Leadership
team

Jade Blakkarly

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Drawing on her extensive experience in leading various stakeholders in multiple sectors and managing workforce with complex environments, Jade steers WIRE to ensure its broader impact is in line with WIRE’s strategic principles serving women, gender-diverse and non-binary people.

Elena Ashley

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With years of experience in both private and community sector (especially disability and mental health) she also has expertise in organisational development, governance, risk and HR processes.  

Pai Rittichai

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With an extensive experience in gender equity sector, Pai leads the implementation of direct services to individuals and community groups across Victoria including leading multiple community projects on financial and economic security for women and gender diverse people, the one-on-one support program and volunteer training program.  She is passionate about financial capability and building economic security for women as a way to address the impacts of abuse and preventing the trajectory into long term poverty.

Mahsa Hajjari

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Passionate about amplifying impact through effective communication and engagement strategies, Mahsa drives building and maintaining relationships that contributes to WIRE’s social and commercial value creation. She manages the development team that is responsible for activities related to branding, communication, fundraising, grants, and fee-for-service offerings.