Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace is the CEO of the Stand Like Stone Foundation and a long‑time Limestone Coast community leader with more than 20 years’ experience working in regional South Australia. His career spans journalism, community services and philanthropy, with a strong focus on social impact, inclusion and place‑based decision‑making.

Jason began his career as a regional journalist, later becoming editor of The Border Watch, where he developed a deep understanding of regional issues and the power of storytelling to build empathy and galvanise change. His commitment to strengthening communities deepened during seven years in communications and community engagement roles with ac.care, working to support people experiencing homelessness, young people in care and vulnerable families. He also coordinated the Limestone Coast Support Homeless People Luncheon in 2023 and 2025, raising around $130,000 at each event to boost local impact.

In his current role at Stand Like Stone, Jason leads one of Australia’s strongest regional community foundations, stewarding a growing endowment to fund long‑term, locally led solutions.

Jason’s background in collaboration and amplifying regional voices mirrors the conference’s focus on connection, capacity and collective action across diverse regional stakeholders.

Raised on a small family dairy farm in western Victoria and now deeply embedded in the Limestone Coast, Jason brings lived regional experience, strategic leadership and a passion for community‑led change to the SIITR Advisory Committee.