Board of Directors
Geoff has more than 20 years’ experience in the government, non-government and private sectors, working on housing and homelessness service delivery, policy and program design. He has held numerous leadership and executive roles throughout his career. Geoff’s qualifications include social work and psychology.
James has tertiary qualifications in Business/Property and post-graduate qualifications in Project Management, with 20 years’ experience in Property Asset Management in both New Zealand and Australia. This includes providing input and review into the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute’s social housing best practice asset management framework.
James is the Treasurer and Board Member for CHIA SA, is part of the leadership group for the PowerHousing Development and Assets Roundtable and is a Certified Senior Housing Professional with the Australasian Housing Institute.
In the UK, she managed a London housing co-operative for single homeless people ineligible for local authority housing and later managed a co-op that supported more than 40 housing co-ops to continue as independent and resident controlled housing providers.
Stephanie has qualifications in economics, management and social responsibility, dialogue and deliberation and public engagement. Stephanie’s vision is to grow co-operative and community led housing in SA, in scale, diversity and impact.