Our Team

Executive Officer

LLB; BA (Politics), Certificate in Mediation Skills (Oxford and Cambridge RSA)

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Roy is a lawyer with a specialist interest in social justice and community issues. He has more than 30 years’ experience working in a range of community-based service organisations, principally in management roles, both within Australia and overseas.

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His roles have included managing the Grampians Disability Advocacy Association, Borderline Personality Disorder Community Victoria Ltd, and Lambeth Law Centre in London. Roy managed Victoria Legal Aid's Community Legal Services Program for many years, returning to a sector that gave him his earliest opportunities in the law—working with and managing community legal centres. He also worked on coordinated community-based responses to anti-social behaviour in Glasgow, Scotland, and on the Tackling Drugs Misuse Project in Ayrshire, Scotland, where he designed a community consultation framework, community awareness programs, and evaluation methods.

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As a consultant, Roy specialises in organisational strategic planning and development.

Response and Resolution Director

BA, LLB (Hons), GDLP

Stephanie Thirlwall graduated from Deakin University with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts. She has a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the College of Law. She is an Australian lawyer admitted to practise with the Supreme Court of Victoria. She has also completed the Specialist Vulnerable Witness Forensic Interview course with the Centre for Investigative Interviewing, at Griffith University. 

Prior to her appointment as Response and Resolution Director in 2022, Stephanie worked in a variety of practice areas including a Community Legal Centre, Victoria Legal Aid and private practice, both in metropolitan and regional settings. She has extensive experience working with, and advocating for, individuals affected by interpersonal violence and abuse. Stephanie utilises a trauma-informed approach to provide a holistic and therapeutic support service. Stephanie is committed to creating an individualised, safe and supportive environment to assist victim-survivors in their recovery journey. 

Stephanie’s passion to assist and advocate for vulnerable members of the community has led her to volunteer her time at various organisations such as St Vincent de Paul, Disaster Legal Help and the Eastern Community Legal Centre. In addition to her role at Pathways, Stephanie also works at Victoria Legal Aid providing free legal advice and representation to the local community in a variety of practice areas.

Response and Resolution Director

BA(Psych), BEd (Counselling), Dip Management, Cert IV Govt Investigations

With five years of university study in psychology and over 30 years’ experience in a range of child protection, refugee, human rights, practice quality and compliance, and executive leadership roles across both government and community services sectors, David is passionate about the provision of trauma-informed, person-centred services that assist victim-survivors in their journey of healing and justice.

As a qualified investigator and a consultant with extensive experience in conducting reportable conduct, abuse and neglect, and workplace investigations, case and practice reviews and root cause analyses, David has established investigation teams, managed investigators, and supervised and directly conducted over 200 investigations. With a particular interest in the principles of procedural fairness and natural justice, a significant focus of David’s work has been to ensure that investigation practice aligns with organisational values, and that organisations maximise the learnings from investigations, to improve the safety and quality of their services.

David is passionate about creating safe environments within which victim-survivors can begin to tell their stories, be heard and have their abuse and trauma acknowledged and redressed.

Complex Care Coordinator

Bronwyn joined Pathways Victoria as Complex Care Coordinator in 2022. Prior to this, Bronwyn spent seventeen years working in the legal sector, gaining valuable experience in both private practice and government organisations. Bronwyn held legal administration and case management roles at Victoria Legal Aid for over a decade. Her strong commitment to client service and her advocacy for access to justice led to a promotion to Project Officer with a community-based Legal Assistance Forum. 

Bronwyn has extensive experience supporting vulnerable clients, particularly victim-survivors of abuse and violence. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Social Work to formally recognise and expand on the knowledge and expertise she has developed throughout her career.

Bronwyn adopts a trauma-informed approach to provide comprehensive and therapeutic support. She is deeply passionate about ensuring victim-survivors to feel supported, empowered, and safe throughout their recovery journey.