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Jane
Spring
Executive Director,
Regional Development
NSW Department of Industry
“One of the biggest gifts that
you can have as a leader—
as a person—is when someone
comes back later and says,
‘You really helped me, you
didn’t let me stop, you made
me work really hard.
You encouraged me to push
beyond my boundaries and
I saw a lot more potential
in myself’.”
Sports administrator
and coach
Jane Spring’s career in the NSW public sector
commenced with the Sydney Organising
Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG),
1994–2000. Between 2001 and 2013 Ms Spring
held various NSW Government executive
and governance roles with the Department
of Sport and Recreation, Sydney Olympic Park
Authority, Transport Infrastructure Development
Corporation and NSW Businesslink. She was
Acting CEO, NSW Institute of Sport (2013) and
Director, NSW Centenary of Anzac Program
(2013–2015).
Parallel to her professional career, Ms Spring
has enjoyed outstanding success as a sports
administrator and coach, most notably through
her 30 year association with the University
of Sydney Women’s Rowing Club—serving
24 years as its President. Formerly an elite rower,
Ms Spring has trained many young women who
reached the highest levels of the sport.
Ms Spring is a member of the Western Sydney
Local Health District Board, and was a Fellow
of the University of Sydney Senate (2009–2013).
In 2013, she was made a National Fellow of the
Institute of Public Administration Australia.
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