{"id":3821,"date":"2025-06-18T09:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/?page_id=3821"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T23:22:05","slug":"business-operations-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/about-us\/our-team\/business-operations-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Operations team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business Operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top size-thumbnail is-style-circle-mask\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Leonie-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3924 size-thumbnail\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HR &amp; Compliance Manager<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leonie White<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leonie has a background in education and has worked within the disability sector for over 17 years, initially in parent support followed by coordinating the MyTime program for Playgroup Victoria. Leonie began working at DSV in 2012 and over the journey has been heavily involved in the process of DSV\u2019s NDIS registration and seeking grant funding.&nbsp; She has a daughter with Down syndrome and passionately advocates for people with disability and their families.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top size-thumbnail is-style-circle-mask\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/image-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3575 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/image-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/02\/image-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volunteer and HR Coordinator  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Johanne Zuleta <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Johanne is a human resources professional with several years&#8217; experience as a consultant and advisor before moving into the disability sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is passionate about helping others and loves contributing to a purpose driven organisation that advocates for people with a disability and their families. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top size-thumbnail is-style-circle-mask\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Anna-Cook-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Cook\" class=\"wp-image-3123 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Administration and Database Officer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anna Cook<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna joined DSV in June 2017 having previously worked in administrative roles in the education and childcare industries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She enjoys working at Down Syndrome Victoria because she loves being part of an organisation that is working towards positive change.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top size-thumbnail is-style-circle-mask\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/04\/Steph-2023-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1927 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/04\/Steph-2023-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/04\/Steph-2023-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Assistant to the CEO and admin support <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephanie Papaleo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie joined DSV in 1998 and is our longest serving member of staff. In 2019 Steph was appointed PA to our CEO, supporting his administration\u00a0tasks, looking after the office, and providing admin support for other staff. Steph also enjoys contributing articles to Voice magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steph has lots of experience in the administration area and has a Certificate 3 in Business Administration. She also volunteered at Brotherhood of St. Laurence. When Steph is not working, she loves spending time with all her nieces, hanging out with her sister-in-law, and her sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Operations HR &amp; Compliance Manager Leonie White Leonie has a background in education and has worked within the disability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1393,"parent":14,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"state":[],"class_list":["post-3821","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4454,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3821\/revisions\/4454"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/state?post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}