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Michael Hogan

executive Convenor
TQKP - Eleni Bourboulas

Eleni Bourboulas

Partnership Officer – Capability Development
TQKP - Naomi Brown

Naomi Brown

Principal Partnership Manager – Framing Initiative
TQKP - Rowena Cann

Rowena Cann

Convenor, Places and Hubs

Lead, Capacity Building
TQKP - Michelle Cole

Michelle Cole

Principal Partnership Manager – Capability Development
TQKP - Kamila Davidson

Kamila Davidson

Senior Partnership Officer – Learning​

Helen Fogarty

Senior Partnership Officer – Engagement and Communication

Kerry Graham

Convenor, Stewardship and Voices

​Lead, Learning
TQKP - Roger Meany

Roger Meany

Convenor, Brains and Investment

Lead, Strategy and Governance
TQKP - Sophie Morson

Sophie Morson

Principal Partnership Manager – Hubs
TQKP - Giselle Olive

Giselle Olive

​Principal Partnership Manager – early years
TQKP - Jacinta Perry

Jacinta Perry

Principal Partnership Manager – Country Qld and Disaster Resilience
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Eula Rohan

Principal Partnership Manager ‑ Place
TQKP - Angela Timbs

Angela Timbs

Senior Partnership Officer – Engagement and Communication

Sarah Wood

​Convenor, Hearts and Mindsets

LEAD, ENGAGEMENT and COMMUNICATION
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Michael Hogan

EXECUTIVE CONVENOR

Michael is the Executive Convenor of the Thriving Qld Kids Partnership. He is also an Industry Fellow at the UQ Queensland Brain Institute and an Adjunct Professor at QUT. Michael is a member the Boards of the Torres Indigenous Health Corporation and the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, and the Council of the Queensland Library Foundation. He was formerly a Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellow, a Director-General in the Qld Government and CEO of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

TQKP - Eleni Bourboulas

Eleni Bourboulas

Partnership Officer – Capability Development

Eleni has a background in education, having taught drama in primary and secondary schools across Brisbane. She also has over 10 years’ experience in office management and executive administration. Eleni is passionate about accessible quality education and children and youth wellbeing.

TQKP - Naomi Brown

Naomi Brown

Principal Partnership Manager – Framing Initiative

Naomi leads the Queensland Framing Initiative, which is a joint collaborative of Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership and the Queensland Family & Child Commission. Her role focuses on embedding evidence-based frames and narratives across the state to shift public understanding, foster constructive dialogue, build support for effective policies, and engage communities in meaningful change.

Naomi supports individuals and organisations across Queensland in communicating effectively about children and young people, including by curating the Framing for Change Learning Hub on the TQKP website, developing new resources and collaborative messaging, supporting a network of framing champions, and facilitating a six-weekly community of practice.

With a background in community development and culturally responsive services, Naomi has led initiatives within Australia and internationally. She brings extensive experience in co-designing programs grounded in reflective learning, social justice, and community development principles.

TQKP - Rowena Cann

Rowena Cann

Convenor, Places and Hubs

Lead, capacity building

Rowena has extensive experience working in place and an established reputation for building strong collaborations, driving innovation and leading system change across the private, public and community sector.

TQKP - Michelle Cole

Michelle Cole

Principal Partnership Manager – Capability Development

Michelle has extensive experience leading learning and development initiatives across the education, community, and child safety sector. She was a school leader and teacher for 20 years, working in schools in Australia and England.

Michelle has in-depth knowledge of the education ecosystem and leading collaborative partnerships between sectors. Leading a preventative approach to safety and wellbeing through collaborative consultation and co-designed initiatives is at the core of her professional practice.

TQKP - Kamila Davidson

Kamila Davidson

Senior Partnership Officer – Learning​

With a Bachelor of Health Sciences (Nutrition & Dietetics) and a PhD, Kamila brings extensive skills in qualitative research and experience engaging with groups with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. As an academic, Kamila has published several manuscripts and reports in the areas of child health, public health, digital health transformation and evaluation of health services.

Helen Fogarty

Senior Partnership Officer – Engagement and Communication

Helen is an advocate for the power of communication, evidence-based framing and knowledge translation as tools for social change. She currently works part-time with Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership supporting communications, and part-time with the FrameWorks Institute as project manager for the Measuring Early Childhood Mindsets Project.

Kerry Graham

Convenor, Stewardship and Voices

Lead, learning

Kerry’s social impact leadership spans 25 years, including roles in advocacy as a children’s lawyer, in nonprofits and corporate social responsibility, and in teaching and policy development. In 2014, Kerry co-founded Collaboration for Impact – a nonprofit intermediary focused on solving complex problems through systems change and collaboration. Within TQKP, Kerry stewards and guides the partnership in its pursuit of meaningful change through purposeful collective action.

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Roger Meany

Convenor, Brains and Investment

Lead, Strategy and Governance

Roger has led policy, strategy and planning for over 20 years, developing trusted relationships with cross-government, non-government, community and industry stakeholders. Across his career, Roger has been a strong advocate for policy change and reform, and has led several influential collaborations including for the COAG Health Council, the Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation, National Partnership Agreements and the development of the Queensland Equity Framework, to frame the regulatory and policy reform agenda required to create more thriving and equitable communities.

TQKP - Sophie Morson

Sophie Morson

Principal Partnership Manager – Hubs

As a psychologist, Sophie brings to the team more than two decades’ experience implementing innovative paediatric mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention and integrated care initiatives. Sophie’s career spans clinical interventions, capability-building, project management, policy and leadership, underpinned throughout by a passion for authentic collaboration including with those with lived experience of service delivery.

TQKP - Giselle Olive

Giselle Olive

Principal Partnership Manager – early years

Giselle has dedicated her career to reducing inequities in children’s health and wellbeing. She has worked in the early childhood development and prevention field for over 20 years and has developed strong partnerships across sectors. Giselle has led and managed projects, programs and teams across both government and non-government organisations. She has worked in rural and remote communities, metropolitan areas, interstate and overseas. Giselle works at both a systems level and in partnership with communities to shift the dial in developmental vulnerability, through the application of evidence-informed principles and co-designing novel approaches to complex issues. Giselle has qualifications in Public Health and Community Development, and a post graduate qualification in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health.

TQKP - Jacinta Perry

Jacinta Perry

Principal Partnership Manager – Country Qld and Disaster Resilience

Jacinta’s experience has primarily been in the economic participation arena with refugee, youth and First Nations communities. She believes in placing the community in the driver’s seat and sees her role as a conduit and facilitator to harness their expertise.

This regionally-based role is funded with support from the John Villiers Trust and the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, and is hosted by our partners at James Cook University in Cairns. The role supports country Queensland communities to create systems change, enabling children and young people to thrive.

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Eula Rohan

Senior Partnership Officer – Engagement and Communication

Eula is a nationally respected facilitator, systems change practitioner, and coach with over 13 years’ experience supporting leaders and collaborations to tackle complex social challenges. She specialises in making complexity actionable – translating big ideas into simple, practical steps that enable diverse groups to work together effectively.

She has experience living and working with First Nations communities in remote, regional and urban settings across Australia and is now based in Brisbane, where she grew up, with her husband Marcos, and 6-year-old daughter, Maya. 

Eula brings deep expertise in Collective Impact, Deep Collaboration, Adaptive Leadership, and Systems Thinking. She has contributed to nationally significant reform initiatives including Empowered Communities, Stronger Places Stronger People, Connected Beginnings, and the design of the National Centre for Place-Based Change Nexus now PLACE.

A strategic partner, Eula walks alongside teams to strengthen collaboration, navigate cross-cultural contexts, and build the leadership capability required to drive lasting systems change.

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Angela Timbs

Senior Partnership Officer – Engagement and Communication

Angela is experienced in working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities and passionate about initiatives that drive positive social impact. With tertiary qualifications in communications and a track record of consulting to corporates, tertiary and nonprofits as well as managing her own business, her skills include grants and relationship management, strategic communications, and event planning and management.

Sarah Wood

​Convenor, Hearts and Mindsets

LEAD, ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS

Sarah is TQKP’s Convenor of the Engaging Hearts and Mindsets portfolio and Lead – Communication and Engagement. Sarah is a strategic communication and engagement leader and brings a wealth of experience managing strategy, relationships, reputation and risk.

Sarah has worked in not-for-profit, private and government leading strategic communications for IUCN, CSIRO, Brisbane South PHN as well as Queensland’s Path to Treaty and Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry. She champions a human-centred approach, founded on inclusion, diversity, cultural competency and equity. Sarah is also passionate about the power of storytelling and making our communication accessible for all.