Queensland Library Foundation Council

Patron

Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland is the 27th Governor of Queensland and representative of His Majesty King Charles III, Queensland’s Head of State. View the Governor's full biography via the Government House website. 

Foundation Council

Ms Courtney Talbot (President) is a company director who holds voluntary positions in various community and arts organisations. Courtney was awarded the Queensland Community Foundation’s Emerging Philanthropist of the Year Award for 2018. She is also a member of Philanthropy Australia’s New Generation of Giving program. In 2023 she was appointed to the Library Board of Queensland, the governing body of State Library of Queensland, and was appointed Deputy Chair in 2026.

Adjunct Professor Michael Hogan (Vice-President) is the convenor of the Thriving Qld Kids Partnership initiative, hosted by ARACY and is an Adjunct Professor at QUT. Michel has over 30 years of executive experience in the public and community sectors. Michael has held CEO roles in two government agencies as the Director-General of the Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women and the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability services in Queensland, as well as at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in NSW.

Professor the Honourable George Brandis KC (Chair, Library Board of Queensland) is a barrister by profession. He served as a Senator for Queensland from 2000 to 2018 and was a Minister in the Governments of John Howard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. He was Australia’s 36th Attorney-General in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments, Minister for the Arts in 2007 and from 2013 to 2015, and was the Leader of the Government in the Senate under Prime Minister Turnbull. Upon retiring from Parliament in 2018, he became Australia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Upon his return to Australia in 2022, he was appointed Professor in the Practice of National Security at the National Security College within the Australian National University.

Ms Vicki McDonald AM FALIA (State Librarian and Chief Executive Officer, State Library of Queensland) is a respected senior executive with extensive experience in the library sector, state and local governments and tertiary education.  She previously held senior positions at the State Library of New South Wales and Queensland University of Technology.