Jack is a Yuin man living on Gadabanut Country and the Biodiversity Council’s Co-Chief Councillor.
Jack is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne in the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences where he focuses on understanding and managing biocultural landscapes.
Jack currently sits on scientific reference groups for Zoos Victoria and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was a member of the Expert Panel which recently reviewed the Victorian Wildlife Act 1975. Jack recently established the group Saltwater People along with Gunditjmara elders and knowledge holders.