I have over 35 years experience engaging with marginalised people and families experiencing breakdown and trauma. I am a social worker, family therapist and a grief and loss counsellor, with a Masters in Social Work and I am currently completing my doctorate in this discipline. In January 2010 I became a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. I serve on a number of government committees that work to promote a more just society and contribute to the health and wellbeing of members of our community. I am also a member of the International Working Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement.I am a member of a number of national and international Jesuit commissions and working groups across areas of justice, education, social ministry and ecology. I am passionate about finding ways to give practical expression to my social justice values, about exploring the most effective means to build a more just society and promoting a values-based model of leadership.Professional Networks• Member, Social Justice Committee, Myer Foundation• Member, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare• Member, Ministerial Advisory Committee for Vulnerable Children and Families • Member, International Working Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement• Member, Ministerial Juvenile Justice Roundtable• Member, Juvenile Justice Group Conferencing Advisory Committee.Accreditations• Family Therapist (Clinical member of VAFT)• Accredited Loss and Grief Counsellor• Accredited Supervisor.