Our Board

Board Director

As Chief Operating Officer of McGrath Estate Agents Launceston and Hobart, Aaron is a key member of their leadership team, ensuring their team have the necessary platforms to deliver six-star customer experiences, every time.

Much of Aaron’s work takes place behind the scenes, but its impact is felt in every customer interaction.

He’s responsible for internal systems, processes, governance and compliance frameworks, so that sales agents and property managers can focus on delivering what our sellers, buyers and investors want most – face-to-face guidance, strategy and unmatched service throughout their unique property journeys.

Prior to joining McGrath Launceston, he spent eight years owning and operating hospitality ventures in Northern Tasmania. In 2025, under his leadership, Tatler Lane and Sweetbrew won Gold and Bronze, respectively, in the Best Cafe category of the Tasmanian Hospitality Awards, underlining his focus on service, culture, and creating spaces where customers feel genuinely welcomed. 

Aaron was born and raised in Launceston and remains deeply connected to the community. He’s community-minded, having previously served as inaugural Chairperson of the JCP Youth board for four years, helping guide the organisation through a period of significant growth supporting young people across the state. 

With a focus on governance and operational integration contributes to the strategic oversight of Rooke’s next stage of growth and development.

Board Director

Lover of heights, catalyst of parental panic, Adie left home at 18 to travel the world as a circus artist. Alongside her performing career, Adie constantly nurtured a passion for teaching and developed her pedagogical style by taking inspiration from many different physical disciplines, including her more recent work in trauma, social services and allied health.  Adie transitioned from performing in 2014, to work in community circus first the UK then in Tasmania where she founded The Circus Studio in 2015.  

Since 2017 Adie has been developing and delivering respectful relationship and consent education.  She has worked with professional settings, school communities, sports, theatre and medical industries.  Adie speaks regularly on sexual harm and child safety both nationwide and globally including her 2020 TED talk which has amassed over 1.5 million views online.

Adie self identifies as a multipotentialite and is still not sure what she wants to be when she grows up. 

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Conor is one of ROOKE’s founding members. Conor has devised, performed and directed multiple works with ROOKE and runs ROOKE’s Emerging Artists Program.

A graduate of Circus Space – now the National Centre for Circus Arts – Conor has over fifteen years of professional performance experience, having toured the world with Cirque Éloize, Cirque du Soleil, Circa, Circus Oz and The 7 Fingers; performing in twenty-nine countries across six continents.

Conor co-founded ROOKE in 2021, and has also co-founded Kin Movement, Launceston’s first movement studio, in 2026. 

Conor brings a wealth of industry experience to the board, along with a sharp eye for detail. He cares deeply about vibe and creating spaces where people feel safe to communicate, create and thrive. 

Secretary

Hannah has been the Digital Content Coordinator at Terrapin since 2023. After working in the media industry for seven years with Southern Cross Austereo, Grant Broadcasters and the ABC, Hannah shifted her focus back to the arts in 2019. Since 2020 she’s worked for Ten Days on the Island, at two consecutive festivals, and Launceston’s Theatre North. Hannah is a photographer, graphic designer, audio producer and digital arts marketer with a passion for project delivery. 

Hannah serves on the board of ROOKE and actively volunteers at JCP Youth, supporting at-risk and vulnerable youth in Tasmania. During her time at Southern Cross Austereo, Hannah also helped lead the charity Give Me 5 For Kids, where the team raised almost one million dollars for the Royal Hobart Hospital children's ward over two consecutive years.

Chair, Board Director

Jane Longhurst is an award-winning actor, theatre maker, producer, broadcaster, voice artist and popular presenter of events big and small based in nipaluna/Hobart. She has worked extensively in theatre, television and radio since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts.

Recent theatre credits include Bingo! Stay on the ball ladies by Belinda Bradley for Blue Cow Theatre, the first two performances of her Black Bag Trilogy: Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, (Mona Foma 2021) and Request Programme by Franz Xaver Kroetz staged at Detached for Beaker Street Festival (2022) and the Earl Arts Centre in Launceston for Theatre North (2023). Jane was awarded the Best Professional Performance in a Leading Role at the 2023 Tasmanian Theatre Awards for Request Programme.

Jane has worked as Marketing Manager for Flying Fruit Fly Circus, served as the inaugural Executive Officer for Theatre Council of Tasmania and Co-Chair Tasmanian Creative Industries Council.

Board Director

Lucinda began her stage career age five as a cockle in Molly Malone. She trained with the Australian Theatre for Young People and Triple J, studied theatre at Charles Sturt University and Oregon State University, and stumbled into the world of festivals via a stage management stint at the Edinburgh Fringe, where she discovered creative opportunity and a reliable income could coexist.

Now based in Tasmania, she works as a creative producer and theatre maker. Credits include six years as Executive Producer of Blue Cow Theatre, founding team of Festival of Voices, Ten Days on the Island, Australian Wooden Boat Festival, The Unconformity, and Beaker Street. She played a founding role in establishing The Alcorso Foundation, served as its CEO for seven years, and was also a key member in the founding of Soho Arts where she is now Manager. When time allows she has ambitions to write, produce, and direct a masterpiece.

Treasurer, Board Director

Lynn has more than 14 years of executive leadership experience across the not-for-profit and purpose-driven sectors and is currently the Chief Financial Officer of ‘Good Cycles’, leading finance, operations and strategic planning for one of Australia's leading social enterprises, helping create employment pathways for young people facing barriers to work.

Her career has focused on building financially sustainable organisations that can deliver meaningful social impact, combining strong commercial discipline with a deep commitment to purpose.

She has worked closely with boards, CEOs and leadership teams to strengthen financial sustainability, improve decision-making and support long-term impact and currently serves as Treasurer for both Rooke and Prahran Place in Melbourne.

Outside of her career, she is a mum to a beautiful daughter and a dancer, still jumping on stage whenever she gets the chance!

Board Director

Gemma was appointed to the board in 2026.