Dagmar Schmidmaier

Dagmar is Non Executive Director and VP COTA NSW and member of the CHeBA Advisory Committee, UNSW Medicine. Dagmar was CEO and State Librarian of the State Library of NSW from 1995-2006. She was Director of the CEW Leaders Program for 14 years to 2022. She has worked in the university, government and private sector and has been a Director on not for profit Boards throughout her career including, member of Council of CEW, Chair of the Aurora Foundation Ltd, Chair of the War Widows’ Guild of Australia NSW Ltd, and Chair Course Advisory Group MIS University of Canberra. Dagmar was awarded an Order of Australia in 2004 and a Centenary Medal in 2003. The University of NSW awarded her a Doctor of Letters in 1999 and the University's Alumni Award for Arts/Law in 2006 and in 2023 she was included in the inaugural UNSW Celebrating Women Trail. Dagmar is profiled in ‘A Fair Go, Portraits of the Australian Dream’ by Wendy McCarthy AO. Focus Publishing, 1999.