Trauma informed community service consultants - Diverse Leaders
Our Team
Kris
Kris Sargeant
Founder and Principle Consultant
With more than 30 years’ experience across community mental health, disability, aged care, allied health, youth and family services, housing and homelessness, education, retirement living and LGBTQIA+ supports, Kris brings both strategic perspective and operational experience. She has worked as
Kris Sargeant
Founder and Principle Consultant
With more than 30 years’ experience across community mental health, disability, aged care, allied health, youth and family services, housing and homelessness, education, retirement living and LGBTQIA+ supports, Kris brings both strategic perspective and operational experience. She has worked as an executive, consultant, advocate and board member across the community and human services sectors.
Kris partners with organisations to strengthen leadership, strategy, culture and service design. Her work includes wellbeing and safety frameworks, people and culture reviews, operating models, leadership development and practical approaches to inclusion, including lived experience, neurodiversity, gender-based violence and diversity, equity, belonging and inclusion.
Her approach is trauma-informed, evidence-based and human-centred. Kris holds an MBA in Human Resource Management, a Master of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.
Kris’s commitment to this work is also informed by her lived experience of mental health challenges, suicidality, neurodivergence and being queer. She understands that disclosure is always a personal choice, and works towards cultures where people are respected, supported and able to contribute without needing to hide who they are.
Kim
Kim Eisler
Senior Psychologist
Kim is a senior psychologist, qualified social worker and AHPRA Psychology Board-approved supervisor, with more than 30 years’ experience across allied health and mental health.
Her work brings together clinical expertise, practical leadership and a strong commitment to supporting people and teams to grow. Kim
Kim Eisler
Senior Psychologist
Kim is a senior psychologist, qualified social worker and AHPRA Psychology Board-approved supervisor, with more than 30 years’ experience across allied health and mental health.
Her work brings together clinical expertise, practical leadership and a strong commitment to supporting people and teams to grow. Kim has held senior roles in government and community organisations, including as a Senior Psychologist with NSW Health, where she worked in school-aged children’s mental health and wellbeing.
For more than 25 years, Kim has provided supervision and mentoring to psychology professionals. As Manager of the Psychologist Registration Program at the Australian College of Applied Psychology, she supported the successful registration of more than 50 psychology interns.
Kim also designs and facilitates professional learning for allied health professionals, educators and leaders. She holds a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is known for creating thoughtful, supportive spaces for learning, reflection and professional development.
Michelle
Michelle Skinner
Executive Consultant
Michelle Skinner is an executive and transformational leader with more than 30 years’ experience across complex not-for-profit and for-purpose organisations.
Michelle has led large-scale services across disability, health, aged care, youth and family services, palliative care and community support. Most
Michelle Skinner
Executive Consultant
Michelle Skinner is an executive and transformational leader with more than 30 years’ experience across complex not-for-profit and for-purpose organisations.
Michelle has led large-scale services across disability, health, aged care, youth and family services, palliative care and community support. Most recently, as Director of NDIS, Health and Social Services at Wesley Mission Queensland, she led enterprise-wide service reform, multidisciplinary teams and strategic partnerships across a broad and diverse portfolio.
Her leadership combines clear strategic direction with strong operational accountability. Michelle is experienced in navigating funding and regulatory change, strengthening governance, developing sustainable service models and leading organisations through periods of significant transformation.
Michelle is deeply committed to person-centred, evidence-based practice. She is known for her collaborative, values-led approach and for supporting inclusive workplaces where staff, communities and people who use services can shape meaningful improvement.
Her earlier executive roles include CEO of Queensland Deaf Society, now Deaf Connect, and Deputy CEO of Koomarri Association ACT. Michelle’s career includes a sustained commitment to access, inclusion, workforce capability and service innovation.
Marcie
Marcie McGowan
Community Services and Innovation Leader
Marcie brings 20 years of experience in community services, including a decade in leadership roles. She has co-founded and led innovative initiatives from early idea through to delivery, combining strategic thinking with a practical ability to navigate complexity.
Her work draws on syst
Marcie McGowan
Community Services and Innovation Leader
Marcie brings 20 years of experience in community services, including a decade in leadership roles. She has co-founded and led innovative initiatives from early idea through to delivery, combining strategic thinking with a practical ability to navigate complexity.
Her work draws on systems thinking, human-centred design and agile ways of working to help teams make meaningful, measurable progress. Marcie is especially skilled at bringing people together across roles, locations and perspectives—whether teams are working face-to-face, online or across both.
Marcie creates psychologically safe, inclusive environments where people can contribute, learn and lead. She builds trust quickly and works collaboratively with stakeholders at every level of an organisation.
Guided by compassion, innovation, transparency, shared power, continuous improvement and tenacity, Marcie brings energy and care to complex challenges. In her words, “mess is my playground.”