Vinnies CEO Sleepout – June 21, 2012

With almost half of all homeless people being female, the involvement of strong female business leaders in Vinnies CEO Sleepout helps give a voice to this often forgotten face of homelessness. You can nominate your CEO (male or female!) to rise to the challenge, or donate to another participant at The CEO Sleepout.

Nikki is the founder and Managing Director of Beaumont Consulting and possesses over 22 years experience in the recruitment field. “This will be my 4th Year sleeping out, I wouldn’t be doing again if I didn’t get a lot out of it and really feel that I can make a difference.”

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Cassandra is Joint CEO of the independent advisory firm, Pottinger. She is also a Director of the UNSW Foundation Board. She has slept out multiple times and by doing so supported the 84,000 women received support from Vinnies homelessness services in 2009/10.

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Virginia Mansell is the Owner and Managing Director of the Stephenson Mansell Group. Her involvement in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout is helping to change the fact that the majority of people turned away from specialist homelessness services are women and their children.

The Public Transport Ombudsman (PTO) is a not for profit, independent dispute resolution body, providing a free, fair, informal and accessible service for the resolution of complaints about public transport in Victoria. Janine Young is the Public Transport Ombudsman and has held this position for 2 years.

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Michelle Gallaher joined the BioMelbourne Network as CEO in June 2008. She has 18 years experience in the Victorian healthcare, research and biotech sectors. Michelle slept out in Victoria but while female homelessness accounts for 44% of homelessness in Australia, only 20% of Vinnies CEO Sleepout participants are female.

Dr Kathy Alexander has been the CEO of the City of Melbourne for over 4 years. She was formerly CEO of Women’s & Children’s Health. Dr Alexander has qualifications in psychology and public health management and more than 20 years experience in leading service organisations.

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Cathie is the CEO of APHS Packaging, a national provider of medication compliance aids. Cathie was named Commonwealth Bank Business Owner of the Year at the 2011 Telstra Business Women through her co-ownership of national pharmacy group APHS with her husband, Stuart Giles. Her fundraising target this year is $10,000.

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Davina is the General Manager of InvoCare in Queensland, Australia’s largest provider of funeral services. Davina slept out last year raising $3,500 for our homeless services. The experience had quite a personal meaning for her last year because she found herself displaced when her home was flooded.

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As the Director of Polevault, a boutique leadership development company, Julie’s passion is coaching young executives to get more out of their people through improved leadership skills. This is Julie’s first year participating in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout. She is committed to raising support and awareness for homeless people.

Catherine Carter is ACT Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia. “I’m taking part in the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout again, to help raise awareness of the issues of homelessness and to support the work of Vinnies. The money raised can make a practical difference to someone’s life.”

As General Manager Retail, Ayesha is responsible for meeting the needs of ActewAGL’s utility customers across the ACT and NSW. ActewAGL supports numerous community groups and Ayesha is particularly passionate about the Vinnies CEO Sleepout. “It’s about raising funds and compassion for the trials that many homeless face,” Ms Razzaq said.

Julie is from Altitude Real Estate and slept out in Perth last year. She has over 20 years experience with high profile corporations and is known for her high work ethic. Julie lives with her partner and is mother to three sons and knows the Importance of being part of a community and having great support of family and friends.

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Ann Sherry is CEO of Carnival Australia. She was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2002 for improving access to banking services to disadvantaged communities and is sleeping out for the first time this year. You can nominate your CEO to rise to the challenge, or donate to another participant at Vinnies CEO Sleepout