Staff members

Katherine (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer
Katherine joined YACVic in May 2019 and has over 25 years’ diverse experience in senior positions across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, with extensive expertise in youth development policy and practice, organisational leadership, and cross-sector collaboration.
Katherine previously worked for six years in London as Director of Youth Affairs at the Commonwealth of Nations, working on youth empowerment policy and programming across 53 countries with governments, youth leaders and other stakeholders. Her career also includes five years leading and transforming the Reach Foundation, as well as periods consulting to other organisations such as Teach for Australia and the Foundation for Young Australians. Earlier, she spent over a decade in the private sector, working both in Australia and internationally in a variety of analysis, strategy and corporate social responsibility roles.
Katherine believes that it is vitally important to recognise young people as experts in their own lives, and make sure their unique needs and perspectives are at the heart of the policies, decisions and programs that affect them.
Katherine holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, a Master in e-Business, a Bachelor of Commerce, and a Diploma of Youth Work. She is also a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (AYAC).

Kirsty (she/her)
Corporate Services Manager

Derm (he/him)
Rural Manager

Karen (she/her)
Rural Development Coordinator Great South Coast

Rhiannon (she/her)
Rural Development Coordinator Southern Mallee

Laura (she/her)
Rural Affirmative Consent Project Officer

Riya (she/her)
Umbrella Project Officer

Carla (she/her)
Rural Disaster Resilience Program Coordinator

Sneha (she/her)
Rural Disaster Resilience Young Peer Worker

Fiona (she/her)
Youth Research Co-ordinator

Katia (she/her)
Media and Communications Coordinator

Briar (they/them)
Graphic Designer and Rural Rainbow Projects Officer

Jacob (they/them)
Junior Media & Communications Officer

Amy (she/her)
Junior Content Producer

Sam (he/him)
Participation and Development Manager

Jennifer (she/her)
Participation and Development Officer

Mazz (she/her)
YACVic YERP & Code Projects Coordinator

Nellie (she/her)
YACVic YERP Upgrade Project Officer

Finnley (they/them)
YACVic Participation and Development Administrative Officer & Code of Ethics Project Officer

Maya (she/her)
YACVic Lead Facilitator

Ruqia (she/her)
YACVic Lead Facilitator

Tom (he/him)
YACVic Young Peer Facilitator

Christopher (he/him)
YACVic Young Peer Facilitator

Rebecca (she/her)
YACVic Young Peer Facilitator

Nat (she/her)
HR Manager

Akshay (he/him)
Finance and Facilities Officer & Rural Administrative Officer

Jessica (she/her)
YACVic Affirmative Consent Young Peer Educator

Calvin (he/him)
YACVic Affirmative Consent Young Peer Educator

Mija (she/her)
YDAS Manager

Heather (she/they)
YDAS Human Rights Advocacy Manager

Simon (he/him)
YDAS Programs Coordinator

Stacey (she/her)
YDAS Communications Officer

Laura (she/her)
YDAS Communications Assistant

Jun (he/him)
YDAS Youth Engagement Officer

Haley (she/her)
YDAS Young Leaders Program Officer

Natalie (she/her)
YDAS Human Rights Advocacy Officer

Kelsey (she/her)
YDAS Human Rights Advocacy Officer & Young Leaders Program Facilitator

Is (they/them)
YDAS Together Program Assistant and Peer Facilitator

Bridget (she/her)
YDAS Together Facilitator

Ash (they/them)
YDAS Together Facilitator

Mac (he/him)
YDAS Together Facilitator

Safe (they/them)
YDAS Together & Young Leaders Facilitator

Alyce (she/her)
YDAS Young Leaders Facilitator
