Lisa Giacomelli - Co-Chief Executive Officer
Lisa joined Lifestyle Solutions in 2022 as Executive Director of Child and Family Services. Lisa has a deep commitment to the people that we support as well as our employees who deliver our services. She holds extensive experience supporting children, young people and their families across the YMCA and Life Without Barriers and is the current Chair of Children in Care Collective.
Throughout her career, Lisa has worked alongside people with disability, including developing local government social plans, supporting disability advisory groups in government, providing out-of-home care programs for children and young people with disability and serving on the board of a disability organisation.
Ros Blakley - Co-Chief Executive Officer
Ros joins Possability Group at an exciting time in its journey and is energised each day by our team members’ commitment to the individuals we support and the opportunity to deliver on our purpose.
Ros brings a wealth of expertise after a decade at Bupa Asia Pacific, most recently leading the Bupa Dental Care business. Prior to this, she had a distinguished 20-year career in the Australian Defence Force as a medical officer, where she cared for individuals with serious injuries and physical and intellectual disabilities. She was directly involved in their rehabilitation and worked closely with their families to ensure they were also supported.
Nicola Crates - Executive Director, Human Rights, Practice & Innovation
Nicola is a qualified Speech Pathologist specialising in developing and delivering services for people with complex needs. Utilising knowledge and skills in Positive Behaviour Support, staff development, leadership and service design, Nicola has developed and implemented service models for individuals living with behaviours of concern, disability and trauma. Her motivation comes from seeing the life changing results that can be achieved when staff, families, individuals and clinicians work collaboratively together.
Nicola’s work on training staff in Positive Behaviour Support, crisis management and reduction of restrictive practices has been published in multiple academic journals and she has presented at a range of international conferences.
Peter Jenner - Executive Director, Quality & Safeguarding
Peter has always advocated for vulnerable people; it’s just part of who he is. He’s committed to protecting human rights and sees them as essential to everyone living their best life.
As well as making sure we’re delivering on our promise to human rights, Peter is dedicated to strengthening a positive culture around incident management and the quality of our services for the people we support.
For much of Peter’s career he’s conducted factual investigations in the government and non-government sectors, which has provided him with valuable insight into managing teams focused on compliance with national standards and laws, as well as risk management and incident reporting and investigation.