Lynda has 20 years’ experience in community services, starting her career as a behaviour practitioner and then moved across to domestic violence support roles. The last 10 years Lynda has been in leadership roles across the homelessness and domestic violence sectors. She is committed to her role within these sectors and ensures through her leadership that change is made in working towards ending homelessness and minimising the impact of domestic and family violence within our communities. Lynda continually advocates for change at a local level and continues to raise awareness of homelessness and its impact across all levels of society. Lynda has written and been successful in grants which provide vital housing infrastructure to women and their children in regional NSW. She has embedded a culture of Housing First support models into the SHS and shares her knowledge across intersecting sectors. Lynda has a passion for neuropsychology and how trauma impacts people’s behaviour, which is all to common within the homelessness sector.