David Kutcher is currently The Honorary Principal of The Venny and a board member at Play Australia. David has served as General Manager and Board member at The Venny Inc for 25 years. He has completed well over 10,000 hours of play work practice. He oversaw The Venny’s transition from a Co-operative to an Incorporated Association, obtaining full charitable and DGR status. David has facilitated the expansion and reach of Playwork across other public housing towers in Melbourne. He successfully managed The Venny’s funding to increase tenfold and acquired more land and spaces for children to Play. David has travelled extensively to study models of Play work in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia. Importantly he has a proven track record of building children's play spaces and putting children and young people front and centre of decision making and play.

Robyn is CEO of Play Australia, the national advocacy organisation for play and since 2017, President of the International Play Association (IPA World). Her career has encompassed senior leadership roles in education, local government, children’s services, and the not-for-profit sector. She was on the UN working group for the development of a General Comment on Article 31, and the global working group for the International Day of Play. She speaks regularly on the importance of play as a biological imperative, critical for development and essential for social cohesion. In 2025, Robyn undertook a Churchill Fellowship examining international play initiatives supporting children’s health and wellbeing, she hopes her findings will help shape a national agenda for play in Australia.