Club Team

Club Team

Maganda Makers Club Captain 

Phone // 0409 156 756

Managing Director of Kimberley Jigiyas

Maganda Makers Club Captain 

Phone // 0409 156 756

Managing Director of Kimberley Jigiyas

Program Director Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship (Good Return)

Email // cindy@goodreturn.org 

Cindy is the Program Director for Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship.  In this role, she oversees the collaboration between Good Return, its philanthropic partners and Kimberley Jiyigas. Working in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female business leaders on the ground, she facilitates translating and disseminating the learning from the Maganda Makers Business Club in the Kimberley Region of WA to other parts of Northern Australia.

Program Director Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship (Good Return)

Email // cindy@goodreturn.org 

Cindy is the Program Director for Indigenous Women’s Entrepreneurship.  In this role, she oversees the collaboration between Good Return, its philanthropic partners and Kimberley Jiyigas. Working in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female business leaders on the ground, she facilitates translating and disseminating the learning from the Maganda Makers Business Club in the Kimberley Region of WA to other parts of Northern Australia.

Maganda Makers Business Club Program Coordinator

Email // karen@magandamakers.business

 Karen’s work experience spans the Social Services, Hospitality, and Small Business sectors (including experience working in the East Kimberley). Her strong administrative and project management skills, along with her warm, engaging and empathic manner, make her a great fit for the Maganda Makers Club as the Club Program Coordinator. Karen is a proud Maori Ngāpuhi woman from New Zealand who works remotely from Perth.

Maganda Makers Business Club Program Coordinator

Email // karen@magandamakers.business

Karen’s work experience spans the Social Services, Hospitality, and Small Business sectors (including experience working in the East Kimberley). Her strong administrative and project management skills, along with her warm, engaging and empathic manner, make her a great fit for the Maganda Makers Club as the Club Program Coordinator. Karen is a proud Maori Ngāpuhi woman from New Zealand who works remotely from Perth.

Email // candice@magandamakers.business

Candice is a multiskilled creator who likes to design all kinds of social media content, particularly utilising videography and photo graphics.  Candice has studied Social Work; this is where her main passion is, helping to create meaningful change within communities.  Candice is a mother of 6 beautiful children who are her greatest accomplishments. Spending the last 19 years raising her children, studying part-time, and now moving into self-employment is motivating and inspirational.  Candice resides in Perth. 

Maganda Makers Business Club Program Officer

Email // candice@magandamakers.business

Candice is a multiskilled creator who likes to design all kinds of social media content, particularly utilising videography and photo graphics.  Candice has studied Social Work; this is where her main passion is, helping to create meaningful change within communities.  Candice is a mother of 6 beautiful children who are her greatest accomplishments. Spending the last 19 years raising her children, studying part-time, and now moving into self-employment is motivating and inspirational.  Candice resides in Perth. 

Maganda Makers is part of the Future Weavers, an Indigenous women's movement building leadership through self-employment and business.

The movement elevates remarkable First Nations women in remote and regional communities across Northern Australia and reimagines self-employment and business as a leadership and social change tool.

Future Weavers is led by Natasha Short and her business, Kimberley Jiyigas. It is locally implemented by Enterprise Partnerships WA and supported by the Menzies Foundation and Good Return.