The QAS Board is responsible to the Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing, the Honourable Mr Steven Dickson MP, for developing QAS policy and overseeing the overall direction of the Academy. The Board includes a number of former elite athletes and leaders in the Queensland sporting community.

Tracy Stockwell OAM (Chair of the Board)

  • Past President of Womensport Queensland and a Board member for the Queensland Events Corporation
  • Former member of the Brisbane City Council Advisory Committee
  • Captained the United States Swimming Team at the 1984 Olympics, where she won three gold medals
  • Held five world records in swimming
  • Member of the US Olympic, International Swimming and International
  • Women's Sports Halls of Fame.

Bruce Hatcher

  • Partner, BDO Kendalls Chartered Accountants
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Taxation Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Management and the Institute of Company Directors
  • Former Chairman of the Lang Park Trust
  • Former Director of Queensland Rugby League
  • Chairman of the Easts Leagues Club Limited
  • Director of MTQ Insurances Ltd.

Ray Epstein OAM, B Comm CA

  • Currently Chief Executive Officer of the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association and Australian Paralympic Committee Head Coach for Powerlifting
  • Represented Australia at 12 international competitions for weightlifting/powerlifting, including the Seoul and Barcelona Paralympic Games (was Team Captain for Barcelona)
  • Queensland Sporting Wheelies Coach of the Year 1998,2004, 2006
  • Awarded Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to people with a disability and the sport of weightlifting
  • Member of selection panel for 2008 Brisbane City Council Olympic Awards.

Bronwyn Thompson B Phty

  • Former Director Athletics Australia
  • Former Chair of Athletes Commission for Athletics Australia
  • Three time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008)
  • Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist 2006
  • Commonwealth Record, Long Jump.

Bruno Cullen

  • Chairman Queensland Country Credit Union Limited
  • Chairman Broncos Leagues Club Limited
  • Director Queensland Country Health Limited
  • Director Brisbane Broncos Limited
  • Fellow Australian Institute of Company Directors; Fellow Australian Mutuals Institute
  • Bruno Cullen has previously been Managing Director Brisbane Broncos Limited - 8 years
  • Previously Managing Director Queensland Country Credit Union Limited - 14 years
  • Various directorships of State and National Financial Institution Industry Boards (total of 34 years in that industry).

Naomi McCarthy OAM, BSc

  • Australian Women's Water Polo team member from 1994 through to 2004
  • Olympic gold medalist Sydney 2000
  • Representation at two Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, four World Championships and Four World Cups
  • 2001 named in top ten QAS athletes of the decade
  • AIS and QAS scholarship holder throughout career
  • Director of Womensport Queensland 2006 to 2010
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Held a variety of positions around project and event management.

Professor Brendan Burkett OAM, PhD Biomechanics

  • Paralympic Swimming Champion, World Champion, World Record holder, Commonwealth Games and Australian multiple medallist
  • 1988 Australia Day Sporting Award
  • 1997 Order of Australia Medal (OAM)
  • 1998 Ambassador for the Sydney Paralympic Games; 2000 Olympic torch relay member; 2000 Paralympic torch relay member; 2000 Australian Sports Medal recipient; and 2007 Queensland Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Awarded the Institution of Engineers Australia, Professional Engineer of the Year Award in 2000
  • Opening Ceremony Flag bearer at Sydney Paralympics in 2000
  • Currently Acting Dean - Faculty of Science, Health and Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast and Director of CHASE (Centre for Healthy Activities, Sport and Exercise), USC
  • Member of Australian Paralympic Swim team for the 2002 World Championships, the 2004 Paralympic Games, and 2006 World Championships
  • In 2008 was involved in the Prime Minister's 2020 Summit developing a "long-term health strategy"
  • Well recognised research in human health and performance, sports biomechanics and technology software developments in human health and performance
  • In 2009, awarded the Outstanding Service to Swimming Australia Award.

Wilma Shakespear AM

  • Has extensive experience in the development and administration of high performance sport with a background as an elite athlete and national coach in netball
  • Ms Shakespear was an inaugural member of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and was Head Coach for Netball, responsible for developing an innovative high performance program that allowed Australian Netball to dominate the sport internationally. She later became Manager Elite Sport at the AIS responsible for more than 30 sports programs.

Dr Geoffrey Allan - A/Deputy Director General Sport and Recreation Services takes on the role as ex-officio.