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Our Speakers & Advisory Board

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Kate Colvin

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness Australia

Zachariah Matysek

Chief Executive Officer

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association (NATSIHA)

Shaya Nettle

Alliance Senior Manager

Toward Home Alliance (SA)

Jane Barnes

Chief of Staff

Wintringham

Tina Ugle

Managing Director

Noognar Mia Mia

Nikki Schroder

Housing and Homelessness Reporting and Development Unit

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Leah Watkins

Senior Advisor Supportive Housing Impact & Advocacy

Housing Choices Western Australia

Ryan Ginard

Advocacy & Engagement

Minderoo Foundation

Ollie Ryan

Youth Family Violence Peer Worker

Amplify

Gemma Pitcher

Associate

Common Cause Australia

Nicole Peterman

Project Lead; The Priority Project

Mission Australia & Salvation Army

Leanne Moody

Case Manager

Anchor Community Care Ltd

Professor Cameron Parsell

Research Council Industry Fellow

Micah Projects

Stephen Simpson

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness QLD

Anke Jansen

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Housing First Nederland

Dom Rowe

Chief Executive Officer

Homelessness NSW

Lorraine Dupree

Executive Director

Queensland Youth Housing Coalition

Nick Lucchinelli

Director

Hortons Advisory

Jo Baillon

Manager Housing Services

MELI

Kate Reynor

Director

Centre for Equitable Housing

Scott McKeen

Chief Executive Officer

CAAPS Aboriginal Corporation

Charlotte Georgiou

Housing First Practice Lead

Unison

Paul McDonald

Chief Executive Officer

Anglicare Victoria

Kath Brackett

Director

Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)

Tim Cronin

Manager, Aboriginal Homelessness Reform

Aboriginal Housing Victoria

Hal Pawson

Professor, Housing Research and Policy; Associate Director

UNSW City Futures Research Centre

Samuel O’Connor MP

Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth

QLD Government

Neil Willmett

Chief Executive Officer

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Queensland

Ivan Simon PSM

Inaugural Chairperson

NATSIHA

Jackson Hills

Chief Executive Office

QShelter

Debra Zanella

Chief Executive Officer; Chair

RUAH; Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Fiona Millard

Senior Case Worker the Aspire Program

MELI

Dr Fiona Oates

Senior Lead Service Integration and Development

QShelter

Sarah Kingsbeer

Regional Manager

Bridge Housing

Assoc. Prof. David Mackenzie

Founding Chief Executive Office

Upstream Australia Ltd

Dr Jacqui Theobald

Senior Lecturer

La Trobe University

Tegan Haslam

Program Coordinator

Footprints Community Limited

Melissa Anderson

Casual Senior Research Assistant

University of Queensland

Frances Crimmins

Chief Executive Officer

YWCA Canberra

Catherine Robinson

Associate Professor in Communities and Social Justice Lead

Homelessness ColLAB, University of Tasmania

Mike Byrne

Regional Coordinator Northern Australia

NT Shelter

Darren Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Aboriginal Housing Victoria

Dr Chelsea Tobin

Chief Executive Officer

Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre

Michael Piu

Chief Executive Officer; Co-Chair; Board Member

St Patrick‘s Community Support Centre; Western Australia Alliance to End Homelessness; Homelessness Australia

Ewan Higgs

Housing Services Program Manager

Hobart City Mission

Anna Paris

Head of Youth Homelessness

Melbourne City Mission

Dr Tammy Hand

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Upstream Australia Ltd

Shorna Moore

Head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations

Home Time Campaign

Leanne Nicholson

Executive Manager; Youth & Homelessness Services

Anchor Community Care Ltd

Leanne Mitchell

Director

Leanne Mitchell Consulting; Churchill Fellow and Expert Advisor, Local Government and Homelessness

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