John McDonald

As a father and grandfather, CEO and founding member of ProActive Resolutions, and as someone with an insatiable curiosity about the human experience, John has a clear commitment to working with individuals and organisations wanting to build a better world. His background includes ten years in education, time as a manager in a large Community Centre, a decade with the NSW Police Service, a coordinating role with the Australian Federal Police and the Australian National University in Australia’s first Randomised Controlled Trial in the social sciences, and now twenty years in a leadership role at ProActive ReSolutions.

The character of Jack in the Jack Manning Trilogy of plays written by Australia’s foremost playwright David Williamson, and the multiple-award winning feature film Face to Face directed by Michael Rymer, is based on John and his work in conflict transformation and restorative justice. In working with clients in the government, corporate, academic, community and faith-based sectors in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, John has a unique capacity to listen-in to people’s concerns and aspirations and help transform those aspirations into reality. When not working, John is an aging triathlete, surfer and avid reader.