The Lady Musgrave Trust 18th Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness
Stronger Together or Smarter Apart
Collaboration, competition and the choices that shape our sector
- Thursday, 6 August, 9am-4pm
- Room Three Sixty QUT Gardens Point Campus
The Lady Musgrave Trust 18th Annual Forum on Women and Homelessness
Stronger together or smarter apart
Collaboration, Competition and the Choices that Shape Our Sector
- Thursday, 6 August, 9am-4pm
- Room Three Sixty, QUT Gardens Point Campus
Dr Ingrid Burkett
Co-Director, The Good Shift
Dr Ingrid Burkett is Co-Director of The Good Shift, a women-led for-purpose enterprise supporting systems innovation work that contributes to green and just futures. Through The Good Shift, Ingrid works with communities, governments, industry and systems innovation collectives to grow the capabilities, conditions and infrastructure needed to support better futures for people, places and the planet.
Until November 2024, Ingrid was Professor and Director of the Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation at Griffith Business School, where she led work focused on accelerating transitions to regenerative and distributive futures. She remains an Adjunct Professor with Griffith Business School.
With qualifications in design, social work, economics and business, Ingrid has worked across Australia and internationally on complex challenges including place-based inequity, social procurement, impact finance, impact investment and local economic development. She has built five social businesses, contributed to policy and practice models across a range of sectors and led the design of major place-based initiatives including GROW, the Geelong Regional Opportunities for Work initiative.
Aimee McVeigh
Chief Executive Officer, QCOSS
Aimee McVeigh is Chief Executive Officer of QCOSS and a strong advocate for equality, opportunity and wellbeing for all Queenslanders. A community lawyer and human rights advocate, Aimee led the successful campaign for a Human Rights Act for Queensland.
Aimee has qualifications in communications and law, including a Master of Laws in International and Public Law from the University of Melbourne. Her legal work has focussed on human rights and discrimination, guardianship, estate planning, child protection and domestic and family violence.
Prior to joining QCOSS, Aimee held senior and advisory roles with organisations including the Disability Royal Commission, Disability Law Queensland and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Legal and Advocacy Service. She has also worked with a range of non-profit organisations across child protection, domestic and family violence, family and relationship services and disability services.
Aimee was a state finalist in the 2017 Australian of the Year Awards and a finalist for the 2019 Australian Human Rights Commission Human Rights Medal.
Dr Ellenah Mackie
General Manager, Sector Services, Department of Housing and Public Works
Dr Ellenah Mackie is General Manager, Sector Services at the Department of Housing and Public Works. She is an accomplished executive leader recognised for advancing social and economic outcomes through reform, innovation and strategic leadership.
With extensive senior leadership experience across government, Ellenah has led major projects, shaped policy and driven reform across complex systems. She is also the founder of the Women in Government Network.
Ellenah holds qualifications in behavioural science, arts and education, a Master of Business and a PhD in social and economic policy.
Fabian Webber
Program Development Manager, Roseberry Queensland and Community Lead, Central Queensland Zero Initiative
Fabian Webber is Program Development Manager at Roseberry Queensland and Community Lead for the Central Queensland Zero Initiative. He is a community-sector leader focused on driving systemic change across housing, health and homelessness in Central Queensland.
Through CQ Zero, Fabian champions data-driven, person-centred approaches to ending homelessness, combining Advance to Zero methodology with strong place-based collaboration. He also serves as Chair of the CQ Housing & Homelessness Alliance, working with local councils, health services, and government partners to strengthen coordination, influence policy and expand regional housing solutions.
Fabian brings extensive frontline and operational experience, including leading the ongoing operation of Jack’s House Youth Shelter, a crisis and transitional accommodation service for young people experiencing homelessness. His work combines on-the-ground insight with strategic leadership, with a focus on lived experience, cross-sector innovation and better systems for safer, more connected communities.
Rebecca Hinton
Practice Lead, QShelter
Rebecca Hinton is Practice Lead at QShelter, the peak body for the housing and homelessness sector in Queensland. She works as part of the Service Integration Initiative, supporting organisations to provide integrated systems responses for people experiencing homelessness.
Rebecca brings more than 10 years’ experience in the mental health sector, with a strong understanding of the intersections between housing, homelessness and wellbeing.
