Before joining Bravehearts, Alison spent more than 15 years with Southern Cross Austereo (SCA). During this time Alison oversaw SCA’s largest national revenue program Australia-wide and internationally.

Alison believes there is no better reason to rise to the work-challenge every day than to protect our most vulnerable – our children. Ensuring children are safe from sexual abuse and helping those who have been impacted, fuels the everyday work and strategic direction of Bravehearts.

Committed to innovation and collaboration Alison is focused on stronger sector partnerships and believes all organisations working together will create a safer world for children. Alison participates in advisory groups and sits on government and sector working parties.

Alison is a dedicated child protection advocate who steers Bravehearts relentless commitment to the prevention and treatment of child sexual abuse.

As Bravehearts’ Director of Therapeutic and Support Services, Deirdre oversees the entire suite of client-facing services delivering trauma-informed support to those impacted by child sexual abuse, including therapeutic counselling and Redress support services.

Deirdre developed and implemented Bravehearts’ award-winning Turning Corners Program which supports children and youth who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviours, and was recently appointed to the National Clinical Reference Group for Harmful Sexual Behaviours.

Deirdre is passionate about supporting our most vulnerable members of society. She is committed to developing and implementing evidence-based, holistic, innovative, and responsive services to reduce the occurrence of child sexual abuse and providing client-focused supports to those impacted by it.

Carol co-authored The Bravehearts Toolbox for Practitioners working with Child Sexual Assault (Australian Academic Press, 2011). She currently holds a position as Visiting Fellow in the School of Justice, Faculty of Law, at Queensland University of Technology and is a member of a number of working groups, including the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation Research Working Group, the Twitter Trust and Safety Council (Australia) and the Australian Child Rights Taskforce.

Her professional memberships include the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the Child Protection Practitioners Association of Queensland.

Jo is passionate about the protection of children and as a mother of five and grandmother to six, believes it takes a whole community to raise and protect a child. Jo is committed to doing all she can to bring about vital change to protect Australian children and is dedicated to ensuring the people who need Bravehearts’ services know they are valued, heard and supported.

Prior to joining Bravehearts in 2022, Sharon worked as a chartered accountant and chartered secretary, and held several senior positions in both listed and private companies. She’s worked across diverse industries including, Tourism and Leisure, Construction, Health, and Property. Sharon has also acted as company secretary to both listed and private entities and was a non-executive director and audit chair for a NFP for several years.

Sharon is passionate about supporting and enabling the Bravehearts team so that they may educate, empower, and protect children from sexual abuse.

For the past four years working in the Mental Health Sector, Belinda has witnessed the transformative power of providing support, awareness, and resources to those in need, fuelling her passion for creating positive change in society.

Belinda’s fifteen-plus-year journey in the advertising industry has honed her ability to effectively communicate messages and engage diverse audiences. She understands the significance of crafting compelling narratives that inspire action and raise awareness.

As a leader and mentor, she has successfully coached teams in reviewing, designing and improving school-based programs. Bec is a strong believer in innovation and collaboration and is dedicated to Bravehearts’ mission of a holistic and coordinated approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse – ‘Protecting kids is everyone’s business’.

Bec joined Bravehearts in 2022 and led the creation and development of our new Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure Program. This involved updating and aligning the powerful and important messages of the program to both the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum. An extensive body of work consisting of three new live shows, hundreds of new resources, activity booklets, brand new songs, and the important inclusion of anatomically correct names for body parts.  Additionally, Bec led the work on Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure App and Ditto’s Adventure Storybooks, additional Education resources for Australian children and their families to use to help feel empowered to keep safe.

In her role as Director of Education, Bec will now continue to steer the creation of all our new Education resources and lead our terrific Education Teams across the country.  This will include managing the development and distribution of our training products as the integration between these two important prevention pieces.