Isabelle Reinecke is the founder of Grata Fund, a leading not-for-profit based at the University of New South Wales that leverages targeted funding of litigation alongside campaign strategies and advocates for robust democracy to build a country where everyone can thrive, including in the high profile Australian Climate Case currently underway. As Grata’s Executive Director, Isabelle leads collaborations with some of the nation’s top legal minds, civil society organisations and community advocates to advance and protect rights and freedoms.

Isabelle Reinecke
Executive Director at Grata Fund

Isabelle is the author of Courting Power: Law Democracy and the Public Interest in Australia and an expert in the intersection of the law, politics and power. Isabelle was named the 2022 Emerging NFP Leader in Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards. She is also a Churchill Fellow and the 2021 Women’s Leadership Institute of Australia Fellow. Prior to Grata, Isabelle worked for more than ten years as a director and lawyer at organisations including GetUp, the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, and as a solicitor at Clayton Utz.