Shelley Penn is an architect, urbanist and non-executive Director. She has over 35 years’ experience encompassing architectural practice and senior strategic advisory roles supporting governments and the private sector to advance outcomes for all people through the quality of public architecture, urban design and the built environment.
Currently Deputy Chair of the ACT Suburban Land Agency, she is a member of the CIT Woden Project Board, and Victoria University’s Infrastructure and Planning Committee. She is member of several state and city Design Review Panels; Associate Professor at Melbourne University; and Adjunct Professor in Architecture Practice at Monash, where she is also the University Architect. Past roles include Chair National Capital Authority, National President Australian Institute of Architects, Associate Victorian Government Architect, and Deputy Chair Heritage Council of Victoria. She is a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects.