Mark Van Ryt
Treasurer and Southern/Northern Gulf Representative
Mark was elected to the Board in November 2025.
Mark was born and bred in the North West of Queensland and has a passion for the community, its history, cultural heritage, and the environment. He has previously served on Mount Isa City Council for two terms, was appointed to the regional NRM board and did some years as the Regional NRM Facilitator. Mark went on to found a Landcare group and reenergise another now called Gulf Rivers Landcare. Mark is continuing in the role of secretary for his landcare group. He is the regional weed spotter coordinator and the Sunfish representative for Southern Gulf.
Leo Perkins
Condamine/South West Representative
Leo was elected to the Board in November 2025.
Leo Perkins has a deep commitment to sustainability and the opportunities it brings to agriculture and natural resource management across the Condamine and Murray–Darling regions. He brings to the board skills in strategic planning, communications, ESG compliance, events and stakeholder engagement, grounded in practical experience managing conventional and organic agricultural operations in Southeast Queensland and northern NSW.
Debbie Seal
Burnett Mary Representative
Debbie was elected to the Board in November 2025.
Elected to the QWaLC board in November 2025, Debbie has for the past 30+ years worked with non-profit community environment organisations, including the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) where she currently works part time, managing the group’s finances and providing project and administrative support.
In an honorary capacity, she also the Secretary/Treasurer of the Australian Native Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation Association (ANARRA), operating in the Gympie/Wide Bay region, and a volunteer on the Wildcare Australia 24 hour hotline. Debbie is deeply committed to providing support for sick, injured and orphaned native wildlife.
Debbie’s small acreage at Tamaree provides habitat for wallabies, possums, gliders, bandicoots and many species of native birds.
Chris Meibusch
Condamine/South West Representative
Chris was elected to the Board in November 2025.
Chris is a member of Save Mt Lofty Inc, an urban based landcare association located in Toowoomba, Southern Queensland. He has been project manager for recent successful government funded projects including the Toowoomba Escarpment Bushfire Preparation Project in 2022 and the Toowoomba Region Koala Habitat Project from 2023 – 2025.
From 2017 – 2020, Chris managed Save Mt Lofty’s campaign to protect critical koala habitat on the site of the former rifle range at Mt Lofty. Chris authored “Save Mt Lofty – Lessons for a Successful Community Campaign” – available via Apple e-Books. The 390ha rifle range site is now owned by ARTC Inland Rail as a biodiversity offset – which Save Mt Lofty Inc continues to monitor.
Over recent years, Chris has committed himself to community environmental and landcare work through Save Mt Lofty Inc, Pittsworth & District Landcare, Condamine Catchment Management Association and Darling Downs Environment Council.
For the last 5 years, through Save Mt Lofty Inc, Chris has managed the annual Toowoomba Region Koala Count as a community based citizen-science initiative.
Beyond his koala work, Chris’ major landcare focus has been on engagement of our older volunteer base with the wider community and with younger generations – in particular, through engagement with schools.
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