With close to 35 years community sector experience in practitioner and executive roles. Jody has extensive managerial, analytical, strategic positioning, planning, program implementation, fiscal and people management and program and policy development expertise.

Further, Jody has filled senior Ministerial and State Peak body executive roles providing high level advice, direction and input into significant systemic reforms and Policy across the sector and Government. Including disability, mental health, housing, youth, aged care, community health and the NDIS from model development to implementation.

As a Specialist Support Coordinator and Rehabilitation Counsellor, Jody combines her wealth of technical and Practitioner experience together with her sector knowledge, extensive professional networks and passion for working with individuals to fully embody client directed care, to support positive life outcomes with her clients.

Jody has a number of qualifications including a Doctorate of Public Health, degrees in Law, Psychology and Rehabilitation Counselling, a Master of Health Sciences, and a Master of Health Administration (Health focused MBA Program).

Jody also holds Yoga Teacher Certification and is a devoted Yogi of over 20 Years.