Donna Bennett has in excess of 25 years experience managing and delivering transitional, outreach and crisis accommodation services to young people including families and she has made a significant contribution in the Homelessness Sector via capacity building, community development and systems development.

Donna has established leadership and strategic development skills and has been CEO of Hope Street since 2000.

Michelle Montague provides expert support and guidance with the implementation of robust financial management systems, policies, procedures and practices at Hope Street.

Fiona Rigney (BA, BSW) is a Ngarrindjeri woman from the Ngarrindjeri nation who grew up in Adelaide, South Australia.  Professionally, Fiona has worked in a range of employment settings including in the areas of Research, Teaching, Organisational Policy and Procedure, Project Management, Administrative and Direct Social Work Practice.  Fiona has been with Hope Street for the past 8 years.  As the Executive Administration Officer, Fiona works directly with Hope Street’s CEO and is involved in a range of activities, including writing organisational policies and procedures, event management, project management and administration.

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Mark Dixon has worked in the Homelessness and Housing sector for over 25 years and joined Hope Street in June 2018.

Mark's extensive managerial experience in the sector has included roles as Manager of two large Open Door services in the Eastern Region and in a Transitional Housing Management (THM) program with 300 THM properties, and as a Housing Service Manager in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). He has also been the Project Manager and then ongoing Manager of a large Cluster Crisis Accommodation Service, the Manager of the Salvation Army Crisis Accommodation Centre (CAC) in St Kilda, and he has coordinated the Salvation Army State Wide "After Hours" Crisis line response through the refuge. Mark was one of the on-call managers for the St Kilda Crisis Contact Centre, the largest Open Door in Victoria. He has also developed and led the rollout of a successful pilot program that co-located Open Door Intake Assessment and Planning staff at various DHHS and Centrelink offices.