Geoff is a long-time hills resident who has been part-time farming for over thirty years at meadows producing cut flowers, sheep, cattle, hay and certified organic vegetable seedlings & potted herbs. Geoff’s day job is at the University of South Australia lecturing to students who become land Valuers & urban property managers and researching rural property issues including farmers markets. Geoff has been a stallholder at farmers market over the last seven years and brings this experience and his research knowledge to the board. Geoff is easy to identify at the market with his barefoot practices. Geoff is supported in the farming operations by his partner Karen and his parents. Geoff currently is a member of the Advisory Board of Agriculture and has served on the Soil Conservation board and Mt Lofty Ranges Catchment Board. Geoff is committed to supporting sustainable agriculture and the sustainable use of agricultural land including smallholdings.

Marc Salver – Adelaide Hills Council

Marc Salver is currently the Director Planning & Development Services at the Adelaide Hills Council where he has been employed for over 6 years. Marc has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Planning and a Diploma in Project Management, and has over 20 years of broad based international experience in urban and regional planning gained in 5 countries around the world, namely South Africa, Swaziland, England, Canada and now Australia. His local government experience commenced when he worked for the Planning Department at the Johannesburg City Council in South Africa where he was Section Head for a development assessment team. He then moved on to Swaziland to take up the position of Director Planning & Community Services at the capital city, Mbabane, a position he held for 6 years. Marc had the responsibility of establishing the City’s first Planning Department to assist with the implementation of the World Bank’s Urban Development Project. He then moved on to the City of Gloucester in England where he headed up a multi-disciplinary team responsible for, amongst other things, the implementation of the Western Waterfront Urban regeneration project which sought to redevelop the docklands with $1.1 billion of major projects. He then moved to Canada where he was Manager of Development Services for almost 2 years before coming to Australia.

 Margaret Wilksch – District Council of Mt Barker

Andrew was, for more than 30 years, a partner in leading Adelaide law firm Piper Alderman (formerly Piper Bakewell) before retiring from partnership to join the Commonwealth Bank as its chief solicitor for South Australia and the Northern Territory in 1996. Andrew retired from full-time formal legal practice in 2008 and brings his considerable experience in commercial law to the Legal and Administration sub-committee.  Born and bred in Basket Range, of which his great grandparents were original settlers, Andrew owns a horticultural property specialising in Australian and South African native flowers as well as sour cherries. Together with his wife, Meg, Andrew also runs two self-contained, deluxe stay properties at Basket Range. Andrew is passionate about the Adelaide Hills and dedicated to enhancing the profile of the region. Another of Andrew’s passions is cricket, and he is past president of the Country Carnival Cricket Association and the Hills Cricket Association, as well as a life member of the Basket Range Cricket Club.