EXECUTIVE TEAM
The Executive Team is the primary decision-making group responsible for operationalising strategy and
delivering results.
The CE and Executive Team are empowered by the Board to manage VSS by:
• advising and informing the Board in its governance role
• working with the Board to reach agreed strategic and business outcomes within the appropriate
budgetary and financial framework
• managing all of the day-to-day affairs and activities of the organisation within the Board-endorsed
strategic, policy, risk, people and financial framework
• attracting, motivating and retaining suitably qualified senior managers and staff to deliver programs and
services
• providing reports, analysis and recommendations to the Board to inform strategy and progress against
strategy and
• implementing Board decisions and directives.
Julian Roffe
Nyembe Kalua
Key Responsibilities:
• Strategic and Business
Planning
• Organisational Performance
• Board Reporting
Key Responsibilities:
• Finance and Assets
• Organisational Development
• Human Resources
Jodie Sloan
Louise Bastian
Key Responsibilities:
• Helpdesk
• Counselling Services
• Regional Services
• Staying Home Staying Safe
• Royal Commission Support
Service
• Family Safety Framework
• Volunteer Services
Key Responsibilities:
• New revenue streams
• Branding and Marketing
• Stakeholders and members
Chief Executive
Appointed: 2013
Manager - Client Services and
Deputy Chief Executive
Appointed: 2007
Katherine McLachlan
Manager - Quality & Research
Appointed: 2015
Key Responsibilities:
• Quality Assurance
• Research
• Advocacy
• Community education and
training
• Media
• Resource Centre
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Manager - Corporate Services
Appointed: 2008
Manager - Business Development
& Communications
Appointed: 2014
Debra Spizzo
Manager - Legal Services
Appointed: 2015
Key Responsibilities:
• Women’s Domestic Violence
Court Assistance Service
• In-house counsel