Ed has over 40 years’ experience as a management, branding and communications consultant in Australia/Asia Pacific region. He has a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Monash University (Australia). Born in the UK, Ed started his career in Australia as a Brand Manager with Unilever before starting his own ad agency, Burrows Doble Lawrence. Another Melbourne-based role […]
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A board member since 1996, Ms Allsop has previous experience as an honorary juvenile probation and community corrections officer, Independent Third Person (ITP) with the Office of the Public Advocate and over 22 years as a bail justice. She has participated in honorary community work with the Moonee Valley City Council as a member of […]
Chair Jenny Macklin served 23 years as the Federal Member for Jagajaga and was the first woman to become the Deputy Leader of a major Australian political party. She was the Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party from 2001-2006 and Senior Vice President of the Australian Labor Party. Jenny served as the Minister […]
Executive Manager Practice Excellence Neos is a registered psychologist and has worked in the alcohol and other drug field for over 30 years. Neos oversees the Odyssey Victoria Community Services and the Odyssey Institute (Training Unit). Odyssey Victoria Community Services offers a range of programs targeted to Alcohol and Other Drug Users and their families. […]
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Stefan Gruenert is a registered psychologist with more than 25 years of experience in the drug and alcohol sector as a clinician, researcher, and manager. He is currently the CEO of Odyssey Victoria and a Board member of the Victorian Council of Social Service and the Victorian Alcohol and other Drug […]
Chief Operating Officer Janet was born in Liverpool, England and migrated to Australia in 1998. Janet has worked in Fundraising and Development in the not-for-profit sector for more than 20 years. Originally from a corporate background, she entered not-for-profits in 1994 becoming the CEO of Liverpool One Parent Families Trust. Janet was also on the […]
The Federal Member for Gippsland, Darren Chester MP and Loy Yang B Power Station – Alinta Energy Australia General Manager, Tony Hicks, marked the formal sod turning for the Hope Restart Centre (HRC) being built in Gippsland. HRC Chair, Peter Down, and State Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull MP and many others attended. Darren Chester […]
When people come to Odyssey House for help and enter our residential rehabilitation program, almost all have neglected their physical health for some time. The daily toll of addiction can have an enormous physical and mental effect on a person’s body. Even if a person has made the transition onto medicated drug replacement (pharmacotherapy) such as Methodone, […]