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Connecting people to progress for shared prosperity

Keystone Commons was born from experience. The three founding directors have spent decades working at the intersection of government, industry, business and community, as directors, advisors, executives and founders.

 

They have worked inside the complexity of cross-sector collaboration, navigating the limits of traditional service engagements that extracted more from ecosystems than they returned.  A persistent pattern emerged where impact was siloed, knowledge restricted and collaboration was displaced by competition. The progress that was possible remained unrealised.

Keystone Commons was created to provide a new way of working together.

 

A not-for-profit built to be an enabler, a connector and a champion of others doing great work in their part of the ecosystem. To accelerate collaboration without compromising commercial integrity. To build bridges, capture learning and build the shared connections that turns fragmented effort into lasting prosperity.

Our Board

Mary Goodwin

Chair | Stakeholders

Mary Goodwin is the Founding Partner of One People Pty Ltd, working with Boards, CEOs and executive teams across government, industry and community organisations.

 

She helps organisations make better decisions, align their efforts and turn strategy into action, often working in the gaps where complexity sits between stakeholders, priorities and systems.

 

Mary is known for bringing people together around a common purpose, helping diverse stakeholders navigate competing priorities and find a clear way forward. With experience in complex, high-accountability environments, she brings clear judgement, practical discipline and a steady, independent perspective. Her approach supports risk-aware decisions that allow organisations to move with clarity and confidence, aligning effort around what matters most.

 

People come to her when things feel complex, fragmented or stuck. She creates a trusted space for open, constructive conversations and brings the discipline to turn those conversations into clear, aligned action.

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Stefanie Wilson

Director | Strategy

Stefanie Wilson is a systems and solutions thinker and macro‑level solutions architect, specialising in the design and delivery of complex, cross‑sector strategies that address economic, social, and environmental challenges at scale. Her leadership sits at the intersection of policy, industry, and implementation.

 

A transformative leader, Stefanie is known for converting big‑picture vision into fit‑for‑purpose, right‑sized delivery. She bridges strategy and execution to ensure initiatives are commercially viable, operationally practical, and capable of delivering sustained impact.

 

She is a highly skilled stakeholder engagement practitioner, leveraging smart strategy and behavioural insight to create genuine win‑win‑win outcomes across government, industry, and community. Her approach enables alignment in complex environments while maintaining fiscal discipline and measurable outcomes.

 

Stefanie has a proven track record in private‑to‑public sector government strategy, contributing to over $1 billion in economic impact through innovation‑led growth, investment attraction, and capability‑building initiatives. She is a trusted board member with specialist expertise in governance, the NFP sector, organisational capability and capacity building, and behavioural economics.

 

A respected thought leader, Stefanie was a COP29 presenter on sustainability and an invited speaker at Queensland Parliament, addressing implementation considerations for business, industry, and local government in the transition to a new economy. She is also a board‑level advisor and an appointed Federal Government mentor supporting scale‑ups and innovation‑led businesses.

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Jan Easton

Director | Innovation

Jan Easton is a purpose-led innovation strategist and champion of small business, dedicated to activating ideas into outcomes that are commercially sound, socially responsible and built to last. As founder of The Idea Activator, she has spent more than fifteen years working directly with founders, executives and ecosystems to close the gap between thinking and doing.

Jan brings a rare combination of macro strategic perspective and small business instinct, translating complex challenges into smart program and pilot designs that create real, measurable impact. She understands what ambitious ideas need to move from concept to reality, and what holds them back.

 

Her career spans technology commercialisation, innovation ecosystems, advisory governance and angel investment, with international experience across the United States and beyond. 

An active mentor and community builder, Jan supports a range of initiatives across government, academia and industry. She brings to Keystone Commons a deep conviction that the most powerful progress happens when good ideas meet the right conditions, and the right connections, to grow.

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