Conference
speakers

Kimberley Donovan

General Manager (North Coast)
New Horizons

Krystal Donovan

First Nations Ambassador
New Horizons

Rob Holt

Service User
Dom’s Place

Rebecca Holton

Practice Manager Homelessness
Catholic Care Diocese of Broken Bay

Alejandro Vasquez Hernandez

Clinical Research Coordinator
Homeless Health Service, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Greg Davies

Director
The Insight Partnership

Lacy Barron

Associate Manager
The Insight Partnership

Kate Colvin

CEO
Homelessness Australia

Tom Faulkner

Aboriginal Health Worker
Homeless Health Service

Cameron Barrack

Program Manager Homelessness & Outreach
The Salvation Army

Hon Rose Jackson MLC

Minister for Housing, Homelessness, Youth, Mental Health and Water

Matt Larkin

Homeless Health Service Manager
St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney

Glenn Miller

Peer Support Worker
St Vincents Homeless Outreach Team

Niki Gill

Operations Manager – North Coast Communities
Uniting

Karen Walsh

Consultant

Leilani Farha

Global Director
The Shift

Ms Marisa Moliterno

Manager of Women’s Advocacy – Advocacy Research and Policy Unit
Community Restorative Centre
Australia

Miss Claire McMahon

Training Coordinator – Advocacy Research and Policy Unit
Community Restorative Centre
Australia

Ms Jenny Holmes

Program Manager
WAGEC
Australia

Mr Jeff Amatto

CEO and Founder
More Cultural Rehabs Less Jails
Australia – Wiradjuri

Mr Kaine Duroux

Senior Case Worker Brothers Healing
The Salvation Army
Australia – Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr

Mr Sam Puleiku

Program Manager
Mission Australia – RESET4Youth
Australia

Caroline Hood

Former CEO, Clinical Social Worker
Independent
United States and Australia

Mr Aaron More

Co-Founder
StrongMinds
Australia

Mr Steve Morris

co-Founder StrongMinds
StrongMinds
Australia

Mr Natham Oppy

Lived Experience/Peer Support Worker
The Salvation Army
Australia

Mr Casey Barker

Lived Experience Peer Support Worker
The Salvation Army
Australia – Surry Hills NSW

Chris Hartley

Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre
University of New South Wales
Australia

Ms Erin Longbottom

Nursing Unit Manager, Homeless Health Service
St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney
Australia

Ms Wendy Francis

Board Director and Homeshare Development Officer
HANZA Homeshare Australia and New Zealand Alliance
Australia

Amira Karam

Case Manager: Missionbeat
Mission Australia
Australia

Ms Nissa Phillips

Hunter Homeshare Coordinator
Embrace People and Place
Australia

Dr John Ward

Vice-President
Hunter Ageing Alliance
Australia

Magdalena Liso

Area Manager Northern Sydney
Mission Australia
Australia

Sarah Kingsbeer

Regional Manager North
Bridge Housing
Australia

Emma Barnett

Clinical Nurse Specialist
SVH: Homeless Health
Australia

Ms Victoria Baird

Impact Measurement & Evaluation Specialist
Mission Australia
Australia

Mr Trevor Gibbs

Manager – Homelessness Support
Mallee Accommodation & Support Program Ltd
Australia

Mrs Amy Cupper

Director of Practice
Mallee Accommodation and Support Program
Australia

Paul Clenaghan

Program Director Homelessness
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown
Australia

Mr Gregory Robinson

Director of Client Services
Mallee Accommodation and Support Program
Australia

Ms Manda Rochester

Program Manager, Helping Children Heal
Womens and Girls Emergency Centre
Australia

Ms Kim Campbell

Director System Design
Homes NSW
Australia

Genavieve Sakr

Programs Manager
Lou’s Place
Australia

Amanda Greaney

CEO
Lou’s Place
Australia

Ms Mekhala Wrightson

Nurse Unit Manager RPA Virtual Urgent Care, Team Leader/ LHD nurse Marrickville and Waterloo Street Side Medics clinics.
Sydney Local Health District
Australia

Ms Joanne Plowes

Clinical Manager
Street Side Medics
Australia

Ms Yvette Doyle

Manager, Homelessness Sector Design & Stewardship
Homes NSW
Australia

Ms Lynda Townsend

Manager of Homelessness & Domestic Violence Support
Sora Community Services
Australia

Ms Rebecca Mawad

Program Officer, Homelessness Sector Design & Stewardship
Homes NSW
Australia

Ms Leanne Akiki

Operations Manager
Street Side Medics
Australia

Ms Charmaine Jones

Project Manager, StreetCare
Justice and Equity Centre
Australia

Dr Deb Batterham

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, HHAUS
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia

Ms Suzanne Naden

CEO
Bungree Aboriginal Association
Australia

Assoc.Prof. Catherine Robinson

Associate Professor in Communities and Social Justice
University of Tasmania
Australia

Melina Matthia

Trafficking and Slavery Safe House Program Manager
The Salvation Army
Australia

Dom Rowe

CEO
Homelessness NSW

David Pearson

Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Tess McGregor

Homelessness NSW

Jessica O’Brien

Homelessness NSW

TBC

The Insight Partnership

Horatio O’Shea 

Sydney Therapeutic Practice

TBC

Bushland Management

Professor Lisa Wood

Lead – Home2Health
Notre Dame University

Juha Kaakinen

Professor of Practice
University of Tampere

Dr Tim English

Senior Lecturer – Heat and Health
University of Sydney

Matt Downie MBE

CEO
Crisis UK

Ms Kim Taylor

Communications & Impact Manager
Dignity

Joan Hughes

Chair
NSW Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing (MACA)

Jon Swain

Homelessness Manager, City of Sydney
2024 Churchill Fellow

Angela Whitby

General Manager Integrated Services
CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay

Yumi Lee

CEO
Older Women’s Network

Famey Williams

CEO
Aboriginal Housing Office