Staff Profile
Lucy Byrne (nee Marshall) view profile
Active Launceston Project Manager
After growing up in rural Tasmania, Lucy moved to Victoria to study
Recreation Management at Victoria University. She graduated in 2000 with the Parks and Leisure Australia award for ‘Student of Excellence’.
Following experiences at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and Melbourne Juvenile Justice Centre, Lucy started her career in recreation as an Activity Officer for a resort on the east coast of Tasmania, Freycinet Lodge. Succeeding this Lucy pursued her
interest with young people and recreation and became the Program Manager at Ashley Youth Detention Centre – Tasmania’s only youth detention facility.
She then took time out of her working life to travel around the world and retuned to Tasmania and gained a position as the Youth and Community Officer for Launceston City Council.
Lucy then moved onto the Parks and Recreation Department of Launceston City Council as the Recreation Planning Officer where she was involved in strategic recreation planning, event management, program coordination and facility development.
In 2008 Lucy moved onto The University of Tasmania to develop and manage Active Launceston.
Lucy has also done some part time teaching at TAFE Tasmania in the Children’s Services Department. She was also selected to represent Tasmania by Rotary International for a Group Study Exchange to Brazil in 2007.
Lucy keeps active through playing hockey, touch football and tennis and does some running with her mates along with the occasional pilates, yoga or bootcamp session.
Lucy’s work colleagues and friends would describe her as energetic, loud, fit and passionate.
Lucy recently participated in the Burnie 10 Southern Cross Television promotion. Click here to view Lucy's journey!
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Active Launceston Project Officer
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