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Amy Hubbard
Co Founder / Director
Amy Hubbard
Co Founder / Director
Co-founder and director Amy Hubbard is one of Australia’s most recognised stakeholder and community engagement specialists. She has worked extensively with state and local governments on significant infrastructure, urban renewal and public policy projects in Australia and overseas. Amy delivers community engagement training, undertakes formal evaluations and is a highly regarded facilitator. Amy is a current director of IAP2 Australasia.
C / Social equity, the four boys in my life, exploring new cities, running and more running! /
Sandra Jerkovic
CEO
Sandra Jerkovic
CEO
Sandra is a passionate engagement leader who brings over 15 years’ experience delivering improved engagement outcomes for people and projects throughout Australia, the UK and the Pacific. Her extensive knowledge in community engagement and passion for organisational development supports companies to develop purposeful and effective engagement strategies. Sandra specialises in facilitating community participation in planning approval processes and project design, providing strategic engagement advice on major projects to clients across both private and public sectors.
C / People planning projects, hanging with the fam, Melbourne by bike /
Chris Robinson
Co Founder / Director
Chris Robinson
Co Founder / Director
Co-founder and director, Chris Robinson, has over 20 years technical experience in developing business and development strategies that creatively re-position projects to incorporate cultural, social, economic, governance and environmental aspects for maximum performance. Chris has specific skills in team stakeholder engagement and execution, partnership development, bid management and planning/management for complex infrastructure and community projects.
C / Participation in the planning process, raising the next generation, DIY, surviving outdoor adventures. /
Siobhan Butler
Consultant
Siobhan Butler
Consultant
Siobhan brings to Capire her experience in social research and her strong commitment to community and social justice. Siobhan is passionate about equal representation in community engagement, focusing on the engagement of under-represented people. Siobhan is a critical and creative thinker, and has a love of engaging, questioning and problem solving.
C / New experiences, time with friends and family, foreign lands, the bustle of the city and the quiet of the hills /
Denise Francisco
Associate / Sector Lead - Government
Denise Francisco
Associate / Sector Lead - Government
Denise Francisco is an Associate with extensive experience in social planning, policy, project delivery and programs for a wide range of government and non-government organisations. She is adept in both community and urban development sectors at undertaking social infrastructure planning, engagement, research, analysis and communications. Her desire is to see an inclusive planning landscape for our future communities, to involve all voices in their environment.
C / Hanging at the market, Melbourne’s cuisines, learning from people’s stories, scraping the underbelly of foreign places. /
Taegen Hannah
Associate
Taegen Hannah
Associate
Taegen Hannah is an Associate with over 14 years’ experience planning and delivering master-planned developments and community infrastructure. Taegen has deep understanding of development and complex stakeholder negotiations, having worked across State and Local Government and within the commercial sector. Taegen has a passion for collaborative decision-making that involves diverse individuals and groups working together. It is this collaborative aspect that leads to the most robust and appropriate outcomes for all stakeholders.
C / Playing music, celebration, dinner parties and picnics, listening, discussing ideas, questioning. /
Eleanor Howe
Associate / Team Lead - Place
Eleanor Howe
Associate / Team Lead - Place
Eleanor is an engagement specialist with wide-ranging experience working with decision makers to connect with their communities. She brings a warm and genuine approach to community, stakeholder and client relationships. Eleanor enjoys challenging the traditional approaches, encouraging colleagues and clients to think differently and recognise that every project is unique and requires a bespoke engagement approach.
C / Ideas as open knowledge, progressing the engagement practice, coffee and sunshine, my small person /
Janine Lyon
Consultant
Janine Lyon
Consultant
Janine is a community engagement consultant who is qualified in the field of urban planning and design. Through her academic and professional experience, she has developed strong communication skills which she applies to support community contributions to planning and policy development. Janine combines her wealth of experience in hospitality and marketing to deliver creative, purposeful, and welcoming engagement strategies.
C / Exploring new cities, cooking with friends, summer weekends on the coast, winning the Canning St. sprint. /
Niamh Moynihan
Associate / Sector Lead - Infrastructure
Niamh Moynihan
Associate / Sector Lead - Infrastructure
Niamh is an experienced community and stakeholder consultant. Niamh works on planning and infrastructure projects ranging from state significant to locally important in nature. Niamh designs engagement strategies and activities that ensure broad participation whilst allowing clients to obtain meaningful feedback to inform their strategic and project objectives.
C / Giving community a voice, exercise and carb loading, spending time in Ireland and with my family. /
Ben Neil
Associate / Sector Lead - Social Inclusion
Ben Neil
Associate / Sector Lead - Social Inclusion
Ben Neil came to Capire from senior roles in the private, community and public sectors, with significant experience sitting on volunteer boards. Ben’s unique skills translate strategic thinking in to operational reality and brings a rare perspective to any conversation. He always ensures that the stakeholder’s voice is at the centre of any process or decision. Ben passionately believes community engagement should be genuine and that ALL stakeholders are of equal value. He has worked with groups as diverse as Indigenous young people, urban public housing communities, disability clients and migrant women. In every setting Ben is committed to finding the social, economic and cultural partnerships that achieve the best outcomes.
C / Disrupting the process, discovering new short cuts on my bike, standing on the Northern Terrace watching Melbourne Victory. /
Alisha Nee
Operations & Impact Manager
Alisha Nee
Operations & Impact Manager
Alisha is the heartbeat of Capire, responsible for smooth operations of our busy office, as well as providing admin support to the Capire team. Alisha’s deft organisational mind is the result of her deep experience in both the corporate and social sectors.
C / Sunshine, family and friends, building to a healthy community, peanut butter, experiencing other cultures. /
Aline Peres
Consultant
Aline Peres
Consultant
Aline is a community engagement consultant with a background in urban research, communications and social development. She has a strong commitment to inclusive development and social justice. Previous to Capire, Aline worked for international organisations, research institutes and the private sector in South America, Africa, Europe and Australia. She believes community engagement is essential to create more liveable, equitable and resilient communities.
C / Sunshine, the beach, exploring new places, spending time with family and friends in Brazil, diversity. /
Mollie Rashleigh
Associate / Team Lead - People
Mollie Rashleigh
Associate / Team Lead - People
Mollie is an experienced consultant with a focus on engagement and collaboration. Specifically, Mollie’s experiences have provided her with the skills to work across different tiers of government, and alongside communities and stakeholders to build local capacities to undertake community-based planning, strategic planning and policy development.
C / Empowering people with tools for development, celebrating equality and diversity, the outdoors. /
Anna Rowe
Senior Consultant
Anna Rowe
Senior Consultant
Anna is an experienced consultant and has worked across diverse projects that have included the design and delivery of deliberative processes, policy reviews, community visioning, research and organisational engagement frameworks. She brings knowledge gained through past roles in urban research and architecture to all her place-based projects. Her experience working with diverse communities in Australia and overseas has given her strong and intuitive communication skills that enable her to quickly build common understandings. Anna’s passion for inclusive and resilient future cities shines through in her committed approach to all projects, clients and communities.
C / Meandering through cities, participatory design, imagining futures, picnics. /
Caz Treby
Consultant
Caz Treby
Consultant
Caz brings experience in the community sector to her work in community engagement. She has worked with people with disabilities, people living in poverty, asylum seekers and refugees to provide community services in the Australia, the United Kingdom and Peru. Caz has worked with businesses, landowners and clients to engage and collaborate with key stakeholders across infrastructure, electrical supply upgrades, construction impacts and road upgrade projects. Caz is passionate about social and environmental justice and engaging communities to achieve the best possible outcomes
C / Working with diverse people and communities, growing a tiny veggie patch, exploring the great outdoors /
Jeremy Worthington-Oades
Administration, Marketing & Events Coordinator
Jeremy Worthington-Oades
Administration, Marketing & Events Coordinator
Jeremy Worthington-Oades is our marketing and events coordinator. From a background in public relations, communications and event management, he has been in the driving seat of many successful global campaigns and projects. Jeremy brings his innumerable talents to Capire; helping us develop communications strategy and ensuring smooth operations – no matter what, when or where.
C / Cultivating relationships, natural history, exploring our planet, sharks. /
Melissa Yee
Consultant
Melissa Yee
Consultant
Melissa is a community engagement consultant with rich experience across statutory and strategic planning, working for local and state government and the not-for-profit sector. With a passion for projects which represent the whole of community, celebrate diversity and give a voice to those who might otherwise not have a platform, Melissa believes in genuine engagement as the best means for lasting change through shared ownership of places and decisions.