Executive Manager, Finance and Company Secretary Jeff is a qualified accountant with some 45 years experience in financial operations, management accounting, project management, general management and administration. Most of this experience having been gained in senior executive finance positions in the public sector. Additionally, Jeff has substantial experience in major project work and business strategy […]
Executive Manager, Community Programs and Odyssey Institute Neos is a registered psychologist and has worked in the alcohol and other drug field for over 30 years.Neos oversees the Odyssey Community Services and the Odyssey Institute (Training Unit). Odyssey 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 18 years of experience in the drug and alcohol sector as a clinician, researcher, and manager. He is currently the CEO of Odyssey House Victoria and the immediate past President of the Victorian Alcohol and other Drug Association. Stefan has worked as […]
Director of Development 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, […]