Brook Monahan

Christine Castley

Christine is the Chief Executive Officer of Multicultural Australia and Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council. She is also a member of the Queensland Theatre Board and the Advisory Board of the University of Queensland Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR).

She is an experienced executive with a strong track record of delivering significant reform and innovation projects, including for adult and youth criminal justice reform, disaster management response and recovery, and public sector ethics and integrity reform.

Christine’s previous roles include:

• Deputy Director-General, Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Deputy Director-General, Housing, Homelessness and Sport in the Department of Housing and Public Works.

Christine holds the following qualifications and professional memberships:

• Bachelor of Laws, The University of Queensland
• Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
• Postgraduate Diploma of Arts, The University of Queensland
• Master of Public Administration, The University of Queensland.

Connie McKee 

Colin Cassidy  

Fiona Caniglia  

Fiona is the Chief Executive Officer of Q Shelter.

She is an experienced leader in advocacy for the housing and homelessness sector and has held leadership roles in industry peak bodies and in grassroots community development. Fiona has extensive experience across government, community services and as a consultant and holds qualifications in social work and social planning.

Fiona’s previous roles include:

• Coordinator, New Farm Neighbourhood Centre
• Housing Analyst, Queensland Government
• Acting General Manager, Housing Services at Bric Housing
• Coordinator, Under 1 Roof.

Fiona holds the following qualifications and professional memberships:

• Graduate Certification of Social Planning, The University of Queensland
• Bachelor of Social Work, The University of Queensland.

Paul Spiro  

Sally Watson

Sally is the Chief Executive Officer at Shelter Housing Action Cairns and a board member at both Tenants Queensland and Youth Empowered Towards Independence (YETI).

She has extensive experience working in homelessness services across public and not-for-profit sectors.

Sally’s previous roles include:

• Lecturer in Social Work at James Cook University
• North Queensland Coordinator at Tenants Union of Queensland
• Executive Director at Homelessness Australia
• Board member of North Queensland Women’s Legal Service.

Sally holds the following qualifications and professional memberships:

• Bachelor of Social Work, The University of Queensland
• Master of Public Policy, Australian National University
• Bachelor of Laws, James Cook University.