Deb Frith

Co-owner and Chief Executive Officer 

Deb has 36 Years in the sector including with the NSW Government Statewide Behaviour Intervention Service and the NSW Office of the Public Guardian. 

Deb’s experience includes:

• CEO of the NSW Brain Injury Association
• Director Marketing and Business Development Royal Rehabilitation Hospital
• Project Development Consultant to the UK Brain Injury Trust, Neurobehavioral Behavioural Services
• Disability Services Consultant to NSW Lifetime Care and Support Scheme, NSW Family and Community Services and a range of Not for Profits.

Joel Jackson

Co-owner and Chief Financial Officer and NT Director of Operations

Joel has been with My Voice for eight years and is our NT operations director based in Alice Springs. He is a qualified accountant, and he has lived experience of disability.  

Joel supports and trains the NT men’s team. He has built solid and trusting relationships with the Central Australian Aboriginal communities  and he makes sure that My Voice listens and learns from our NT clients and their mob.

Carol Hannaford

Expert Advisor

Carol has over 27 years’ experience in the community and disability sectors. In the five years she has been with My Voice she has been a support coordinator, practice leader and in her current role focuses on maintaining quality and compliance with NDIS practice standards, developing systems, policies and staff training. 

Carol’s experience includes:

• 12 years NSW Family and Community Services as Forensic Case Work Specialist at the Behaviour Intervention Service and Community Justice Program, Senior Policy Officer (Intellectual Disability Mental Health) and Manager Business Support Clinical Innovation and Governance
• Five years in NSW Community Legal Centre’s including three years at the Intellectual Disability Rights Service Criminal Justice Support Network.

Michael Slane

Executive Manager Accommodation and Complex Care

Michael has 20 years’ experience in Disability and Mental Health Services in the UK and Australia  including trauma-informed care, strategic leadership and leading the My Voice operations team. Michael manages staff and service delivery in the My Voice SIL and SDA accommodation in Sydney, Southern Highlands and Alice Springs. 

Michael’s experience includes: 

Senior roles within innovative accommodation and support models for the NSW government (Integrated Services Program) developing cross agency service partnerships between government and non-government services.

Mikayla De Kock

Manager Behaviour Support

Mikayla has a background in educational psychology with eleven years’ experience in South Africa and Australia gaining extensive experience in Applied Behavioural Therapy, Positive Behaviour Support and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. 

Mikayla has been with My Voice for four years supervising and training staff and working with My Voice clients in NSW and NT who display behaviours associated with diagnoses such as:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Bipolar Disorder
• Conduct Disorder (CD)
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Foetal Alcohol syndrome (FAS)
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Separation and General Anxiety Disorder (SAD & GAD)
• Behaviours linked to chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome, Lowe syndrome, Cohen syndrome or Turner syndrome.

Mikayla also acts as an Independent Specialist for the NSW Department of Communities and Justice leading restrictive practice authorisation and review panels across NSW. 

Alba Pabon

Manager Human Resources

Alba has over 12 years of experience in law, corporate governance, business administration, and human resources.  She has been with My Voice for four years implementing HR strategies and systems, overseeing end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, payroll, and implementing staff induction and probation programs. 

Alba’s experience includes:

• International career experience including legal and corporate governance roles in Venezuela, such as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in the commerce and housing development sectors
• Working as a disability support worker in Sydney where she gained valuable experience and understanding of the Australian disability sector.

David Coyne

Expert Advisor

David has 34 years disability sector experience commencing as a psychologist to leading clinical and operational service delivery in the UK and for the NSW and Australian Commonwealth Governments (400 - 2,500 staff).

David’s experience includes:

• National Branch Manager, Complex Support Needs pathway, National Disability Insurance Agency
• Regional Manager Sydney Region, National Disability Insurance Agency
• Executive Director, Office of the Senior Practitioner, NSW Family & Community Services (five years) - leading disability mental health (Integrated Services Program) and intellectual disability Community Justice Program, state-wide specialist behaviour support as well as intellectual disability mental health and disability justice policy development and implementation
• Regional Director NSW Family & Community Services (Child Protection, Disability and Housing).
  

David also acts as an Independent Specialist for the approval of restrictive practices across two jurisdictions - the NSW Dept of Communities and Justice as well as the A.C.T Department of Communities.