Anastasia joined ASRC as the Director Advocacy and Campaigns in May 2019. After a long career in the not for profit sector in Queensland and New South Wales, she now serves as the Director of Services and Advocacy Operations. Her career has centred around workforce management and community mobilisation, with more than 30 years working to change systems and build a better community for all people. Her most recent role was Head of Volunteering for UnitingCare in Queensland, a role that managed a voluntary workforce of more than 9000 volunteers across 400 programs, and contributed more than 1.3M hours to the people UnitingCare serve.

Anastasia brings to the ASRC her experience of getting the best out of people to get the best outcomes for people seeking asylum. She is experienced at bringing the organisation’s plans and aspirations to life through listening, planning and responding.

Anastasia oversees our Legal, Community Food Program, Housing Support Program and Health Clinic. Her work is focussed on supporting our extraordinary teams to deliver the best possible service to people seeking asylum. Building the case for meaningful and lasting change through the evidence of the people we support each and every day underpins the services she manages. She is driven to build momentum and appetite for cultural and systemic change in Australia so that our policies truly reflect the amazing multicultural society Australia was built on.