Advocacy & community support

As a firm believer that everyone should have the opportunity to unleash their potential, Louise is an active advocate for disability inclusion, child & women’s rights, climate action, poverty alleviation, and equitable health care access. Louise is also dedicated to justice, rights and respect for Australia's First Nations Peoples.

Disability advocate

  • Author of book “A Different Kind of Brilliant” promoting power of neurodiversity (with percentage of sales donated to ASPECT)

  • Film Producer of the award winning “Brilliant” promoting power of neurodiversity

  • Advisory Group Member for Aspect Research Priorities project (group received an industry award for community engagement)

  • ‘Run for Autism’ participant

  • Parent / Carer of the year nomination – ASPECT

Women’s Rights advocate

  • Employed as part of World Vision’s VisionFund initiative in Cambodia and focused on delivering microfinance for female poverty alleviation

  • Executive owner of the 1,000 girls campaign for World Vision

  • Executive owner of Strong Women Strong World for World Vision

  • Mentor and speaker at International Women’s Day

  • World Vision - Women in leadership speaker & group leader

  • Fundraiser for Women and Girls Emergency Centre

  • Fundraiser for Dress for Success

  • Mentor for The Orbispace Initiative (organisation set to empower the next generation of Australian female innovators)

Health advocate

  • Board Director for SDECC, a Not for Profit organisation which specialises in providing free counselling and support for young people aged 12 -25 with problematic alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use and their families across the Northern Sydney region

  • CEO Dare to Cure participant (for Children’s Cancer Research)

  • Event organiser of Pink Ribbon breakfast

  • Fundraiser for McGrath Foundation

  • Crisis Counsellor for Salvos Assistance Line

Environmental advocate

  • Executive sponsor of the Climate program (FMNR) for World Vision Australia

  • Employed by Green Energy as a Marketing Consultant in Vietnam (short term fixed contract working on market modelling for biofuels project)

  • Completed Essentials in Sustainability, Stanford University

Australian First Nations People advocate

  • Executive sponsor for Australian First Nations People for World Vision Australia

Other causes

  • Volunteer Interviewer for Australian Business Volunteers (ABV)

  • Volunteer St Vincent de Paul Society - Vinnies Van Volunteer

  • RSCPA fundraiser

  • Childcare volunteer for orphanage in Cambodia

  • Volunteer for building family homes for people living in the slums of Stun Meanchey in Phnom Penh, Cambodia