Conference
speakers

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

TBC

The Insight Partnership

Horatio O’Shea 

Sydney Therapeutic Practice

Lucy Burgmann

Housing First NSW

Joan Hughes

Chair
Ministerial Advisory Council for Older People

Angela Whitby

General Manager Integrated Services
CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay

Yumi Lee

CEO
Older Women’s Network

Famey Williams

CEO
Aboriginal Housing Office