Jodie is a second generation retirement living professional and has deep passion for all things retirement living and community development. Having held both hands on and senior management positions in the Retirement Sector for over 20 years she has a vast experience base to draw on. Jodie was formerly the Business Manager for a national retirement village management company and was responsible for the well being and satisfaction of both 160 staff members and over 6000 residents and has led a national team of 50+ village managers, plus led ‘village recovery’ projects, collaborated with state regulators and designed Village Management training courses in Australia and internationally. Jodie lead the creation of the popular Industry specific professional development program for Retirement community professionals and establishment of DCM Institute alongside Chris Baynes and the DCM Group. Her latest conquest is actively driving the development and industry engagement with Retirement Living operations software Centrim Life with Person Centred Software Australia.

She has been a regular contributor and collaborator alongside industry peak bodies for over two decades serving on a variety of panels, committees and as subject matter expert. She is tertiary educated in the Social Sciences field, majoring in Community Development and holds several business management certificates. She brings values such as contribution, authenticity, community, curiosity, optimism and responsibility to any team or collaboration she works with.