Vivia Hickman has 23 years leadership experience in the not for profit sector primarily in the arts and cultural industry. More recently she has focused on women’s issues as the CEO of the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre. She is also Chair of Next Wave,

Vivia began her career in arts management and from 2006- 2010 was CEO of Melbourne’s major arts event the Melbourne International Arts Festival. She has worked with several of Melbourne’s most prominent arts organisations and institutions, including three years as General Manager of Melbourne International Film Festival, Development Manager of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Executive Producer of Chunky Move. Victoria’s leading contemporary dance company.

Vivia has served on numerous not for profit boards throughout her career and currently is on the boards of the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria and the Arts Management Course Advisory Board at Deakin University.

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