manager to operate the venue hire enterprise as well as look after the administrative and compliance needs of the organisation. Phoebe focuses on the marketing and promotion of the venue hire enterprise and runs our Community Recycling Hub, drawing on her Sustainability Science and Environmental Management degrees.

Martina Hoeppner

Education Lead

Martina is our education specialist. She spent the last few years teaching permaculture and sustainability in her own business through short workshops, multiday courses and accredited training. She manages our Sustainable Education program.

Jackson Lemin

Assistant Gardener

Jackson is our part-time Assistant Gardener, while he is working on his Horticulture qualification through TAFE. Harvest days wouldn't be the same without him and he loves cooking lunch for the team on Fridays.

Dougie Scott

Building and Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

Dougie is our amazing Mr Fixit, helping to keep our site safe and beautiful. He’s also very artistic and creative with the use of recycled materials in the way he builds and fixes, bringing great charm to our Farm.