Civic is guided by a passionate and dedicated team – operating simultaneously across greater NSW, to achieve one common goal;
Breaking down barriers and creating moments that matter for people living with disability.
The Civic family embodies over 600+ employees; consisting of Supported Employees, Practice Managers, Practice Leaders, Support Workers, Support Coordinators, Clinical Specialists, Customer Experience, People & Culture, Finance, Rostering, Communications & Partnerships, Impact & Design, Digital Experience, Business Analytics, Logistics & Warehousing, and Food Services.
Civic’s Management Team have an in-depth knowledge of the disability sector and are thought leaders who are bringing innovation into the sector.
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Annie Doyle
Chief Executive Officer
A management professional with more than 20 years’ experience, including the last eight years in NFP disability. Annie encourages her team at Civic to not just think outside the box, but to challenge how we think, imagine, and navigate alternative perspectives. “Our purpose anchors us and we always have a guiding star to ensure we stay true to our moral compass.” Annie is also known as an adventurer and keen beekeeper, giving away her delicious honey for free!
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Kate Smith
Chief Operating OfficerKate brings with her more than 20 years’ senior experience in the NFP sector. Kate is responsible for leading discovery and innovation through human-centered design, telling the story through marketing, comms and partnerships and creating moments that matter through customer experience for people with a disability. Just as she’s recognised for her passion for work, Kate is equally known for her killer knowledge of musicals and insatiable appetite for Fishermans’ Friends.
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Dani Roderick
General Manager Infrastructure
A social impact and for-purpose professional working to build capability among teams and organisations to better achieve impact for their beneficiaries.
Dani’s expertise includes ecosystem analysis, designing to deliver social impact, corporate strategy development, facilitation and culture change projects.
Dani loves to explore big ideas for bold change, and develop realistic plans for consistent implementation.
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Lizzy Fowler
General Manager Customer Experience and Brand
A marketing and communications specialist with more than 15 years’ experience, Lizzy is skilled at using strategy to help purpose-driven organisations bring their big ideas – their brand – to life.
Professional, hardworking, and detail-oriented, her goal is to ensure Civic’s company mission and values are reflected at every stage of the customer journey.
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Peter Moore
General Manager Industries
Peter joined Civic in 2015 and has over 20 years’ experience in logistics and warehousing.
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Carrie Voysey
General Manager Quality and Evaluation
Carrie has a Bachelor of Arts (Welfare Studies) and is a self-motivated student- being curious, meeting to learn and understanding how the client and staff experience leads to quality outcomes.
Carrie joined Civic in December 2015 and has over 27 years’ experience in the disability industry and more than nine years in quality, risk and safety management systems in disability organisations.
Carrie loves to challenge the notion that risk, quality and safety can be seen as “the fun police”. Instead she see’s quality, risk and safety as a discovery process to find the potential in people, practice and processes, and doesn’t wait for audits or inspections to drive and support continuous improvement in developing and delivering quality outcomes and services.
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Kimberley Bates
General Manager Human Resources
Kimberley is a passionate, strategic and operational Human Resources Professional with experience working across a broad range of industries including aged care, disability, design and build, technology, retail, food manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods.
Kimberley’s expertise includes partnering with the Executive Team, Senior Managers and all other stakeholders to spearhead HR best practice and align the HR agenda to the overall business strategy whilst ensuring Leaders and the larger workforce are living our values, are aligned with our culture and are capable of delivering on business objectives.
Kimberley likes to foster and cultivate a culture of capability and innovation and whose approach has also led to proven success in driving cultural change programs.
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Lauren Roberts
Impact and Design Lead
Lauren Roberts is the Impact and Design Manager, and a proud member of the organisation for six years. With a background in applied psychology and Human Centred Design, Lauren is responsible for nurturing ideas development, supporting strategy, and facilitating all forms of collaboration at Civic. Lauren is especially passionate about unlocking human systems as a key to change, and believes that we can all play a part in disrupting the barriers to total wellbeing for everyone, through the power of innovation, advocacy, and inclusive design
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Rebecca VanLierop
Clinical Services Manager
Rebecca is a Clinical Services Manager in Complex Care with over 20 years’ experience as a highly qualified nursing professional and an extensive background in Critical Care, and a wide range of leadership experience across both the public health and disability sectors. Rebecca has been part of the Civic team since October 2018, as head of Clinical leading a multi-disciplinary team responsible for facilitating clinical services and support that are person centred with a strong health and wellbeing focus.
Civic’s Board bring a range of specialist skills, experience and knowledge to Civic. They have interesting backgrounds and utilise their own sector expertise to set the strategic direction of Civic.
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Dunstan De Souza
Chair
BEc, LLBAdmitted to the High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of NSW, Dunstan has been a practising solicitor for more than 30 years.
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Michael Coughtrey
Treasurer
BBus, LLB, CAAs a Chartered Accountant, Michael has more than 30 years of experience in the profession, specialising in taxation and business services across a broad industry base.
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Glenn Coleman
Director
GradDipAppFinGlenn brings his business and community experience to the role of Director. He is CEO of the Coleman Group and a Property Developer specialising in affordable housing.
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Kelly Wood
Director
BE(Hons), ME(mgt), FRAeSKelly has been recognised for her contribution to aeronautics and specialises in strategy development and fostering leadership potential.
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Peter Lewis
Director
Peter served as a Civic Director from 1996 to 2008 and was reappointed in 2011. He brings his vast experience as a Councillor in Sutherland Shire and Sydney County Councils, as well as involvement in Rotary.
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Les Roelandts
Director
AdvDipHR & AdvDipAppMgtLes is highly skilled in the creation, development, communication and implementation of business strategies and initiatives, which provide future growth opportunities, improved business performance/practices and contribute to on-going business success.
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Mona Randall
Director
B. Commerce, CPAMona is a commercially and operationally focused senior finance executive offering over 20 years experience built through working in ASX listed companies from a variety of industries that include Retail, Aviation, Manufacturing, non-profit, and Health.
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Susan Colclough
Director
B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology, Dip. MarketingA Director since 2018. Sue brings over 30 years of management experience across Customer Experience programs, Customer Service and Commercial leadership predominantly in the healthcare industry. Sue currently works as Customer Experience Systems Solution & Deployment Lead Asia Pacific at Johnson & Johnson and is co-lead for the ANZ chapter of the employee resource group focusing on Alliance for People with Diverse Abilities, a committee member of the global ADA and a member of the Mental Health Diplomats.
