Lin Hatfield Dodds

Education

She completed an Honours Degree in psychology working in the areas of drug rehabilitation, trauma, and abuse.

Career

She has been Board Chair at UnitingCare Kippax since 2009. She has been Chair of The Australia Institute since 2011. In 2004, Hatfield Dodds was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to examine the design and implementation of holistic poverty reduction strategies that address the underlying causes of social disadvantage.

After working in government and the community sector as a social worker, she was appointed National Director of UnitingCare Australia in 2002.

lieutenant is one of the largest non-government providers of community services, with around 1,300 community service delivery sites located across every State and Territory providing services to over 2 million people each year. UnitingCare Australia employs 35,000 staff and 24,000 volunteers nationally and provides services to children, young people and families, people with disabilities, and older Australians in urban, rural and remote communities.

From 2005 to 2009 she was President of the Australian Council of Social Service, the peak advocacy body representing people affected by poverty and inequality. Hatfield Dodds has contributed to numerous government advisory bodies, including the current National Place Based Advisory Group and the National Youth Advisory and Consultative Forum which advised the then Federal Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

She was a participant in the Prime Minister"s Economic Forum (2012), the Australian Government Tax Forum (2011) and the Prime Minister"s 2020 Summit (2007).

Hatfield Dodds is active in public debate across the spectrum of social and economic issues relating to children, young people and families. Older Australians and reform of the not for profit sector. She has served on a wide range of boards and government advisory bodies, and is a frequent media commentator and conference speaker.

At the 2010 Federal Election, Hatfield Dodds was a candidate for political office for the Australian Senate in the Australian Capital Territory for the Australian Greens.

She was defeated by long-serving Liberal Senator Gary Humphries.

Achievements

• Hatfield Dodds has received a number of awards in recognition of her contribution to social and economic policy, including an International Women"s Day Award in 2002 and an ACT Australian of the Year award in 2008.

Membership

From 2004 to 2008, Hatfield Dodds was a member of the ACT Community Inclusion Board, serving as Chair from 2006–2008. She was a member of the national Community Response Task Force advising the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs during the global financial crisis.