Katherine Berney is the Director of the National Women’s Safety Alliance. Katherine is passionate about social, economic and safety equity for women and children. She has a strong not for profit background including working internationally with the Red Cross in the south pacific and on the DV-Alert program as part of the National Safety Plan. She has experience in strategic planning within the higher education and government consulting sectors. With a genuine passion to change the statistics for women in Australia she understands the power of the Women’s Alliances and the collaborative strength of the sector. Katherine is working towards her PhD in Sociology under Dr Michael J Walsh at the University of Canberra.