Who Are We
At the Property Industry Foundation, we believe solving youth homelessness takes collective action.
CONTACT USBuilding Homes. Changing Lives.
Since 1996, we’ve been the industry’s response to youth homelessness, laying the foundation so thousands of young people can finally feel secure.
Our Vision
A safe home for every young Australian.
Our Mission
To end youth homelessness by accelerating safe, stable housing and creating lasting impact through partnerships with the property and construction industry.
Our Purpose
We are for Homeless Youth.
Board of Directors
Bevan has over 40 years of experience in real estate funds management across Asia Pacific and Europe. He was most recently Global Head of Real Estate at Australian Super and was responsible for its global real estate portfolio. Before joining Australian Super, he was responsible for the Global Property Fund at Cromwell Property Group based in their London office. Bevan has had an extensive executive career in all aspects of property investment management, development and construction, and capital placement in leading Australian Real estate businesses including Lend Lease, Mirvac and Colonial First State Property.
As Charter Hall’s Chief Experience Officer (CXO) she is responsible for creating customer centric strategies that drive culture and customer connectivity across the Group, ensuring that customer experience is central to the Group’s operations. Prior to joining Charter Hall, Natalie was the Head of People and Development at Valad where she established and led the organisation’s Human Resources function, and the publishing multinational Wolters Kluwer where she was instrumental in transforming its operating model. She joined the Property Foundation Board in September 2023.
Todd is the founder and current Executive Director of Alceon Qld with over 28 years’ experience across a broad range of property sectors including Funds Management, valuation, sales and leasing, direct development and development management and structured finance. Todd specialises in the area of Real Estate finance, feasibility analysis and transaction management with particular skills in development management and deal origination.
Anthony is CEO at Frasers Property Australia. With over 25 years’ experience in the property and finance industries and a strong business acumen, Anthony oversees the development of mixed use, commercial, build-to-rent and retail together with residential land, housing and apartments. Anthony is also responsible for FPA’s investment property portfolio management as well as the sustainability focused energy retailer, Real Utilities. As a leading Australian property professional, Anthony represents Frasers Property on the Property Council of Australia’s Corporate Leaders Group and Champions of Change Coalition.
Virginia is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of MinterEllison and is a market-leading practitioner in the property, development and infrastructure markets acting for both government and private clients. Virginia is passionate about the property industry and is heavily involved in the Property Council of Australia (PCA) including as a member of the PCA’s National Board. Virginia is also a Board member of Committee for Sydney and chair of its Knowledge Economy Taskforce and a member of our own National Board of Directors. Her passion and knowledge bring strength to our cause, further driving the tangible difference we can make as industry professionals.
In 2021, Jane Fitzgerald became the Chief Operating Officer of the Property Council of Australia after five years as NSW Executive Director where she led the advocacy agenda at a time of enormous investment and change in the sector. Prior to her appointment, Jane was a senior executive with the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, the Deputy Director-General of the NSW Ministry for Police and chief of staff to two ministers in the NSW Government. Jane has a law degree and an arts degree majoring in politics from the University of NSW.
Pete joined Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) in 2008 and has over 30 years’ experience in asset management, consulting and funds management. His role as Head of Property at VFMC involves the responsibility for strategy, implementation and management of property investments in a $7bn portfolio of core and value add unlisted property funds and club style investments in Australia and the US. Pete is a member of the Property Council’s Capital Markets Division Council and joined the VIC Board of Advisors in 2021.
Malcom Tyson
Chief Executive Officer, Colliers AustraliaMalcom is the Chief Executive Officer of Colliers in Australia, responsible for leading the company’s enterprising culture and values that includes always doing what is right for Colliers’s clients, people and their communities. Colliers has supported the Property Industry Foundation since 2002 and sponsored the Sydney Sailing Regatta since 2011.
Monica brings to her 25-year career an unmatched level of enthusiasm and passion based on a sincere love of the construction game and on solving the particular challenges it presents. Her depth of experience and wealth of skills delivering health, education and laboratory facilities is unparalleled and has seen her advance swiftly to her current leadership role. Among these, she has tackled some of the biggest challenges relating to health sector refurbishment projects, often managing the interface and requirements of an operating hospital to successfully complete highly complex works, without compromising time and quality deliverables. Monica’s been critical to building Built’s health portfolio over the last several years and her track record has culminated in securing in excess of $800m worth of health projects for the Victorian business over the last 18 months. No project is ever too big or too small for Mon, if there’s a challenge to be solved she will see it through well beyond completion.
Our Committees
New South Wales
- Natalie Devlin, Charter Hall (NSW Chair)
- Christine Chalouhi, Chalouhi
- Dean Christian, BESIX Watpac
- Tim Christie, Taylor Construction
- Chris Davis, The GPT Group
- Kirsty Edwards, Richard Crookes
- Simon Gobbo, Versatile Group
- Pretar Harris, Brookfield
- Sarah Hogan, MPA
- Amy Menere, Mirvac
- Mannon Struk, Dexus
Queensland
- Salvatore Guardala (QLD Chair)
- Annabelle Aland, Allens
- Emma Clements, Inertia Engineering
- Adam Di Marco, The Urban Developer
- Ross Elliott, Suburban Futures
- Jackson Hills, Q Shelter
- Mark Jewell, Mcnab
- Alex Levy, Traders In Purple
- Lisa Nixon, BBS Communications
- Michael Rayner, Blight Rayner
- Kirsty Rourke, City of Brisbane Investment Corporation
Victoria
- Pete King, Victorian Funds Management Corporation, (Chair)
- Monica Fontaine, Built (Deputy-Chair)
- Jon Barkla, Charter Hall
- Wendy Brakey
- Sami Hassoun, Mirvac
- Rob Joyes, Colliers
- Steve Lee, Growthpoint
- Izabella Minas, Dexus
- Mark Power, Qualitas
- Faten Sadik, Stockland
- Nicole Ward, IFM Investors
New South Wales
- Chris Davis, The GPT Group (Chair)
- Dean Christian, BESIX Watpac
- Alice Dodwell, Charter Hall
- Gillian Donaldson, Conrad Gargett
- Claudia Ferrari, PMDL
- Cameron Gardiner, WHSmith Australia
- Samuel Grose, KPMG
- Declan Mclean. Essence PM
- James Patterson, Knight Frank
- Richard Smith, MBM
Victoria
- Faten Sadik (Chair)
- Nicole Battley, Property Council Australia
- Wendy Brakey
- Matthew Cleary, Urbis
- Simon Manley, Coles
- Matthew Snow, KPMG
- Nicole Ward, IFM
Queensland
- Annabelle Aland, Allens (Chair)
- Paul Morris, KPMG
- Sarah Davies, Urbis
- Bianca Barrett, IFM Investors
New South Wales
- Simon Gobbo, Versatile Group (Chair)
- Robin Chalouhi, Chalouhi
- Lydia Piegay, Xavier Knight
- Ashesh Dalal, Bathla
- Simon Hensley, WT Partnership
- Stephen Maher, Northrop
- David Radford, Essence PM
- Paul Reidy, fitzpatrick + partners
- Paul Rosenberg Vella, ALD Corp / Revert Group
- Shane Strong, Strong Industries
Victoria
- Steve Lee, GrowthPoint (Chair)
- Wendy Brakey
- Tim d’Antoine, Gallagher Jeffs
- Jim Dolkas, Wilbow Group
- Stephanie Hope, RP Infrastructure
- Jamie Shelton, Northrop
- Nicole Trumbull, WT Partnership
- Matt Walton, Home Apartments
New South Wales
- Cadie Doorley (Chair), Richard Crookes
- Carina-lauren Chong, CBRE
- Jennifer Chan, Sekesui House
- Libby Crampton, Charter Hall
- Jacob Ezrakhovich
- John Georgaklis, Stantec
- Charlie Jones, Design & Build Recruitment
- Lauren Jewell, Woods Bagot
- Laurence Laxton, PMDL
- Toby Loxton, Plenary Group
- Maggie Lucas, BESIX Watpac
- Indiana Garlick, Colliers
- Isabella Carano, Versatile
- Elle Mursell, A W Edwards
- Jake Padwick, MPA
- Bailey Gentle, Dexus
- Chantielle Tang, Lendlease
- Christopher Vosnakis, Northrop
- Vanessa Lu, Plenary
Queensland
- Amy Tayt, Apollo Group (Chair)
- Rebecca Atchison, Place Design Group
- Lily Bensted, McNab
- Shane Bradley, Urbis
- Connor Carmody, Multiplex
- Zac Chapman, Cox Architecture
- Yasmine Humphrey, Urbis
- Ella Newsome, BBS Communications
- Laura Manly, Place Design Group
- Lynelle Matthews
- Jess Pitcher, Place Design Group
- Jem Woolcock, HWLE Lawyers
Victoria
- Jon Barkla, Charter Hall (Co-Chair)
- Izabella Minas, Dexus (Co-Chair)
- Joel Barker, Dalton Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd
- Georgia Davis, JLL
- Hannah Bell, The GPT Group
- Anna Bucicova, Pitcher Partners
- Katya Ezhova, CBRE
- Rhys Painter, Built
- Brigette Jones, Pitcher Partners
- Georgia Rumble, Architectus
- Emily Vongsaraphanh, Spiire
- Tommy McRae, Colliers
- Reuben Vincent, Plan Group
Our Team
Kate Mills
CEO
Terry Petry
Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
Michal Cohen-Noble
Head of Fundraising
Stacey Vice
National Operations Manager
Jeanne-Vida (JV) Douglas
Innovation Manager
Priscilla Heathwood
VIC State Manager
Antoinette Rusby-Perera
QLD State Manager
James Lavender
Partnerships Manager
Caitlin Cunningham
QLD Events & Engagement Manager
Caitlyn Schroder
VIC Events & Engagement Manager
Cath Isted
NSW Events & Engagement Manager
Maureen Collins
Grants & Foundations Manager
Christine Campbell
Head of Marketing & Communications
Jin Fretin
Campaign Manager
Jessica Den
Content Manager
Dhara Kapadia
Digital Systems Administrator
Matthew Michael
Digital Marketing ManagerOur Work In Action
Steps for Homeless Youth Raises Over $163,000 for The Haven Project
A Heartfelt Thank You to Sal Guardala: Four Years of Purpose, Passion, and Profound Change
Circular Thinking. Real Impact. How One Partnership is Changing Lives
What's On
Pedal for Homeless Youth QLD
Brisbane’s stationary cycle challenge! How hard can you pedal in 20 minutes to help homeless youth?
Toiletries Wrap Night VIC
A caring night to come together and wrap vital goods for local charities.
Hard Hat
A month of coming together at construction sites and offices to raise funds for homeless youth.
Trivia Night QLD
Get ready for a brain-busting battle of wits all while raising funds for homeless youth.
Friends of the Foundation VIC
An industry lead lunch to address and discuss the issue of youth homelessness in Victoria.
Tour de PIF NSW
Sydney’s premier cycling event in the industry. Going above and beyond to make a tangible impact for at-risk…
30th Anniversary NATIONAL
Celebrating three decades of building homes for homeless youth.











