Nick Brokenshire is a third generation dairy farmer from the Fleurieu Peninsula. After finishing high school, Nick joined the family enterprise at Mount Compass to work with his parents, Mandy and well known South Australian politician Robert Brokenshire. He took on managing the farm in 2006, and two years later was selected to participate in the national pilot of the Developing Dairy Leaders Program established by Dairy Australia and Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF).
Rob Kerin is a Former Premier of South Australia, current Chairman and Executive Officer of Regional Development SA and principal of Rob Kerin Consulting. He is also the Chief Executive of Primary Producers South Australia. Rob brings a wealth of knowledge to the Dairy Industry Fund Board.
Bob began his career with ANZ bank before joining the Mount Gambier Dairy Co-op in the mid 1970s. He became the Manager of the Australian Dairy Coproration in South Australia in 1987 which eventually went on to cover SA, WA, Tasmania and the NT.
Although retired, Bob maintains close links with the RMSA for which he was the secretary in the 1990s and is now an honorary life member.
Louise grew up on a small dairy farm just north of Melbourne. She went to school and university in Melbourne and was a research scientist in the field of molecular microbiology before meeting and marrying her dairyfarmer husband, Tom, and moving to Eight Mile Creek in SA.
Together they run the family farm, milking 400 pasture based dairy cows, raising dairy/beef cows and calves, and fattening steers. Louise is keen to help promote dairy farming as a vital part of South Australia’s future economic sustainability and food security and has sat on the SADA Board since 2022.