Keynote Session Speakers
Keynote Session
Inclusion
Danielle Manton
Danielle Manton (BA Dip Ed, MA Comm Mtg and current PhD Candidate) is a proud Barunggam woman and member of the Darug community. She is a Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Teaching and Learning at the University or Technology, Sydney. Danielle is passionate about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing through self-determination, healthcare equity and healthcare access. Danielle works extensively with community to develop and implement strategies to influence positive change in these areas. She is a Director on the Board of the Aboriginal Drug Residential Rehabilitation Network (ADARRN), and through this role has worked with ADARRN member organisations, community, and stakeholders to develop, implement, and evaluate the ADARRN Model of Care.
Peter Sciascia
Pete joined Odyssey Auckland in early 2021 as Kaiwhakahaere Tikanga and has now taken up the role of Pou Matua - Cultural Strategy and Relationships Lead. He has a strong background in Mātauranga Māori from working in Māori tertiary education spaces with te Wananga-o-Raukawa and Ngāi Tahu Iwi.
Fiona Trevelyan
Fiona Trevelyan, CEO, Tumuaki Rangatira. People first drew Fiona to her work at Odyssey Auckland in 2002. People – tāngata whai ora and staff - drew her back in 2016 for the role of CEO. Fiona loves how our pillars – trust, honesty, responsibility, concern, and love – are integral to everything we do, and part of the organisation’s DNA.
Besides working in the alcohol and other drug sector for many years, Fiona brings a life-long commitment to supporting stronger relationships among whānau and in communities. She believes our purpose is about connection to others.
Teguh Syahbahar
Teguh Syahbahar is the Manager of Multicultural Programs at Odyssey House NSW and leads Odyssey’s Cultural and Linguistic Diverse (CALD) specialist program empowering CALD communities to support primary prevention, foster community resilience and access culturally appropriate AOD care. Teguh is also an Adjunct Associate Lecturer at NDARC contributing to an important body of research focused on substance use in CALD communities. He has spent the last three years engaging at a grass roots level providing AOD treatment for people from CALD communities across South-West and Western Sydney. Teguh is passionate in improving the long-term health and recovery outcomes for people seeking support. Teguh holds qualifications in Exercise and Health Science, a Master of Rehabilitation Counselling and is currently completing a Master of Addictive Behaviours.
Winifred Asare-Doku
Dr. Winifred Asare-Doku is a Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. She is the Project Evaluation Coordinator leading the National Kava Importation Pilot Program; evaluating the impact of change in the policy and its associated social, cultural, economic and health outcomes. Her research interests focus on alcohol & other drugs, mental health and well-being, gender studies, and evaluation of programs and services.
Chris Keyes
Chris Keyes is Deputy CEO at NADA, where she leads on AOD sector policy and advocacy. Chris has worked in government and non-government healthcare settings in Australia and the UK, including occupational therapy, mental health and peak body positions. Her background includes organisational leadership, planning and performance, workforce development and commissioning. Chris has supported implementation of various sector and workforce development initiatives that build AOD service capacity to effectively respond to the needs of priority populations.
Stella Settumba Stolk
Dr Stella Settumba Stolk is a research fellow and health economist at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. Her expertise is in the use of applied empirical methods in health economics and health policy, and mixed research methods, to aid decision making in the uptake and development of health interventions to ensure economic returns on investment. Her evaluation research focuses on interventions to reduce AOD harm among priority populations including people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Indigenous Australians, and people in contact with the criminal justice systems.
Tim Flora
Tim Flora is the Manager of the Therapeutic Community (TC) in Lower Plenty for Odyssey House Victoria. Tim has worked at the TC for over 15 years as a Therapist, Senior Therapist and Manager and has a strong belief in the Therapeutic Community model of care. Tim is passionate about working collaboratively with the various stakeholders in AOD to ensure excellent client outcomes across the treatment lifecycle
Ti Hunt
Ti Hunt is the Senior Trainer of the Therapeutic Community in Lower Plenty for Odyssey House Victoria. They were on the Implementation Team of OHV’s successful Rainbow Tick accreditation project, focusing on Residential Services. They have worked in therapeutic communities for over 7 years, including WHOS. Ti is a member of the Victorian Pride Centre’s Pride in Action Leadership Program and VAADA’s Sex, Sexuality and Gender Diverse AOD Worker Network. They are a passionate advocate of developing the LGBTQIA+ workforce and improving equitable access in mainstream services.
Keynote Session
Innovation
Zeddy Chaudhry
Zeddy's role as Program Manager – Social Recovery at Odyssey Auckland, supports services to embed and utilise innovative and evidence-based approaches. She moved to Aotearoa, New Zealand after attending the Cutting Edge Conference 2018, where she fell in love with the culture, sector, and country. Previously she was studying in the U.K. under the supervision of Professor David Best who oversees the social model of recovery research at Odyssey. Learnings from a BSc Criminology Psychology and MSc Psychology compliment over ten years’ experience working with people in criminal justice settings, addiction recovery in community and prison-based settings, and with children in care.
Workshop
Lived and Living Experience Workforce: exploring opportunities in Therapeutic Communities.
Clare Davies
Clare Davies is the CEO of Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC). SHARC is a peer-led organisation that has co-produced programs to support people impacted by alcohol and other drugs and, more recently, gambling. Although the influence of lived experience is increasingly recognised in Australia, SHARC has been promoting and advocating for lived experience through services, programs, and policies for more than 25 years. Clare joined SHARC in 2022 having held leadership positions in the non-profit sector for over 15 years. She has qualifications in social work, psychology, AOD work, and is a current board member of the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA).
Daria Healy-Aarons
Daria is currently a Senior Advisor in the Lived Experience Branch of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Division at Department of Health, Victoria. She has previously worked at SHARC/APSU and Australian Drug Foundation on programs and projects that centred the voices and perspectives of people with Lived/Living Experience and has worked as a Lead Organiser at United Voice and Victorian Trades Hall Council, leading industrial and community organising campaigns to build power and leadership in marginalised communities and win professional recognition, better pay and safer working conditions for women, migrant and low-paid workers. Now working in the Lived Experience Branch as Senior Advisor – AOD Consumer, Daria works to embed Lived & Living Experience perspectives in the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System and Victorian AOD/MH systems more broadly. Besides working in the alcohol and other drug sector for many years, Fiona brings a life-long commitment to supporting stronger relationships among whānau and in communities. She believes our purpose is about connection to others.
Keynote Session
Impact
Judge Jane Mottley
Judge Jane Mottley commenced her career in the Petty Sessions Branch of Attorney General’s Department in 1979. In 1988 she completed her Bachelor of Laws at UTS. After receiving her degree, she was employed as a Legal Officer with the NSW State Crime Commission and Legal Aid NSW. In 2000 she was appointed as a Magistrate of the Local Court. During 2001-2004 she was also a Children’s Magistrate. In 2009 she was appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate, an appointment she held until her resignation in 2021. While Deputy Chief Magistrate her Honour was also appointed as Part-time Member of the Law Reform Commission working on Bail, Sentencing & Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas. In 2017 she was appointed as a Judge of the Drug Court of NSW & in 2021 as Senior Judge.
Sharon Dawe
Sharon Dawe has an international reputation and extensive research track record in addiction, mental health, child maltreatment and assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders. (H Index 51; citations >9,200; top 1% of professors benchmarked against Australian GO8 Universities). She has been working in the field of substance misuse and mental health for over 30 years on a range of clinical interventions for substance misuse, high risk families and child maltreatment. Her most recent work focuses on the interplay between early childhood adversity and exposure to trauma and parenting with a focus on assessment and models of care for neurodevelopmental disorders. She has co-developed the award-winning Parents under Pressure program in collaboration with Paul Harnett. In 2000 she was appointed as a Magistrate of the Local Court. During 2001-2004 she was also a Children’s Magistrate. In 2009 she was appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate, an appointment she held until her resignation in 2021. While Deputy Chief Magistrate her Honour was also appointed as Part-time Member of the Law Reform Commission working on Bail, Sentencing & Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas. In 2017 she was appointed as a Judge of the Drug Court of NSW & in 2021 as Senior Judge.
Melanie Walker
Melanie Walker is CEO of the Australian Alcohol and other Drugs Council. Prior to taking up this role, Melanie was Chief of Staff to the ACT’s Deputy Chief Minister. She has also been CEO of the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League, a consultant in the ACT AOD sector, Deputy CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia and a senior public servant in the Australian Government Departments of Health and Human Services and ACT Health. Prior to that, Melanie was coordinator of an AOD service in the ACT, an adviser to a former ACT Chief Minister and Senator for QLD, as well as having worked with the former Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia and as a broadcast journalist. In 2000 she was appointed as a Magistrate of the Local Court. During 2001-2004 she was also a Children’s Magistrate. In 2009 she was appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate, an appointment she held until her resignation in 2021. While Deputy Chief Magistrate her Honour was also appointed as Part-time Member of the Law Reform Commission working on Bail, Sentencing & Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas. In 2017 she was appointed as a Judge of the Drug Court of NSW & in 2021 as Senior Judge.
Seminar
TCs - Reducing Recidivism
Judge Warwick Hunt
As a solicitor, Judge Warwick Hunt worked variously in private practice and at the Aboriginal Legal Service and Legal Aid NSW. He specialised, first, in civil litigation and then was among the earliest cohort to be accredited by the NSW Law Society as a specialist in criminal law. After some years sitting on various Tribunals from 1995, his Honour was appointed in 2000 as Local Court and Children’s Court Magistrate, sitting principally in the Illawarra and Campbelltown areas. His Honour was called to the Bar in 2007, practising at Forbes Chambers. He specialised in jury and appellate work, inquests, child protection and medical disciplinary law. His Honour served on Bar Council and numerous other Bar Association committees. In 2016, his Honour was appointed to the District Court of NSW sitting almost exclusively in crime in both metropolitan and regional Courts. He sits on the District Court’s Education Committee and is often asked to speak on Advocacy and Ethics. Since July 2022, his Honour is the principal Judge sitting in the Court’s Walama List, an innovative program designed to address over-representation of First Nations in custody and before the criminal justice system. Before accepting that role, his Honour served for some years as a director of Weave Youth and Community Services.
Keynote Session
Sustainability
Peter Kelly
Peter Kelly is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Wollongong, where he is the Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities. His research is focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based approaches within substance use treatment settings. He regularly works with government and non-government organisations across Australia. He is the Co-Director of an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence: Meaningful Outcomes in Substance Use Treatment. Across his career he has published over 140 articles and book chapters, with his work being funded by the NHMRC, ARC, Heart Foundation, Cancer Institute NSW and NSW Health. In 2000 she was appointed as a Magistrate of the Local Court. During 2001-2004 she was also a Children’s Magistrate. In 2009 she was appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate, an appointment she held until her resignation in 2021. While Deputy Chief Magistrate her Honour was also appointed as Part-time Member of the Law Reform Commission working on Bail, Sentencing & Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas. In 2017 she was appointed as a Judge of the Drug Court of NSW & in 2021 as Senior Judge.
Sally Nathan
Associate Professor Sally Nathan is a public health social scientist at UNSW Sydney who actively partners with non-government organisations, including the Aboriginal Community Controlled (ACC) sector to improve health equity. The focus of much of her research is young people with complex needs, disadvantaged groups and communities. Sally’s research involves the use of multiple methods to examine complex psychological, behavioural, community and socio-political change, including arts-based methodologies and methods. She has published research using linked data, surveys and qualitative methods including from studies investigating the outcomes from residential AOD treatment programs for young people.In 2000 she was appointed as a Magistrate of the Local Court. During 2001-2004 she was also a Children’s Magistrate. In 2009 she was appointed as Deputy Chief Magistrate, an appointment she held until her resignation in 2021. While Deputy Chief Magistrate her Honour was also appointed as Part-time Member of the Law Reform Commission working on Bail, Sentencing & Early Appropriate Guilty Pleas. In 2017 she was appointed as a Judge of the Drug Court of NSW & in 2021 as Senior Judge.