The St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland has appointed Trish Woolley and Bianca Harris to strategic leadership roles to revitalise the Society’s commitment to keep vulnerable Queenslanders out of homelessness.

These appointments bring a combined 45+ years’ experience across the government, community and property sectors and will assist the Society to deliver more than 600 community homes for people in need across the state.

CEO Joe Duskovic said the state charity was under critical pressure to deliver support services as Queenslanders continued to face unprecedented levels of homelessness and housing unaffordability.

“In our 130+ years in Queensland, we’ve never seen this level of complexity in the housing and homelessness space,” he said.

“It’s clear that to truly address the issue, we need to go above and beyond just bricks and mortar; we need to help people to escape the cycle of homelessness for good.”

Trish Woolley, appointed to the new role of General Manager for Service Excellence and Assurance, had extensive experience working with the Society on their homelessness response as former Queensland Deputy Director-General for Housing and Homelessness Services.

Bianca Harris, as the new General Manager – Construction and Property, brings to the Society more than 20 years’ experience in the property industry, including most recently overseeing the property management of $400m real estate portfolio for the City of Brisbane Investment Corporation. 

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