Judy Speight bio / election statement

BIO

A graduate of the University of Auckland, Judith works across the public and private sectors as a catalyst, strategist and advisor.

Judith is a current councillor for InternetNZ and NACCQ, a director of ITT WRKZ Limited and trustee for Carers New Zealand. At an operational level Judith leads Accelerating Auckland, a charitable organization that works with Communities, Government, Education providers and the Private Sector to build New Zealand’s competitiveness by improving the digital skills and abilities of New Zealanders.

Historical roles include membership of New Zealand’s APEC TEL delegation, Government’s Broadband Forum, Minister for Communication’s Electronic Commerce Action Team, the Prime Minister’s Y2K Task Force, Chairman of the Telecommunications Users Association (TUANZ), member of Internet NZ’s Executive Board & Trustee for the e-regions Trust.

In 2007 Judith was recognised internationally with a Champion of Digital Literacy award in Orlando, Florida for her work to address the Digital Divide.

Judith is married to Tony and the mother of Sam and Jessica.

INTERNETNZ 2009 ELECTION CAMPAIGN STATEMENT

I see real opportunities for InternetNZ to build on our current commitments to getting New Zealand’s technology infrastructure right, to channel initiatives toward the use of that infrastructure as the enabler for innovation; using the technology as a platform for collaborative social, economic and commercial development.

As a returning councillor for InternetNZ I would continue to advocate the development of innovation projects both from within Internet NZ and in partnership with likeminded organisations.

With the operational and governance capabilities developed over 20 years in similar projects I am able to offer strong leadership for InternetNZ’s participation in this work. I seek your vote to enable this.