Megan Courtney
Visitor Destination Manager, Nelson Regional Development Agency
While hailing from small town New Zealand, Megan spent 15 years working in local government in Auckland. Her former Waitakere City Council roles focused on facilitating and brokering sector, place-based and citywide partnerships to improve community outcomes. She also worked with the Department of Internal Affairs to produce practical partnering tools and resources for those working at the collaboration coalface.
When it comes to community-led development Megan describes herself as a doer, thinker, writer, planner, teacher and learner – with being part of the Inspiring Communities team enabling her to combine all six skills and passions! She’s a firm believer in the power of local people and places to do amazing things and loves working alongside organisations and communities to help make locally-led action happen.
Nelson based Megan has been part of the Inspiring Communities team since 2009 and (amongst many things) co-ordinates Team activities.