Organisational Structure
Attachments

DSS Executive
Secretary – Kathryn Campbell
Executives reporting to the Secretary
- Deputy Secretary – Matt Flavel, Social Security
- Deputy Secretary – Liz Hefren-Webb, Families and Communities
- Acting Chief Operating Officer – Emily Canning
- Deputy Secretary – Catherine Rule, Disability and Carers
- Group Manager – Brenton Philp, Portfolio Digital Transformation
Executive Areas of Responsibility
Social Security – Matt Flavel, Deputy Secretary
Participation and Family Payments – Mary McLarty, Acting Group Manager
- Participation and Supplementary Payments – Kath Paton, Branch Manager
- Study and Compliance – Lydia Ross, Acting Branch Manager
- Families and Payment Support – Nerida Hunter, Branch Manager
Pensions, Housing and Homelessness – Troy Sloan, Group Manager
- Older Australians – Caitlin Delaney, Branch Manager
- Carer and Disability Payments – Andrew Seebach, Branch Manager
- Housing and Homelessness Policy – Sidesh Naikar, Branch Manager
- Housing and Homelessness Program Delivery – Rob Stedman, Branch Manager
Data and Evaluation – Flora Carapellucci, Group Manager
- Policy Analysis and Reporting – Jenny Humphrys, Acting Branch Manager
- Data Strategy and Development – Annette Neuendorf, Acting Branch Manager
- Data Exchange – Nerissa Stewart, Acting Branch Manager
Families and Communities – Liz Hefren-Webb, Deputy Secretary
Redress – Emma Kate McGuirk, Group Manager
- Policy Strategy and Design – Sharon Stuart, Branch Manager
- Service Planning and Support – Andrew Cochrane, Acting Branch Manager
- External Engagement and Communications – John Riley, Branch Manager
- Service Delivery – Bruce Young, Branch Manager
Communities – Teena Blewitt, Group Manager
- Community Cohesion – Sarah Guise, Branch Manager
- Cashless Welfare Policy and Technology – Ben Peoples, Branch Manager
- Financial Wellbeing – Libby Cremen, Acting Branch Manager
- Cashless Welfare Engagement and Support Services – Mike Websdane, Branch Manager
Families – Shane Bennett, Group Manager
- Family Policy – Lisha Jackman, Branch Manager
- Family Safety – Greta Doherty, Branch Manager
- Children’s Policy – Tim Crosier, Branch Manager
Community Grants Hub – Mark le Dieu, Group Manager
- Hub Operations – Catherine Nelson, Acting Branch Manager
- Grants Services Office – Jodi Cassar, Branch Manager
- Health Grants – Warren Pearson, Branch Manager
- Central and Southern Region – Evan Trevor-Jones, Acting Branch Manager
- Northern and Western Region – Christian Callisen, Branch Manager
Acting Chief Operating Officer – Emily Canning
Corporate – Richard Baumgart, Acting Group Manager
- Communication Services – Melissa Evans, Branch Manager
- People Services – Katrina Jocumsen, Branch Manager
- Property and Security – Chris Mitchell, Branch Manager
- Audit and Assurance – Jennie Armstrong, Branch Manager
Portfolio Coordination – Bruce Taloni, Group Manager
- Portfolio Governance – Kristen Owen, Acting Branch Manager
- Government and Executive Services – Catherine Reid, Branch Manager
- Legal Services – Charmaine Sims, Acting Branch Manager
Finance – Andrew Harvey, Chief Finance Officer and Group Manager
- Budget Development – Ross Schafer, Branch Manager
- Financial Services – Vanessa Berry, Branch Manager
- Financial Management – Cheryl–Anne Navarro, Branch Manager
Disability and Carers – Catherine Rule, Deputy Secretary
Market Capability – Luke Mansfield, Group Manager
- Market Development – Thomas Abhayaratna, Branch Manager
- Market Quality – Valerie Spencer, Branch Manager
- Disability and Carer Reform – Mitchell Cole, Branch Manager
Participants and Performance – Peter Broadhead, Group Manager
- Participant Outcomes – Sarah Hawke, Branch Manager
- NDIS Finance and Performance – Emily Hurley, Branch Manager
- NDIS Governance – Julie Yeend, Branch Manager
Disability Employment Services Taskforce – George Sotiropoulos, Group Manager
- Disability Employment Services – Tarja Saastamoinen, Branch Manager
Commonwealth/State Policy – Karen Pickering, Acting Group Manager
- Mainstream Interface – Katrina Chatham, Branch Manager
- Disability Policy – Stephen Moger, Branch Manager
- Information, Linkages and Capacity Building – Michele Legge, Acting Branch Manager
- Advocacy and Inclusion – Anita Davis, Branch Manager
Portfolio Digital Transformation – Brenton Philp, Group Manager
The Department of Social Services Portfolio Bodies and Statutory Office Holders
- Department of Social Services – https://www.dss.gov.au
- Services Australia – https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au
- National Disability Insurance Agency – https://www.ndis.gov.au
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission – www.ndiscommission.gov.au
- Digital Transformation Agency – https://www.dta.gov.au
- Australian Institute of Family Studies – https://aifs.gov.au
- Hearing Australia – https://www.hearing.com.au
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