Karen is driven by the desire to ensure that every child gets the foundations to build a good life – that means they have quality care and education in and beyond home; they have a safe place to call home; quality health care and they are confident and proud of their identity. Some things to know about Karen’s experience:
- With roles in social work, advocacy, policy, education, research —and more than a decade as a Member of Parliament and Minister for Community Services, Housing and Women in Queensland—Karen has had a big impact on many social reforms. Most notably, she is recognised as a long-standing leader and reformer in the prevention of domestic and family violence.
- In 2019-2021 Karen led a national alliance Every Child — funded by The Benevolent Society to promote systems leadership across sectors to improve the wellbeing of children and young people.
Recent roles include:
CEO, True Relationships and Reproductive Health. (True has a great sexual health clinic, sexual assault service and education team in Cairns)
Director Screaming Birds Consultants – leading many research and service improvement projects on human services.