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.