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.

Ulrike Read commenced at Hope Street in the role of Financial Manager in January 2019. Ulrike comes to Hope Street with more than 20 years' executive management, finance and operations experience working with large corporate and small not-for-profit organisations.

Olivia Myeza joined the Hope Street team in the role of Business Development and Partnerships Manager in October 2018. Having grown up in Melbourne and completed a Bachelor of Marketing and Communications at Melbourne University, Olivia started her career off in the corporate public relations sector.

Jen McAughtrie commenced at Hope Street in the role of Operations Manager in June 2019. Jen has over eleven years of senior leadership experience in the care sector focusing specifically on Criminal Justice and Family, Children and Adult Services. She most recently worked with Carers Victoria as a Senior Client Services Manager and prior to this she was the Operations Manager at Partners for Inclusion and Aberlour.

Carla Reid joined Hope Street as the People and Culture Manager in March 2020. Carla has over 15 years’ experience in Human Resources, the majority of those spent in the Not for Profit Sector. Carla has an Honours Degree in Human Resources and is a member of the Australian HR Institute (AHRI).