SA Division Committee

Cate Hart RPIA (Life Fellow) | President

Department for Environment and Water

Cate was elected to the SA Divisional committee in 2021 following her role as National Director on the PIA Board for 5 years. She is a Fellow of the Institute and is passionate about supporting planning and those working in it. She is currently working in the Department of Environment and Water as Executive Director, Environment, Heritage and Sustainability, managing a diverse portfolio including Climate Change, Coast and Marine management, Native Vegetation, State Heritage buildings and places, Planning Assessment, Natural Resource Management, and Botanic Gardens and the State Herbarium.

Skyy Anderson MPIA | Vice President

Social Policy Solutions

Skyy is the Policy Director at Social Policy Solutions. She believes that planning is about great outcomes for our community and for people to best enjoy the spaces and environment in which they live and work. Her background is solely grounded in people, from her academic undergraduate degree in Social Science and a Masters degree by research in Planning. Skyy is passionate about educating people about planning and what can come from best practice planning as well as how we can best utilise planning to strike the important balance between natural and built environments.

David Bills RPIA | Vice President

City of Adelaide

David is a trusted and highly skilled senior practitioner with extensive knowledge and expertise in both public and private sectors. He is renowned for his pragmatic, determined and collaborative approach across a wide range of strategic and statutory projects. In addition to working in SA, David has provided planning advice for projects in Victoria and the NT and overseen land development projects in the ACT.

His background in planning and design means that he understands how best to communicate across multi-disciplinary projects.

Rick Hutchins RPIA

Ekistics

Rick joins the Division Committee as a qualified urban planner with 25 years’ experience across strategic planning, policy development and development assessment disciplines. Rick has extensive knowledge in advising on large and complex urban projects and in local government administration. Rick is known for his calm, considered and collaborative approach.

Ben Victory RPIA

URPS

Now a Principal Consultant at URPS, Ben spent more than 25 years working for the Onkaparinga, Mount Barker and Marion Councils. He held a variety of senior planning positions in development assessment and policy, including the Assessment Manager role at the City of Onkaparinga responsible for more than 4,000 development applications each year.

Gavin Leydon PIA (Hon. Fellow)

Norman Waterhouse Lawyers

 

Gavin leads Norman Waterhouse's Planning and Environment team and is a specialist in property development, urban and regional planning, environmental and administrative law. He holds a Masters degree in Environmental Law and has practiced in the field of town planning law for over 30 years.

Matt Ballard MPIA

Department for Housing and Urban Development

Matt is an experienced Statutory Planner with over a decade’s experience in local government in South Australia. He has been significantly involved in assisting with local government’s transition to the new Planning System in recent years and continues to assist with reviewing and refining aspects of that reform. Matt has a key interest in assisting younger planners in development assessment and seeing their role as an important element of a successful planning system. Matt has an interest in Transport Planning and ensuring the planning policy is as visionary as it is practicable.

Matt Atkinson RPIA

Alexandrina Council

Matt joins PIA SA's Division Committee for the first time in 2026. Full biography coming soon.

Sally Roberts RPIA

Rural City of Murray Bridge

Sally is currently Manager Development & Regulation at Rural City of Murray Bridge but has worked within the South Australian Local Government sector for some 30 years. This has seen her work within both metropolitan and regional settings undertaking development assessment, policy and strategic planning and middle and senior management roles. Sally has a passion for planning at the local level and in particular within the rural/regional sector. Having worked in the greater Adelaide region for the majority of her career, it has enabled her to be involved in a diversity of roles and significant projects. 

Sally has been on a number of committees taking chair and executive officer roles with more recent appointments being as a member on the State Commission Assessment Panel and currently as a member of the Mt Barker Council Assessment Panel.

Victoria Shute PIA (Hon. Fellow)

Kelledy Jones Lawyers

Victoria has been a proud PIA member, Executive Committee member and supporter of PIA throughout her career which spans over 15 years of legal practice. She is now recognised as one of Australia’s leading planning and environmental lawyers. This has been recognised by her peers in the prestigious Best Lawyers Australia list and Doyle’s Guide for several years.

Victoria is known for her depth of experience, personable nature and ability to provide clear answers to difficult and technical legal questions. Outside of PIA and legal practice, Victoria has taught graduate planning and architecture university students, land surveying students and law students and she is also widely published in a variety of state and national legal and business publications.

Stacey Mills MPIA

Town of Gawler

Stacey is a project professional passionate about driving positive change through thoughtful planning, collaboration, and place-based outcomes. With a background in project management, planning and strategic coordination, she thrives in roles that bring together diverse stakeholders to deliver meaningful, community-focused initiatives.

Her strengths lie in turning ideas into actionable plans—whether it's activating public spaces, coordinating cross-sector projects, or supporting strategic growth in economic development, planning, grants or community development sectors. She brings energy, adaptability, and a strong sense of purpose to every project she leads.

Stacey enjoys working across local and state government, regional development, placemaking, and tourism—contributing to the creation of more vibrant, liveable, connected, and environmentally sustainable communities across South Australia. She's passionate about shaping places that not only enhance quality of life today but also support a more resilient future.

Jordan Hunt RPIA

Future Urban

Prior to joining Future Urban in 2022, Jordan was employed at the District Council of Loxton Waikerie as the sole Planning Officer. His previous experience has allowed him to develop a strong skill set for development assessment in peri-urban and rural settings. He has assessed a wide range of development applications which often requires complex solutions as a result of site and environmental constraints. This previous experience has refined his engagement and negotiation skills to allow him to deliver high quality planning outcomes.

Jordan played a major role in the review and implementation of the Planning and Design Code in the Phase 2 regional areas. Because of this early exposure to the new Planning System, Jordan has a comprehensive understanding of the Planning and Design Code, the Plan SA Portal and the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act and Regulations.

Jason Cattonnar MPIA

Future Urban

Jason has over 20 years of experience in urban planning and governance administration, including thirteen years of leadership and management in state and local government, and well as the private sector.

He has provided specialist planning advice to the State Commission Assessment Panel and Council Assessment Panels, and strategic advice to the development sector on a variety of planning matters. Jason’s experiences in state and local government have equipped him with sought after knowledge about the inner workings of the public sector, and the ability to find solutions to political and governance related issues.

Stephen Smith RPIA (Fellow)

PIA Board Director (SA)

Stephen’s career has seen him spend 15 years in local government both in the UK and South Australia. Between 2000 and 2016, Stephen worked with the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board and the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, as a General Manager and Director. Stephen guided the development of the first NRM Plan in South Australia which was recognised with a State and National Planning awards.

Stephen is a Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia and in 2017 was recognised as the South Australian Planner of the Year.

Eleni Kiamos MPIA | Women in Planning Network Convenor

Rural City of Murray Bridge

Curious by nature with an appetite for continuous improvement, Eleni's earlier professional experience extends to all things’ property as principal and project team leader with qualifications and roles spanning construction project management, property development, design, consulting, sales and property management.
 
Formal tertiary qualifications that include a Bachelor of Business, a Graduate Diploma in Project Management and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of South Australia have provided a foundation for a career transition in strategic urban planning and urban design with Local Government to date. 
 
A city girl at heart, Eleni relishes and draws inspiration from the privilege of living in a well-planned city enveloped by our nationally recognised parklands. Her love of culture and exploring the world enrich understanding of how the respect for diversity and good design drives an organic evolution of vibrant and resilient communities. And, through the interplay of function, activity, image and form, can cultivate an environment that serves as an enabler to foster a sense of belonging so that communities can thrive.

Ken Tam PIA (Assoc.) | SA Emerging Planners Convenor

Department for Housing & Urban Development

Ken is a Planning Officer at DHUD Planning & Land Use Services. His responsibilities include development assessment, planning investigations and providing planning advice to the SCAP and Minister for Planning.

Previously, he worked within Aurecon's People, Movement & Place team, focused on developing integrated planning & mobility solutions, Traffic Impact Assessments and site feasibility studies.

Holding a Bachelor in Urban Planning and Master in Public Policy, Ken's expertise lies in planning, transport and urban policy. He is a strong believer in a people-first approach.