2021 CofE Festival Guide

Glenn T With over thirty years professional experience in the entertainment industry, Glenn Turner is an accomplished character actor, an award-winning Production Designer, a published writer and playwright. In 2003 Glenn formed Leader Entertainment and re-wrote, co-produced and designed the multi-million dollar professional Australian premiere season of Leader of the Pack, which played a twice-extended season at the Star City Showroom in Sydney before moving to the Crown Casino in Melbourne. Since relocating to Queensland in 2011, Glenn has been a part of the Costume Art team for the US mega-series Terra Nova, the Channel 10 drama Reef Doctors as well as the Feature films San Andreas and Pirates of the Caribbean 5.

Dr Clinton Schultz Dr Clinton Schultz is a Gamilaraay man and registered psychologist with a keen interest in holistic wellness. A natural self-starter, Clinton is always looking for new ways to make a positive difference in people’s lives. In 2018, Clinton won Griffith University’s Most Outstanding First Nations Alumnus Award. Clinton was awarded the 2019 IAHA (Indigenous Allied Health Australia) Health Professional of the Year, and in 2020, he obtained his PhD. He is formerly an Assistant Professor with Bond University Medical School, Director of Marumali Consultations and founded Sobah Beverages, Australia’s first non-alcoholic craft beer company, in 2016. Clinton’s experience as a chef, knowledge of Australian native food and passion for First Nation’s culture and health is the driving force of Sobah.

Lilliana Swainson Lilliana Swainson’s project, A Little Bird Told Me , aims to generate dialogue in young children about the acceptance and integration of all people. Whilst only a teenager, Lilliana has shared her message by presenting workshops to school-aged children, and has been a guest speaker at youth leadership events on the Gold Coast as well as internationally in Singapore and Italy. She is an advocate for gender equality through her book A Little Bird Told Me and Un petit oiseau m’a dit (French translation). In 2020, her dedication was acknowledged by being awarded the Study Gold Coast Award for Championing Diversity. She is passionate about making an impact and fighting for positive change.

Cathy U’Ren Cathy is the founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Pet Wellness Centres, a Gold Coast based animal health business on a mission to transform the way veterinary services and pet health care is provided to our beloved pets. The spark for Pet Wellness Centres came from Cathy’s experiences during her career as a business executive in the dental and animal health industries along with her own very personal experience with her best friend Brain the Boston Terrier. Cathy is an animal lover, a kickboxer, a yogi, a traveller and enjoys indulging her insatiable appetite for new knowledge and interesting experiences.

Baden U’Ren Baden is an internationally recognised entrepreneurship educator and innovation professional, a multiple company founder, and has a background in investment banking and private equity. He blends academic rigour with commercial reality to provide unique insights into strategy formulation and implementation. He is cofounder of The Unconventional Group, building dynamic capabilities in organisations through immersive missions, strategic interventions, and targeted board and C-suite education. Baden will soon be commencing at Somerset College’s first Entrepreneur in Residence.