Dr Jessie Byrne

PhD, MA (Creative Wrtg), BA (Hons/Pol), BA (Journ), MAICD, Member Australian Evaluation Society

Jessie has provided highly regarded strategic, policy, governance, and stakeholder engagement services for over thirty years.

Committed to creating an equitable and just community, she has held senior executive public policy roles with the Australian, South Australian, and Tasmanian governments and in the community sector.

She’s also served on not-for-profit boards focusing on consumer health, community housing, offender rehabilitation and essential services.

She combines academic, policy and narrative nous to write accurate, informative and engaging content that’s grounded in evidence and enlivened by purposeful stories.

‘Jessie brings a great humanity and ethics to the table, along with pragmatic strategy and tactics, targeted messaging and a strong sense of accountability to all parties. She is on the top of my list of consultants for anything related to governance, strategy and communications.’

—Debra Kay, PSM Board, Chair Health Consumers Alliance SA 2014-19

Yvonne Kelley

MEd, Grad Dip Journ, Grad Cert Mgt, Cert IV TESOL, Cert IV Assess & W’place Training, MAICD

An educator at heart, Yvonne has enjoyed more than 20 years in the government and not-for-profit sectors advocating for rights and responsibilities.

From teaching in Australia and overseas to senior roles in the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, the Mental Health Complaints Commissioner, the Office of the Victorian Mining Warden, Family Planning Victoria and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, she knows how well-chosen words can ignite change.

Plain English is her thing! She delights in making the complex clear so everyone can understand and participate.

‘Yvonne applies exceptional intellect, maturity and an excellent understanding of audience to all communications activities.  A respected manager herself, she excels at presenting complex ideas and concepts in a way that works for internal and external stakeholders. She’s timely and meticulous too.’

—Karen Toohey, ACT Discrimination Commissioner 2016-current