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, […]



