Leadership team
Julie Duncan A passionate advocate for finding people homes and supporting people to keep a home and build a future, Julie has led Catherine House for the past 5 years. With a focus on securing long-term operational sustainability and a deep commitment to delivering more for women, Julie is currently overseeing the transformation to New Generation Catherine House – a flagship project re-imagining the delivery of accommodation and support for women experiencing homelessness in South Australia. As the National Director of Supportive Services in the Housing Choices Group, Julie leads the supportive housing responses for the Group, including Common Ground Adelaide, supportive housing programs in Western Australia, and a National Tenancy Support Service. Prior to this, for nearly a decade, Julie was the General Manager of Housing Choices South Australia, overseeing two mergers, a social housing stock management transfer, and portfolio expansion from 192 properties to over 1,100 properties. Connecting homelessness responses to housing solutions is a driving passion. Julie holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Graduate Certificate in Housing
Management and Policy, a Graduate Diploma in Urban and Regional Planning, and a Graduate Certificate in Business Management. Deirdre Flynn Deirdre’s personal values of social justice, integrity, and authenticity, along with her compassionate, reflective mindset, continue to provide the impetus to create change and opportunity for women not adequately supported and protected by society. In her current role as Manager of Client Services at Catherine House, Deirdre has been able to influence the standards and ethos of all client services, creating a culture where clients are able to understand their past in ways that reveal their strengths, skills, and purpose for their future, enabling new meaning to be made of and in their lives. Over a 20-year career, Deirdre has held key leadership roles in organisational oversight, service design, strategic and operational work, WHS, quality, risk management, and recruitment. Deirdre holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Social Work, and an Advanced Diploma of Community Sector Management.
L–R: Jaylee Cooper, Julie Duncan, Deirdre Flynn
Jaylee Cooper Jaylee has worked in the not-for-profit sector for more than 20 years and has a deep passion to make a difference in the community. Working across both small and large not-for-profits in South Australia, she has a deep understanding of the ongoing challenges charities face, particularly in the areas of day-to-day operations, finance, risk management, funding, and brand management.
She believes in the importance of having a strategic approach that aims to include positive government and supporter relationships, staff and volunteer satisfaction, financial and risk management, best practice fundraising, sustainability, and, importantly, growth. Jaylee is a fellow of the Governor’s Leadership Foundation.
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