
Program Advisory Committee
The Program Advisory Committee includes a range of stakeholders and experts to help inform a program that will resonate with the NHC’s diverse group of delegates.
We are delighted to welcome and thank NHC 2019 Program Advisors:
- Anthony Smeaton, AHURI, Head of Marketing and Communications (Chair)
- Christine Fitzgerald, NT Department of Local Government, Housing and Community Development, Executive Director, Strategy, Policy and Performance
- Phil Fagan-Schmidt, Housing Policy Expert and Adviser to NHC 2019, formerly Housing SA, Executive Director
- Sid Naikar, Federal Department of Social Services, Branch Manager Housing Policy
- John Patterson, APONT, Chief Executive Officer
- Leeane Caton, Yilli Rreung Aboriginal Corporation, Chief Executive Officer
- Peter McMillian, NT Shelter, Executive Officer
- Stuart Lummis, BHC, Chief Executive Officer
- Roslyn Chivers, Australian Local Government Association, Executive Director, Policy and Research
- Adrian Pisarski, National Shelter, Executive Director
- Marion Bennett, Mission Australia, Executive Practice Quality and Performance
- Kate Colvin, Council to Homeless Persons (Vic), Deputy CEO
- Jon Ross, Westpac, Head of Public Sector,
- James Kennedy, JLL Australia, National Director – NSW
- Associate Professor Daphne Habibis, University of Tasmania, Associate Professor
- Associate Professor Vivienne Milligan, University of New South Wales, Senior Visiting Fellow
- Dr Anne Badenhorst, AHURI, Housing Research Director