Michelle Higelin
Executive Director at ActionAid Australia

Michelle Higelin is the Executive Director of ActionAid Australia, which is part of a federation working in 70 countries globally to advance women's rights and climate justice.

She is a co-founder of the Shifting the Power Coalition, which supports Pacific women's leadership in climate and humanitarian action, bringing together 15 women-led organisations in seven Pacific Island Forum countries.

Michelle is the Co-Chair of the Australian Women, Peace and Security Coalition, Vice President of the Australian Council for International Development and a member of the newly formed Feminist Climate Justice Collective.