Jodie is a strategic communication and behaviour change specialist with a passion for making a difference in some of the most complex health and social issues we face.
Bringing together the latest evidence and best practice, she helps governments and organisations locally and internationally create change. This has included areas such as social cohesion and community resilience, countering violent extremism, health screening and vaccination, and system reform.
Through climate crises, COVID-19 and misinformation threats she provided issues and crisis communication counsel, and helped build strategic communication capacity to navigate these challenges and help communities recover.
Jodie is also a postgraduate lecturer at the University of Sydney in Crisis Communication, Health Communication and Behaviour Change as well as a Senior Strategic Communication Advisor to the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism.
“I love the saying — 'you learn something new every day'. I never want to get comfortable or go through the motions. There’s always a different way to look at the world, take a fresh perspective or consider an alternative path to get to a solution.”