CEO - Dan Galligan 

Dan Galligan joined the team at Queensland Farmers’ Federation in January 2009. Mr Galligan was previously the Policy Manager for Cotton Australia in Queensland. He had been with Cotton Australia for nearly ten years. During this time, he worked in advocacy roles in Queensland and NSW, as well as holding grower services and management positions. He is well known for being the immediate-past Chairman of the Queensland Primary Industries Week Committee, as well as being central to the cotton industry's negotiations on accrediting the industry voluntary Best Management Practices program, as delivering against the statutory land and water management planning framework in Queensland.

Communications and Policy Officer - Brad Pfeffer 

Brad joined the QFF team in April 2010, and has six years experience with media and rural industries in Queensland. He has been based in Brisbane and Rockhampton with a major rural newspaper, and has met with numerous farmers across the State in that time. He has also worked as a staffer in a regional Queensland political office and prior to joining QFF, Brad worked for QFF-member organisation, Cotton Australia, in its Sydey office.

Project Officer - Drought - Peter Perkins

Peter Perkins is an experienced agribusiness consultant and has worked previously for QFF on drought projects. He is an economist by training and has specialised in marketing and communications roles for much of his career. He spent his early years in the prairie provinces of Canada before working in Canberra and then Brisbane.

Research Officer - TBC

Administration Officer - Susan Jackson

Susan Jackson is the Administation Officer and is the first point of contact for the organisation. If you have any questions or need any assistance in getting the right person to respond to your enquiry, Susan will point you in the right direction.