
Adongwot 'AD' Manyoul
South Sudanese Youth Advocate, Community Development Professional and (Bi-Cultural Consultant)

Shorna Moore
Head of Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations | Melbourne City Mission

Nicole Hucks
A/Children’s Commissioner of the Northern Territory

A/Prof. Jess Heerde
University of Melbourne

Stephen Nash
CEO Kids Under Cover

Prof. Brian Burdekin AO
Former Federal Human Rights Commissioner

Prof. Paul Flatau
Director of the Centre for Social Impact UWA

A/Prof. Catherine Robinson
Associate Professor University of Tasmania

Pam Barker
CEO Brisbane Youth Service

Trish Connolly
CEO Yfoundations

Liz Cameron-Smith
CEO Foyer Foundation

Keith Waters
CEO Youth Development Australia and the National Youth Commission

Tyrah Chan-Hampton
Youth Ambassador | The Foyer Foundation

Paul McDonald
CEO Anglicare Victoria

Aunty Jill Gallagher AO
CEO Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Maggie Toko
Commissioner of Lived Experience at Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

Carla Raynes
CEO Bridge It

Nada Nasser
Mission Australia State Director NSW, ACT and Victoria

The Hon Amanda Rishworth
Federal Member for Kingston, Minister for Social Services, Qualified Psychologist

Josh Burns MP
Federal Member for Macnamara. Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. Chair of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade.

Senator Jana Stewart
Senator for Victoria, Qualified Family Therapist, Former employee for the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency and the Child Protection System

Dr. Monique Ryan
Member for Kooyong, Former Director of the Neurology Department of the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne

Senator David Pocock
Independent Senator for the ACT Former Wallabies Rugby Captain and Brumbies Vice Captain

Donna Bennett
CEO Hope Street Youth and Family Services

Zoë Robinson
Advocate for Children and Young People
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Lisa Dalla–Zuanna
Executive Officer for Melbourne City Mission (MCM) Housing

Douschka Dobson
Senior Policy Advisor Officer at Melbourne City Mission (MCM) on Wurundjuri Country

Steve Bevington
Managing Director Community Housing LTD

Kyzar Jing
Mentor in Youth Justice at Confit. Lived Experience Advocate for Children and Young People inciting systemic change in NSW

Michelle Ackerman
Director of Youth Support Services at Youth off the Streets

Rebecca Maward
Research Specialist in Youth HomelessnessUniversity of Sydney, Research Centre for Children and Families NSW/ACT

Helen Waters Silvia
CEO Women’s and Girls’ Emergency Centre (WAGEC). Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Lee Carnie
Executive Director of Advocacy & Campaigns | Foundation for Young Australians

Justin Barker
CEO Youth Coalition of the ACT

Cindy Young
Senior Manager of Services at Conflict Resolution Service, ACT

Justene Gordon
CEO Burdekin Association

Richie Goonan
Executive Manager Community Health Youth Projects

Dawyte Hart-O’Neill
Founder Freedom Fight Project NT. National Youth Steering Committee Member

Prof. Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre

Leanne Nicholson
Head of Youth Homelessness Services | Melbourne City Mission (MCM)

A/Prof. David MacKenzie
Upstream Australia. University of South Australia

Elvis Martin
Youth, Diversity and Inclusion Advocate

Ash Cook
Youth Ambassador | Foyer Foundation

Dr. Tom McClean
Head of Research and Social Policy at Uniting ACT/NSW. A /Prof. Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney. A /Prof. Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University

Sharon Gough
CEO Indigo Junction. 2017 Churchill Fellowship Recipient. Board Director of Karlup Aboriginal Corporation and the Youth Affairs Council WA

Dianne Underwood
CEO Colony 47

Andrew Rich
The Salvation Army. Youth Services Oasis ACT

Rob Ellis
The Salvation Army, Victorian Youth Services State Manager

David Saint
Lived Experience Advocate for Homelessness and Mental Health Foyer Foundation Ambassador

Rebecca Mullins
CEO My Foundations Youth Housing Ltd

Brea Dorsett
Lived Experience Mentor and Advocate. Foyer Foundation Ambassador

Rebecca Oelkers
CEO BHC, one of the largest Community Housing Providers in Queensland

Michael Perusco
CEO Berry Street

Tracey John
AnglicareNT/ Regional Operations Manager, Katherine

Meena Singh
Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People in Victoria

Mariam Nagawa
Youth Worker at Independence Australia and a Support Worker at Mxycare

Leanne Acreman
General Manager for Housing and Complex Needs at Jesuit Social Services

Breanna Lee
Singer

Nicole Bartholomeusz
CEO cohealth

Emma Greenhalgh
CEO National Shelter

Dr. Todd Fernando
(he/him) Victorian Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities

Catherine Liddle
CEO of SNAICC – National Voice for our Children

Lavinna Farani
Young person with lived experience | The Salvation Army

Luis Montero
Young person with lived experience | The Salvation Army

Natalee O’Brien
National General Manager Youth Services | The Salvation Army

Anita McCurdy
Senior Manager, Shepparton Youth Foyer and Better Futures | Berry Street

Tony Piccolo
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union

Paul Healey
Victorian Secretary | Health and Community Services Union

Stephanie Thuesen
Projects and Political Liaison Officer | Health & Community Services Union

Di Mahoney
Service Delivery Director Brisbane Youth Service

Jason Juretic
CEO Stepping Stone House

Belinda Tominc
Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Young People's Health Service

Wendy Hayhurst
CEO Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA)

Alison Cole
Manager at Youth Housing Project (YHP), President at Homelessness Qld (formally Council to Homeless Persons QLD)

Dot Henning
Youth Health Nurse Practitioner and a Midwife

Leanne Mitchell
Manager of Community Strengthening and Social Planning Brimbank City Council

Maria Dimopoulos AM
Chairperson | Safe & Equal

Kate Colvin
CEO Homelessness Australia

Lorraine Dupree
Queensland Youth Housing Coalition’s Executive Director

Luke Twyford
Principal Commissioner | Queensland Family and Child Commission

Vijaya Vaidyanath
CEO Homes Melbourne

Gerard Dwyer
SDA National Secretary-Treasurer

Ray Blessing
CEO TaskForce

The Hon Colin Brooks MP
Victorian Minister for Housing

Lisa O’Brien
Senior Manager | Youth and Family Homelessness Services

Mo O’Meara
Founder | MOHOW

Kaitlyne Bowden
Rainbow Tick Project Officer | Berry Street

Prof. Andrew Beer
Executive Dean of UniSA Business

Shannon Thorne
NSW Aboriginal Advocate for Children and Young People

Dominique Rose
Youth Consultant, Policy Advisor, and Advocate

Joe Ball
(he/him) CEO Switchboard Victoria

Alvin Hava
General Manager | Mithangkaya Nguli Young People Ahead Youth and Community Services Indigenous Corporation

Vicki Sutton
CEO Melbourne City Mission (MCM)

Zali Stegall
Independent MP

Danielle Mason
Lived Experience Advisory Group member | MCM

Jon Swain
Homelessness Manager at the City of Sydney
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