Meet The Team -
Cassie Smith
Manager & Media Coordinator
Cassie brings nine years of Ecofest committee experience. As Event Manager, she is the steady centre of the team, keeping plans aligned, timelines on track, budgets realistic, and details flowing. Her deep knowledge of Ecofest also makes her a natural fit as Media Coordinator, shaping messaging, managing press and social schedules, and ensuring consistent branding across channels. Beyond Ecofest, Cassie is a chef and an educator with 24 Carrots Kitchen Gardens in Schools, where she champions hands-on food education and seasonal, low-waste cooking. She also serves on the North West Environment Centre (NWEC) committee. Her interests—travelling, cooking, preserving, fermenting, and gardening—reflect the same practical sustainability and care she brings to her work, community partnerships, and festival delivery. We value her clarity, kindness, and get-it-done approach.
Zomury Smith-Williams
Marketing & Ticketing Coordinator
On festival day, Zomury is the warm smile welcoming you at the gate. Year-round, she is much more: ecofest’s web and graphic designer, social media manager, ticketing manager, and a creative lead behind our website, posters, and program materials. She joined ecofest in 2017 as a performer, soon after helping on her mum Cassie’s stall. She quickly moved into volunteer roles with eco-kids—eventually becoming eco-kids organiser—facilitating hands-on activities. In recent years she has broadened her impact across the festival: leading workshops, coordinating ticketing operations, and stepping in wherever the team needs her. Beyond ecofest, Zomury works in education and is a wildlife rehabilitator. In spare moments, she performs in musical theatre, dances, and sings in choir—bringing the same energy, creativity, and community spirit to everything she does.
Carol Donaghey
Treasurer
Carol is not only an ecofest committee member, but also serves on the North-West Environment Centre (NWEC) committee and has long been involved with Live Well Tasmania. Within ecofest, Carol supports our non-for-profit festival goals. Her many years of community involvement help us to build strong partnerships and find like-minded groups within our community. Carol's home life is very in-line with our ecofest values, living a life of permaculture and making sure to always dig her hands into the soil.
Amy Brittain-Steenson
Stalls Coordinator
Amy is a vibrant, welcoming presence and a natural fit to work with our exhibitors in creating an engaging festival experience. After three years volunteering across site set-up and ticketing, she was delighted to join the committee as Stalls Coordinator. In this role, Amy leads stallholders, plans site layouts, and coordinates logistics such as power, access, bump-in/bump-out, and safety. She also helps stallholders meet Ecofest’s sustainability principles—favouring low-waste operations, thoughtful packaging, and clear information for visitors. She considers it a privilege to help bring Ecofest and its ethos to the community, and she’s excited to play a direct role in our 10th-year celebration in 2026. Away from the festival, Amy is an avid film lover—she has watched over 2,000 movies since 2019 (and counting).
Kelly Millikins
Presenters Coordinator
Kelly is passionate about connecting communities, growing vegetables, and caring for the environment. She champions locally grown produce that nourishes people and supports local businesses—reducing food miles and waste. For Kelly, few things beat watching food grow and seeing people smile, and she’s excited to bring those values to Ecofest alongside like-minded people. She first attended ecofest many years ago as a stallholder and has since deepened her involvement. Kelly’s background spans Permaculture, Horticulture, and Community Service, and she has the privilege of serving as President of Live Well Tasmania. In daily life, she strives to live the permaculture ethics—earth care, people care, and fair share—guiding both her community work and personal practice.
Teresa Beck-Swindale
Performers Coordinator
Teresa has spent decades wrangling words, music, and lyrics. As a performer, composer, author, and songwriter, she has travelled local streets, national trails, and international paths with an ear tuned to sounds. Teresa has been involved with ecofest since its inception as both performer and stallholder, she now has proudly joined the committee. She brings seasoned skills in performance, tour management, information provision, arts administration, and festival production. Teresa is practical, creative, and community-minded, she helps shape programmer choices, support artists, and improve audience experiences. Ecofest benefits from her generous energy and sound judgement to bring a delightful and on-brand program to the festival.
Idell Wadley
Volunteers Coordinator
Idell joined ecofest last year as both a vendor and a volunteer, and now serves on the 2026 Committee. She brings deep experience in environmental protection and event delivery, and is excited to help ecofest grow. Over the past 30 years she has coordinated events across Australia, the USA, Ireland, and Scotland. From 2017–2024 she founded and led Spirit of the Valley Events Inc. in Queensland, producing 25+ major regional events and supporting many more community gatherings. A lifelong bibliophile who also loves belly dance, Idell proudly traces Tasmanian roots, including Palawa ancestry. She and her husband were proud long-term foster carers. At ecofest, she contributes her skills to coordinating our wonderful volunteers/volunteer groups.
Will Croft
IT Coordinator
Will steps into a role Ecofest has needed for years: IT Coordinator. A familiar face from multiple festivals, he has volunteered on-site, pitching in during bump-in and on festival day. Now he’ll channel that experience into strengthening our systems, supporting team workflows, and modernising our digital platforms. Will brings expertise across our platforms, helping us scale as the festival grows. Outside tech, he keeps grounded working on local farms and stays active playing volleyball. We’re thrilled to welcome him to the committee and truly excited to collaborate with Will as we build a smarter ecofest for 2026.
Micheal Harries
Site Coordinator
Will Croft
IT Coordinator
Michael specializes in energy use and misuse, and climate change. As President of the North-West Environment Centre, he is passionate about our environment and our earths future. Based in Penguin, he strives to live a sustainable life and regularly works on projects at the Penguin Community Garden and North-West Environment Centre (NWEC). At ecofest, Michael coordinates our site logistics and makes sure safety is at priority. The usage of signage is impeccable for our festival to run smoothly and be a successful event.