The Customers and Communities Team is here to help you manage your tenancy, ensure you have the support services you need, and help you participate in the Bridge Housing community. The chart below shows the structure of the team. Scroll down to read more about the team members and find their contact details.
Clive Bradshaw, Regional Manager West
Clive joined Bridge Housing in 2019. With a strong background working in the community and government sectors, Clive seeks to use his experience to deliver housing services in a way that supports tenants to achieve a deeper connection to their community.
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Hasan Hussein, Team Leader, West
Hasan joined Bridge Housing in 2023 and bring knowledge gained through an extensive career in the housing sector. He enjoys all aspects of tenancy management and is particularly committed to supporting those most in need in the community.
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Koolyn Gordon, Housing Manager, West
Koolyn joined Bridge Housing in July 2021 having worked in the community sector for some time and is motivated to bring her community knowledge and front-line expertise to the most vulnerable when providing housing services. Passionate about helping people achieve their goals and assist with all life’s fundamental needs, Koolyn finds it rewarding to see people in need housed, which she believes is a catalyst for further life-changing opportunities.
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David Nutting, Housing Manager, West
David joined Bridge Housing in March 2021, having worked in the community housing sector for the last two years. David has a passion for excellent customer care and delivery of housing services. David finds it rewarding when he is able to assist with a tailored level of care to tenants’ needs. He is always appreciative of tenant engagement and feedback.
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Fiona Barnes, Housing Support Officer, West
Fiona has worked for Bridge Housing in a variety of roles over the years. She is committed to supporting tenancies in the portfolio.
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Jamie Brewer, Regional Manager, Central
Jamie joined Bridge Housing in 2022. He is responsible for managing tenant participation, capacity building and community building. Jamie has experience working in social housing and homelessness and enjoys assisting people to develop their strengths and contribute positively to their community.
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Aileen O'Neill, Team Leader, Central
Aileen joined Bridge Housing in August 2020, managing the Housing First portfolio including Together Home, Step, Platform 70 and Connect 100. Her previous experience includes being trained under the Housing First founder, Sam Tsemberis and implementing Housing First Models across Ireland. Aileen is passionate about ending homelessness and the stigma associated with it and aims to ensure smooth transitions into housing.
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Julie Armstrong, Housing Manager, Central
Jules started with Bridge housing in December 2020. Though relatively new to the community housing sector, Jules has a strong customer service background and a passion for helping those in need and looks forward to providing that service to tenants.
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Rosa Orsini, Housing Manager, Central
Rosa joined Bridge housing in October 2020, following two years with Link Housing as a housing manager. This time cemented Rosa’s passion for tenancy and the opportunity to apply her strong customer service skills, honed at FACS housing in the Pathways team and Housing Contact Centre. Rosa enjoys building relationships and making connections with her tenants: her motto is 'Happy tenant, happy housing manager.'
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Geraldine Mawn, Housing Manager, Central
Geraldine joined Bridge Housing in October 2020, bringing with her a wealth of experience having worked in social housing in Ireland and Australia. Geraldine enjoys helping people resolve their housing challenges and finds her work very rewarding.
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Sharon Collinge, Regional Manager, North
Sharon joined Bridge Housing in October 2012 and is responsible for supporting the Housing Team. Sharon is passionate about reducing homelessness and ensuring our tenants feel safe and secure in their homes along with service improvement. Sharon has a breath of knowledge of community housing having worked in this sector in Ireland and in various positions across Bridge Housing.
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Lisa Henning, Team Leader, North
Lisa joined Bridge Housing in May 2019. Lisa has a background in social work and brings a depth of experience working with underage refugees in Germany. Having worked previously with FACS Housing in Australia, Lisa enjoys working collaboratively with stakeholders to achieve the best support and outcomes for tenants.
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Holli Wheeler, Housing Manager, North
Holli joined Bridge Housing in November 2019 having previously working for Department of Communities and Justice in the Newcastle Area. Holli enjoys all aspects of tenancy management and is committed to building relationships with her tenants to provide advice and assistance not only in their tenancy but in their day-to-day life.
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BJ Astana, Housing Manager, North
BJ joined Bridge Housing in March 2020, having previously worked at FACS/DCJ and Centrelink. BJ enjoys building rapport with tenants, creating open and honest communication.
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James Ferguson, Housing Manager, North
James joined Bridge Housing in February 2021, bringing experience working within maintenance services in social housing for local authorities in London and facilities management in Australia. James enjoys helping people resolve their housing challenges and endeavours to provide assistance and support for tenants across all aspects of their tenancy and daily life.
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Mark Fleming, Housing Manager, North
Mark joined Bridge Housing in August 2022 having previously worked in property management and tenancy management. Mark is passionate about supporting people in the community and that has led him back to the community housing sector.
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Alice Keegan, Team Leader, Housing Support Coordination, Central
Alice joined Bridge Housing in 2023..
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Alison Hillis, Housing Support Coordinator, Central
Alison joined Bridge in July 2021, bringing her extensive experience in social work working on projects within the Department of Communities and Justice. Her work focused on those with a history of homelessness/rough sleeping, children and young people in care and victims of domestic and family violence.
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Mirjana Kreiselmaier, Housing Support Coordinator, Central
Mirjana joined Bridge Housing in October 2021. She has extensive experience in developing housing co-operatives and coordinating tenant support programs. Mirjana has also worked with homeless women and their children and supported young people who have offended via juvenile justice conferencing based on restorative justice.
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Karmen Sestito, Housing Support Coordinator, North
Karmen joined Bridge Housing in 2019. She is responsible for resident support on the Northern Beaches. A former Senior Client Service Officer with FACS in Brookvale, Karmen loves helping residents get their lives back on track.
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Florida Yap, Team Leader Pathways, Central
Florida joined Bridge Housing in 2014. She Manages the Central Pathways team who provide advice and assessment on applicant housing options and allocations to Bridge Housing properties. Florida enjoys working with people who are passionate about making a difference.
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Rowena Russell, Housing Manager Pathways, Central
Rowena joined Bridge Housing in May 2018, assisting people to apply for social housing and completing assessments on suitable housing options and allocations. Rowena enjoys helping people and maintaining good relationships with clients, tenants and supports.
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William Huntley, Housing Manager, Pathways Central
Will joined Bridge Housing in May 2021 having previously worked at DCJ and in Employment Services, he is passionate about helping people in the community while providing excellent customer service with an understanding and compassionate attitude. He takes pride in building connections and helping those in need of assistance.
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Ariana Vambuca, Pathways Administrator, Central
Ariana joined Bridge over five years ago and has worked in Reception, Rent Review and Housing teams. Currently Ariana is our Pathways Administrator in the Central office and manages day to day enquires and administration for clients requiring housing assistance. Ariana enjoys providing quality service to our clients assisting them through the housing application process, always with a smile.
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Maria Berry, Team Leader Pathways, North
Maria joined Bridge Housing in February 2020 and manages the Pathways North team to deliver housing assistance services, including the delivery of Private Rental Assistance and allocations on the Northern Beaches. Maria brings extensive experience from within the community services sector, enjoys working with passionate people and the challenges the role brings.
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Christine Settree, Pathways Administrator, North
Christine joined Bridge Housing in August 2019. Christine assists our clients on the Northern Beaches with their enquiries on housing assistance services and provides quality administrative support to the Pathways Team. Christine likes the supportive team environment at Bridge Housing and enjoys interacting with our clients and seeing positive outcomes.
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Jonelle Blaney, Team Leader, Programs
Jonelle joined Bridge Housing in December 2018, having previously worked in the FACS Redfern Tenancy Team. Jonelle managed the programs and arrears team before her promotion to Team Leader, East earlier this year. Jonelle thrives on supporting tenants to maintain their tenancies and deliver positive outcomes.
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Dean Lloyd, Housing Manager
Dean recently returned to Bridge Housing after a long absence. Dean is a passionate social justice. Dean is a passionate social justice advocate and is excited to be part of the Bridge Housing team working towards ending homelessness. Dean has a wealth of experience from the community services sector and is willing to share parts of his journey to connect with and benefit the people he is working with.
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Stephen Fitzpatrick, Housing Manager
Stephen joined Bridge Housing in August 2022. He has worked for many years with people with housing and support needs in both Ireland and Australia. Stephen loves working closely with tenant sand will get to do this working with the tenants in our Housing First programs.
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Rita Cardoso, Housing Manager
Rita joined Bridge Housing in August 2010, and has worked across multiple departments. Rita has managed a number of different portfolios, and helped to establish our new developments at Glebe in 2018. Rita currently manages our support tenancies portfolio, which includes Disability Housing, Waverley Affordable Housing, and youths at risk of homelessness.
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Laura McAliece, Housing Support Officer
Laura joined Bridge Housing in June 2021 as a receptionist in our head office. Laura was then promoted to Housing Support Officer for our Housing First Portfolio in January 2022. Laura is passionate about assisting our tenants achieve their goals, particularly through securing safe and stable accommodation as a vital first step.
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Kirsten Miles, Income Coordinator
Kirsten worked in the Housing team before stepping up to the Rent Review team in 2021. She is proud to provide exceptional customer service to our tenants.
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Thi Tran, Administration Officer, Rent Review
Thi joined Bridge Housing in 2019 as part of the Rent Review team to provide administrative support and handle enquiries regarding tenants’ rents. She is strongly committed to providing service in the not-for-profit space and enjoys volunteering on the weekends.
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Charmion Rowe, Rent Review Officer
Charmion has worked in a number of different teams across Bridge Housing before joining the Rent Review team in 2022.
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Dare Kavanagh, Manager Sustainable Communities
Dare joined Bridge Housing in 2023. She is responsible for managing tenant participation, capacity building and community building. Dare has experience working in social housing and is committed to community engagement.
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Melissa Russell-Combo, Tenant Participation Officer
Melissa joined Bridge Housing in 2022. She is responsible for managing tenant engagement activities and events, capacity building and community development work within Bridge Housing. Melissa has extensive experience in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
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Coralie Patten, Tenant Participation Officer
Coralie joined Bridge Housing in 2022. She is responsible for managing tenant engagement activities and events, capacity building and community development work in the Northern Beaches.
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