Our Staff

 

CEO: Jenna Tuke (she/her)

Director of Services (Acting):
Anna Bernasochi (she/her)

Director of Finance and Operations: Blake Leschen (he/him)

QLife, Training and Development Manager: Libby Jamieson (she/her)

Suicide Prevention Manager (Acting): Anna M (she/her)

Racial Equity and Inclusion Manager:  Monique H (she/her)

Out and About Manager: 
Meredith Butler (she/her)

Pride in Ageing Lead:
Rowena Doo (she/her)

Rainbow Families Manager:

Rainbow Door Manager:
Jake Peterson (he/him)

Senior Policy Lead: 
Lara Hedberg (she/they)

Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator: Claire Flynn (she/her)

Our Board

 

Morgan Podesta (she/her)

Chair

Morgan Podesta is a Family Law and Children's Court Lawyer currently practising at Nicholes Family Lawyers. Morgan primarily does private legal work and regularly takes on VLA-funded or pro-bono clients in need. Her specialty practice areas include complex financial matters, international child abduction, LGBTQIA+ matters and special medical procedure cases. Morgan has advocated in Court on behalf of transgender youth seeking gender affirming care. She is a proud transgender woman and queer advocate. Morgan holds a Bachelor of Business and Law in addition to a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.

Ivy Keane (she/her)

Secretary

Ivy Keane is an experienced in-house lawyer who has worked across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. 

 Ivy started her career in private practice specialising in intellectual property, privacy and technology law. Ivy developed a broad pro-bono practice specialising in human rights and discrimination law, which included a secondment to the Human Rights Law Centre.  

 Ivy first joined the public service as a lawyer for the Victorian Department of Health. This work included advising on the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Ivy currently works for the Victorian Department of Education in workplace and education law. 

Beyond her legal career, Ivy is an enthusiastic member of the queer community and passionate about community building and improving health and wellbeing outcomes for LGBTQIA+ communities.

Rachel Knight (she/her)

Treasurer

Bio to be updated

Clare Sullivan (she/her)

General Member

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Sean Badley (he/they)

General Board Member

Sean Badley is a proud multiheritage black queer man with an ancestral heritage of African, Caribbean, and Scottish descent.

Sean currently works in the leadership and executive development industry, consulting in various sectors, including government, health, education, and numerous private sectors. Diversity, equality, inclusion, and belonging are central to the themes in Sean's work, with the core focus on building safe and inclusive workspaces across Australia.

Sean has demonstrated a successful career in the private sector, having held senior leadership roles with commercial, operational, and administrative accountability in Australia, the United Kingdom, and North America.

Sean holds a Master's in business administration from RMIT, an Advanced Diploma in leadership and management, and credentials in project management, global leadership, truth-telling and anti-racism, workplace training and assessment, and capability development. This broad range of knowledge provides frameworks and insights for organizational sustainability, innovation, and people engagement.

Mitchell Ajduk (he/him)

General Board Member

Mitchell has over 12 years’ experience providing risk and assurance services to support organisations in private and not-for-profit sectors to enable them to achieve their organisational goals. He has worked across multiple industries including professional services and education and places a strong emphasis on improving risk management and operational practices to support organisational growth. He is currently an Executive at CPA Australia and has a strong focus on strategy design and execution to maximise member and customer experiences. Mitchell is passionate about ensuring there are adequate support services LGBTIQA+ communities and utilises his expertise to support Switchboard to progress these services. Mitchell has a Bachelor of Social Science and Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University and is Certified Practising Accountant and Chartered Accountant. He is currently studying his Master of Business Administration at University of Melbourne.

Meg-an Windred (they/them)

General Board Member

Bio to be updated

Janet Rice (she/her)

General Member

Bio to be updated