Organisational Structure
DSS Executive
Secretary – Ray Griggs
Executives reporting to the Secretary
- Deputy Secretary – Matt Flavel, Social Security
- Deputy Secretary – Letitia Hope, Families and Communities
- Chief Operating Officer – Pat Hetherington
- Acting Deputy Secretary – Robyn Shannon, Disability and Carers
- Chief of Staff – Jacqueline Hrast
- Acting Chief Counsel – Emma White, Legal Services
Executive Areas of Responsibility
Social Security – Matt Flavel, Deputy Secretary
Participation and Family Payments – Jo Evans, Group Manager
- Participation and Supplementary Payments – Ben Peoples, Branch Manager
- Carer, Disability and Student Payments – Alex Abel, Branch Manager
- Families and Payment Support – Agnieszka Nelson, Branch Manager
Pensions, Housing and Homelessness – Troy Sloan, Group Manager
- Payment Structures and Seniors – Gillian Beer, Branch Manager
- International Payments and Compliance – Andrew Seebach, Branch Manager
- Housing and Homelessness Policy – Julia Chandra, Branch Manager
- Housing and Homelessness Program Delivery – Rob Stedman, Branch Manager
- Housing and Homelessness Strategy and Data – Caitlin Delaney, Branch Manager
Data and Evaluation – Gemma Van Halderen, Group Manager
- Data Access – Jenny Humphrys, Branch Manager
- Performance and Evaluation – Danielle Aeuckens, Acting Branch Manager
- Data Strategy – Louise Newey, Acting Branch Manager
Families and Communities – Letitia Hope, Deputy Secretary
Redress – Emma Kate McGuirk, Group Manager
- Policy Strategy and Design – Justine Curnow, Branch Manager
- Enabling Services – Michaela Evans, Acting Branch Manager
- External Engagement and Communications – John Riley, Branch Manager
- Service Delivery – Bruce Young, Branch Manager
Communities – Patrick Burford, Group Manager
- Income Management Policy and Data – Patrick Boneham, Branch Manager
- Financial Wellbeing – Mary Hodge, Acting Branch Manager
- Income Management Engagement and Support Services – Justine Fievez, Branch Manager
Families – Tarja Saastamoinen, Group Manager
- Family Policy – Veronica Westacott, Acting Branch Manager
- Children’s Policy – Tim Crosier, Branch Manager
- Early Years Strategy Task Force – Alexis Diamond, Acting Branch Manager
Women’s Safety – Greta Doherty, Group Manager
- National Policy – Amber Shuhyta, Branch Manager
- Response and Behaviour Change – Lara Purdy, Branch Manager
- 1800 Respect and Capability – Stephanie Rake, Acting Branch Manager
Community Policy and Enagagement – Chris D'Souza, Acting Group Manager
- Community Cohesion – Libby Cremen, Branch Manager
- Community Policy, Trials and Evidence – James Vecchio, Acting Branch Manager
Chief Operating Officer – Pat Hetherington
Ryan Bulman, Group Manager
Community Grants Hub – Mark le Dieu, Group Manager
- Hub Operations – Catherine Nelson, Branch Manager
- Grants Services Office – Eve Cordeiro, Acting Branch Manager
- Health Grants – Warren Pearson, Branch Manager
- State Network – Tracy Creech, Branch Manager
- Disability Employment Services Grants – Tanya George, Acting Branch Manager
Finance – Andrew Harvey, Chief Finance Officer and Group Manager
- Budget Development – Kath Paton, Branch Manager
- Financial Services – Cheryl-Anne Navarro, Branch Manager
- Financial Management – Hitesh Rohra, Acting Branch Manager
Corporate – Richard Baumgart, Group Manager
- Campaigns and Strategic Communication – Mardi Stewart, Branch Manager
- Corporate Communications and Media Relations - Sam Ursich, Branch Manager
- People Services – Lauren Smith, Acting Branch Manager
- Property and Security – Chris Mitchell, Branch Manager
- Information Management and Technology – Vanessa Beck, Branch Manager
Portfolio Coordination – Bruce Taloni, Group Manager
- Portfolio Governance – Karen Donlan, Acting Branch Manager
- Government and Executive Services – Janet Gavey, Acting Branch Manager
- Audit and Assurance – Jennie Armstrong, Branch Manager
Legal Services – Emma White, Acting Chief Counsel and Group Manager
- Corporate and Commercial – Leah Kennedy, Branch Manager
- Public Law – Catherine Seaberg, Branch Manager
- Robodebt Royal Commission Task Force – Lisha Jackman, Branch Manager
- Robodebt Royal Commission Response – Catherine Seaberg, Branch Manager
Disability and Carers – Robyn Shannon, Acting Deputy Secretary
Strategic Policy, Markets and Safeguards – Amanda Lee, Group Manager
- Quality and Safeguards Policy – Nerissa Stewart, Acting Branch Manager
- Markets and Workforce Policy – Ross Schafer, Branch Manager
NDIS Participants and Performance – Peter Broadhead, Group Manager
- NDIS Finance and Performance – Emily Hurley, Branch Manager
- NDIS Governance, Policy and Legislation – Julie Yeend, Branch Manager
- Commonwealth/State Engagement – Joanne Llewellyn, Acting Branch Manager
Disability Strategy – Luke Mansfield, Group Manager
- Australia’s Disability Strategy – Jodi Cassar, Branch Manager
- Disability Support – Sarah Guise, Branch Manager
- Advocacy and Inclusion – Anita Davis, Branch Manager
Disability Employment and Carers – Katrina Chatham, Acting Group Manager
- Disability Employment Reforms – Suzanne Hinchcliffe, Acting Branch Manager
- Disability Employment and Carers – Anna Lutz, Branch 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
- Australian Institute of Family Studies – https://aifs.gov.au
- Hearing Australia – https://www.hearing.com.au
- Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission - https://www.dss.gov.au/dfsvc
As at 5 June 2023
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