Judith Lovegrove is a proud Ngarrindjeri woman with broad cultural connections that extend across South Australia with Wirangu, Kaurna and Narungga nations. Currently the Chairperson of Aboriginal Community Services, an aged care provider in South Australia, she has extensive experience working with children, young people and adults in different capacities including therapeutic counselling and intensive family-based support with a focus on policy, workforce, child protection, family preservation and early intervention. 

With a comprehensive work history, she has also held several senior leadership roles in both government (Department for Education, Department for the Premier and Cabinet, Department for Child Protection, and Department for Health and Wellbeing) and non-government organisations (as Registered Training Organisation Manager, Counsellor, Program Manager). 

Over the years, Judith has contributed to many national, state, and local initiatives that work towards closing the gap and largely, empowering Aboriginal people and voices with an emphasis of improving culturally responsive service delivery for organisations and departments. 

Holding qualifications in psychology and management; she has a strong dedication to broader social justice issues, and she continues to be involved in many different committees that aim to improve the health and wellbeing of families, aside from Chairing Aboriginal Community Services, in recent years appointed by the Minister for Education, as an Adviser to the Oversight and Advocacy Authority for Aboriginal Children and Young people, a sub-committee to the Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee.