Our Team
Director
Ralph has excellent knowledge of the community and with over 20 years experience working with families, children and adults, Ralph is highly motivated to get the best possible services to work with you so you can be empowered to achieve your best.
When starting Access Your Supports Ralph wanted to provide a service where participants felt supported and empowered with choice and control on how best to help them achieve their goals. Access Your Supports staff have been specifically hired for their strengths and Ralph has engaged a team who are all extremely knowledgeable, committed and passionate about working with people who have a disability.
Assistant Director
Lisa joins us from The Treehouse Geelong, where she is currently the Director. Lisa has a wealth of knowledge working in the field of Autism Spectrum Disorder. With over 12 years experience in the field, Lisa’s genuine passion has led her to Access Your Supports where she has taken on many roles leading to her current position as Assistant Director. Lisa is highly motivated about getting the best outcomes for participants and has a genuine interest in family centered practice.
Lisa is a dedicated advocate for inclusivity and passionate about advocating for children and families living with ASD. Lisa is driven to provide the best support outcomes for children in mainstream education settings.
Operations Manager
Arnie has over 12 years of experience in the disability services sector. His last role was with Gateways Support Services as the Quality and Service Development Manager. Arnie has worked in the corporate sector as well in Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific.
He is Access Your Supports’ Operations Manager in which role he will continue to drive the person centred approach of service delivery across the range of services the organisation provides to ensure the best possible outcomes for the people we support.
Business Development and Communications
David has over 15+ years experience in creating strategies for small and large businesses throughout Australia including Akubra, Bendigo Bank, Opera Australia and this NDIS. David is highly motivated to get the best outcomes for AYS families as identifying himself as a disability participant. David was announced as an Young Australian of The Year Finalist in 2018 for mental health programs and is a graduate of the Australian Catholic University where he studied Commerce and Arts. He has designed National frameworks for the Australian Olympic Committee and NDIA.
Ralph and his staff at Access Your Supports look forward to working with families, individuals and children to help take the stress out of implementing your NDIS plans and achieving your goals.