Contact Us
Office for Youth
GPO Box 2392
Melbourne VIC 3001
Phone: (03) 9208 3333
Fax: (03) 9208 3226
The following contacts relate to individual topics. When you phone or write to us, please ask for the following people:
Director
Kati Krsevan
Programs Manager
Gina Fiske
Advance
John Kouvelas – (03) 9208 3213
Kerrie Loveless – (03) 9208 3219
Lynn Gunning – (03) 9208 3199
FReeZA/FReeZA Central/Music Equipment Grants
Greg Box
Mentoring and Capacity Building
Susan Cosgrave
National Youth Week
Greg Box
Positive Body Image
Kirsty Fiddian
Youth Participation and Access Program
Toby Schaefer-Darling
Youth Foundations Victoria
Mark Hobbs
Youthcentral Team
youthcentral (the website for young Victorians)
Development and Planning Team
Nick Chiam (Acting)
Contact a Regional Youth Affairs Network
For general information on the work of Regional Youth Affairs Networks please contact:
Kirsty Leong
Phone: (03) 9208 3203
kirsty.leong@dpcd.vic.gov.au
DPCD Regional Team contacts
Community Engagement Officers (Youth)
North Western Metropolitan Team
Haileluel Gebre-selassie - Northern Metro RYAN
Simon Thompson - Western Metro RYAN
Phone: (03) 9208 3907
Eastern Metropolitan Team
Jodie Patten
Phone: (03) 9296 4655
Southern Metropolitan Team
Yvette Shaw
Phone: (03) 9208 3672
Barwon South West
Liz Everist
Phone: (03) 5215 6035
Gippsland
Teresa Pugliese
Phone: (03) 5174 7308
Grampians
Karlie Hawking – Central Highlands RYAN
Suzannah Burton – Grampians Pyrenees RYAN and Wimmera RYAN
Phone: (03) 5327 2820
Hume
Sheree Brown
Phone: (03) 5761 2187
Loddon Mallee
Andrew Weightman
Phone: (03) 5410 5240
Web Site Updates
DPCD's websites are progressively being updated to reflect the changes following the establishment of the
department. This means you will continue to see some references to the Department for Victorian Communities
(DVC) as changes are being made.