Director & Associate

Virginia is a Co-Director and lead facilitator with Groupwork. She brings a depth of experience in organisational development, global learning and a passion for sustainability.

Associate

Steve is a Co-Director and associate with Groupwork. He brings his compassion, keen insight and analysis skills to support, embolden and empower others through his facilitation and training.

Associate

Andrea Jones an associate with Groupwork brings her skills in leadership, communication and education and is passionate about facilitating and encouraging the sharing of wisdom by individuals and groups. Her work draws upon over 35 years’ experience working within the education, health, disability, local/state government, social change and corporate sectors.

Associate

Henry is an experienced group facilitator and educator with a background in youth facilitation, project management, engineering. Henry is also a Gestalt psychoterapist and movement teacher and brings these unique skills to his work with groups.

Associate

Nancy is a passionate and skilled facilitator with a deep commitment to harnessing the power of groups to drive meaningful change. She believes in the transformative power of collaboration, helping individuals and teams work across differences to find creative, inclusive solutions that equalize power and open up new possibilities.

Associate

Jim is a freelance writer, editor and faciiltator, specialising in collaborative decision making around big and tricky decisions, conflict resolution and strategic planning.

Associate, Practice Lead & Governance Group Representative

Sarah’s approach to working with groups is lively, engaging and participatory. A key strength is helping people work together openly and productively for the best outcome.

Associate, Network Weaver, Secretary of Governance Group & Strategic Projects

Tanya is passionate about conversation and facing our fears. People everywhere need the capacity to do both. Using her experiences as an actor, performer, journalist, community campaign leader, coach and educator, she works one-on-one or with groups.

Associate

For more than 20 years, Jonathan Bedloe has worked with communities, businesses and groups in the areas of suicide prevention, men’s health and wellbeing, and community development.

Associate

A former Greens senator, Janet Rice has been connected with Groupwork since the very early years being a part of the first year-long course that Groupwork ran in 2001. It changed her life. Since becoming a Groupwork Associate in 2024 Janet has felt she has come home, working with people and an organisation so committed to working from the heart to create a better fairer world. 

Associate & Governance Group Representative 

Janoel is passionate about helping people learn how to connect better and works with any group keen to learn.  Every organisation needs enthusiasts and Janoel’s lens on life rarely strays from that place.  We are rapt Janoel is back in facilitator role!

Associate

Kate is a theatre-maker specialising in creating collaboratively devised performances. At Groupwork she found a team of exceptional facilitators leading with love and care and who, like her, believed in the power of collaboration and the possibility of creating meaningful change in the world through group processes.

Associate

At the time, running the Future Makers Fellowship at the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, Groupwork supported the deepening and solidifying of his facilitation craft to provide fellows with deep and transformative experiences. That year he began to understand that facilitation is a political act and that connection and authenticity might be the most important facilitation skills of them all. Matt’s calmness and clarity is an amazing thing to behold. He can often see a way through during complex facilitation moments that he shares with an ease so helpful to whatever group he is working with. We are so glad to have Matt join the team!

Marketing and Communications Lead

Albi is an Australia Awards Scholar completing his Master of Marketing Communications at the University of Melbourne. With a background in media, storytelling, and digital strategy, he is passionate about making communication accessible, human-centred, and impact-driven. At Groupwork, he supports the organisation’s mission by helping grow engagement, strengthen community, and share the power of collaborative facilitation.

Associate & Governance Group Representative 

Daryl’s passion is supporting Groupwork as a leader in facilitation via mentoring, coaching and collaboration. His background includes broad experience as a Senior IT Director and business consultant in IT, risk and strategy. Proven results in designing and delivering strategic IT transformation plans, systems and risk management. Broad cultural exposure and awareness to produce the best results from a diverse group of people and skills.

Operations Lead

Keira is a people-focused operations leader who brings calm, creativity and connection to her work. With experience across innovation, program management and collaboration, she creates spaces where people feel supported, heard and able to work well together. She blends structure and heart to help teams thrive at Groupwork.