Jo Shulman, CEO
Jo Shulman is an accomplished CEO and senior executive with more than 25 years’ experience leading organisations in the legal, social impact, and not-for-profit sectors.
A human rights lawyer by training, Jo served as CEO of Redfern Legal Centre for 12 years, leading the organisation through significant growth, forging strong partnerships, and driving innovation. She has since held senior corporate advisory, board, and CEO roles across the social impact sector, including with an Aboriginal community-controlled foundation, in disability services, and in environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) strategy.
Jo is recognised for her deep commitment to community engagement, collaborative leadership, and outcomes-driven strategy, working closely with communities, philanthropy, government, and the private sector to deliver lasting social and environmental impact.
Office of the CEO
The longest serving EDO solicitor in Australia, Jo joined EDO Qld in 1992 after working in company and commercial law with Minter Ellison in Sydney.
For the past 25-plus years, Jo has been dedicated to providing legal advice and education to Queensland communities. She has been instrumental in the reformation of Queensland’s environmental laws, including successfully advocating for expanded third-party enforcement rights. Jo has worked on more than 20 successful test cases concerning Commonwealth and State environmental laws.
As Director of the Queensland office, Jo successfully grew the office from a small government-funded community legal centre to a vibrant and effective public interest law office with 13 staff and diverse funding sources that is now part of a strong merged national EDO.
Jo-Anne graduated from Sydney University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws.
In 2020 Jo was the recipient of the Queensland Law Society’s Agnes McWhinney Award and the Access to Justice Award
Tracy Stubbs is skilled senior executive assistant with a focus on strategic partnership. As the EA to the CEO & Board Secretariat at EDO, Tracy brings over 20 years of experience across c-suite support, event & project management, and board secretariat.
As passion-projects on the side, Tracy ran the Writer’s Green Room at Sydney Writers Festival for 7 years and was an ASM in theatre specialising in outdoor productions, giving her invaluable experience outside her corporate environment in collaboration, event management & stakeholder engagement at all levels.
Nicole Sommer, Principal Lawyer
Nicole leads EDO’s Healthy Environment & Justice Program, working in human rights and environmental justice.
Her team of lawyers work across Australia, connected with communities in 8 locations.
Nicole has almost 20 years of legal experience, appearing as counsel in Courts and Tribunals, and advising clients on a broad range of environment protection issues.
Nicole sits on the Law Council of Australia’s Environment and Planning Law Group, the Board of Disability Voices Tasmania, and holds a Masters of Environmental Management.
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