Councillor

Monash City Council,
Oakleigh Ward

Chair - Municipal Health & Wellbeing Plan Steering Committee

Co-Chair -Environmental Advisory Committee

CHAIR - Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action

Member - Oakleigh Activity Centre Steering CommitteE

2017-18

CHAIR - disability advisory committee

Member - community safety advisory board

member - audit and risk committee

delegate - victorian local governance association

LIAISON- FRIENDS OF SCOTCHMAN'S CREEK AND VALLEY RESERVE

LIAISON - FRIENDS OF DAMPER CREEK

2016-17

Co-Chair - Gender Equity Advisory Committee

Delegate - Young Person's Reference Group

Upcoming neighbourhood meetings:

TBC for 2019 shortly

Josh is the first ever Greens Councillor to serve the City of Monash.

Josh holds monthly neighbourhood meetings, which all community members are welcome to attend.  These meetings provide the opportunity for residents and ratepayers to drop in, say hello, or raise an issue.  

Outside of his duties as a Councillor, Josh is the Chief Executive Officer of the charity Kevin Heinze GROW and a sessional academic at the University of Melbourne.  Josh has extensive experience in a broad range of areas including child, youth, and family welfare, public health, mental health, disability, international development, education, and community broadcasting.

Born and raised in Monash, Josh has also lived in London while working on development of the National Health Service with local groups including the Haredi and Afro-Carribean communities, and in Nepal while working with local women and children.

Josh comes from a fostering family and is a former President of the Foster Care Association of Victoria. He is passionate about creating and maintaining a safe and nurturing environment for all children and young people, education, social justice, and human rights.

A PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne, Josh holds a Master's Degree in Social Work, and Bachelor's Degrees in Arts and Teaching.

Josh would like to acknowledge the traditional owners in Monash, and pay his respects to their elders past, present, and emerging.