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Housing and Homelessness Forum

Hear from 45+ industry experts from across housing and homelessness sectors

Josh Burns MP
Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness
Department of Parliamentary Services
Rowena Johnston
Executive Leader NHIF CT
Housing Australia
Michele Adair
Managing Director
Housing Trust  
Alisi Tutuila
Chairperson
Aboriginal Housing Company
Louise Glanville
Commissioner
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
John Engeler
Chief Executive Officer
Shelter NSW
David Fisher
Chief Executive Officer
Housing Choices Australia
Cassi Strauss
Lived Experience Lead
Neami National
Kim Sinclair
Chief Executive Officer
SEARMS  
Gayle Mitchell
Acting Executive Director
Government of Western Australia Office of Homelessness, Department of Communities, Government of Western Australia
Leo Patterson Ross
Chief Executive Officer
Tenant’s Union of NSW 
Laura Valenti
Laura Valenti
Board Director
Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ)
Shane Jakupec
Senior Manager Operations
Neami National 
David Pearson
David Pearson
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Alliance to End Homelessness
Stu Cameron
Rev Stu Cameron
Chief Executive Officer
Wesley Mission
Tina Ugle
Tina Ugle
Managing Director
Noongar Mia Mia
Pattie Chugg
Chief Executive Officer
Shelter Tasmania
Annie Taylor
Annie Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
NT Shelter 
Jackson Hills
Acting Chief Executive Officer
Q Shelter
Trudi Ray
Chief Executive Officer
Haven Home Safe 
Bonnie Szymczak
Head of Impact
Haven Home Safe
Lacie White
Program Lead – Pathways
ICLA 
Bill Campos
Chief Executive Office
ICLA
Paul Coe
Paul Coe
Chief Executive Officer
Birribee Housing 
James King
James King
Chief Executive Officer
Unison
Paul Tommasini
Paul Tommasini
Chief Executive Officer
inCommunity Inc. 
Peter Dover
Chief Executive Officer, Senior Minister, Board Director
Salt Care
Daniel Laughton
Housing Manager
Salt Care
Alison Croall
Tharawal Housing
Aboriginal Corporation
Kath Flack-Crane
Service Manager
Neami National 
Nada Nasser
Nada Nasser
Chief Executive Officer
Women's Housing Company 
Toby Dean
Executive Director
Nightingale Housing
Asha Bhat
Asha Bhat OAM
Chief Executive Officer
Southern Aboriginal Corporation 
Martelle Gerts
Martelle Geurts
General Manager - Housing Homelessness and Employment
Social Futures 
Leonie Pickett
Coordinator
Noongar Mia Mia
James Hooper
Executive Director
Social Investors
Hannah Harvey
Executive Director Operations
Housing Choices Australia
Professor Cameron Parsell
School of Social Science
The University of Queensland
Kelly Chatfield
Manager Sector Development
Aboriginal Housing Office NSW
Leanne Mitchell
Director
Leanne Mitchell Consulting
John Macmillan
Chief Executive Officer
Yfoundations
Peter Brewer
Chair
Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ)
Kath Brackett
Director
Municipal Association of Victoria
Rodrigo Gutierrez
Community Capacity Building Manager
City of Parramatta
James Henry
Executive Group Director – Homes
Housing Choices Australia
Simon Byrnes
Lived Experience Coordinator
Yfoundations
Georgina Harrisson
Chief Executive Officer
AMPLIFY
Katie Feeney
Director Community Impact
End Street Sleeping Collaboration
Yassin Abdillahi
Service Manager of Inner Melbourne Crisis Accommodation
Launch Housing
Edgar Daly
Manager of Evidence and Innovation
Launch Housing
Kay Ayton
Team Leader
Moorditj Mia Program (Strong Home), Noongar Mia Mia Pty Ltd
Adam Thumpston
Tenancy Support Officer
Noongar Mia Mia/ Boola Moort
Shai Mikus
Senior Policy and Communications Officer
yfoundations