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Our Board

Meet Faith Housing Alliance’s Board members

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Rob Burnelek

B Eng (Civil Engineering), MBA

Rob is the General Manager of Housing at Anglicare Sydney. He established their community housing operations and currently oversees a large development program to deliver social and affordable housing.

Rob has many years of senior management experience in community housing and not-for-profit organisations. Notably in 2013 Rob joined The Salvation Army to establish its community and affordable housing operations across New South Wales and went on to expand operations to Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

In 2022, Rob is the FHA Board Chair.

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Antony Anisse

B Economics/B Laws, Harvard Grad Program in Real Estate Investment and Development

Antony is the Co-Founder of Good Housing and acts as the Chief Empowerment Officer. He is an experienced public-private executive with a record of strong social and economic outcomes in major urban renewal projects including Parramatta Square, Riverbank and the Civic Link Projects.

He has previously held senior positions in private development firms, Local and State Government, and the Urban Growth Development Corporation. Antony was elected to the Hornsby Shire Council in September 2012, an office he held until September 2017.

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Brad Braithwaite

B Arts, MBA (Social Impact)

Brad is the Interim CEO at Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT.  He has a wealth of leadership experience gained as a senior executive and consultant across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

His expertise is across social and economic policy research and analysis, corporate strategy, serving cross-functional teams, facilitating strategic and operational transformation, and driving business development and IP commercialisation.

Before joining Anglicare, Brad was deputy CEO at Argyle Housing, working on the efficiency and productivity of corporate services, operations, and asset management.

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Cheri Erai-Collins

B Sc (Finance)

Cheri is the State Manager at Salvos Housing NSW, QLD & ACT. Cheri works with the senior leadership team on strategy and business development. He also works closely with both The Salvation Army Australia and external partners on new programs and property projects.

Cheri is an experienced accountant with almost 15 years’ experience working in the community and not-for-profit sectors in the UK and Australia. Her most recent accomplishment is the delivery of the Chermside Salvation Army Complex. The Complex is a powerful partnership with a $5.5 million donation from philanthropist Doug Corey through his charity, the Corey Charitable Foundation. It offers affordable accommodation to applicants who had been sleeping rough.  

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Lisa Ellis

B Arts (Community Development)

Lisa is the Operations Manager at Community Housing at Wesley Mission. She manages a portfolio of housing ranging from crisis accommodation and transitional housing, through to social and affordable housing.

She has over 13 years’ experience working in not-for-profit and government organisations including community housing, health services (cancer control and prevention), disabilities and aged care.

Her roles have focussed on operational management, tenancy management, community engagement, quality assurance and risk management. Her approach includes creating opportunities for young people living in community housing and facilitating opportunities to reduce loneliness as people age. Her focus is on providing community housing with a whole-of-person mindset, rather than a transactional real-estate model. 

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Mike Furner

Grad Dip (Human Services Management)

After 20 years as an executive across community development, health, rehabilitation and aged care fields in NSW, the Northern Territory and Tasmania, Mike joined BaptistCare in 2001 to head the newly created Aged and Community Care Operations Division. For four years he took on a broader role as General Manager for the group’s strategic development portfolio.

His work led to the establishment of social housing within BaptistCare where he became General Manager Housing and Retirement Living, NSW & ACT, a role from which he retired in 2020. A significant part of Mike’s work has been in rural and remote areas of Australia, including Aboriginal communities.

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Mark Khoo FAPI

B Laws (Hons) First Class

Mark is the Co-Founder and current CEO of WelcomeMat – Australia’s first bespoke tenant-matching platform for affordable rental housing.

He was a Property Partner at The Salvation Army’s award-winning social enterprise law firm, Salvos Legal for over six years. He was also a senior lawyer working across top tier national law firms for over nine years prior. 

Mark had the privilege of being appointed as an Associate to Justice Murray Wilcox at the Federal Court of Australia and served on the Law Society of NSW’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee for three years. Mark is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute (API) under its Property Leaders Program.

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Mark Nutting

B Arch (Architecture), MTP (Town and Country Planning)

Mark has had a long career in the NSW Government advising on housing policy, strategic resource allocation and service improvement.

As a former senior officer in the Department of Family and Community Services (and its many iterations), he led the design phase of the housing common access project that is now known as Housing Pathways, along with housing and homelessness policy reforms, inter-government negotiations, research and funding of social and affordable housing programs.

He is currently the Strategic Planning Manager of the Southern Regional Organisation of Councils undertaking advocacy and policy work on behalf of member councils.

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Rob Burnelek

B Eng (Civil Engineering), MBA

Rob is the General Manager of Housing at Anglicare Sydney. He established their community housing operations and currently oversees a large development program to deliver social and affordable housing.

Rob has many years of senior management experience in community housing and not-for-profit organisations. Notably in 2013 Rob joined The Salvation Army to establish its community and affordable housing operations across New South Wales and went on to expand operations to Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

In 2022, Rob is the FHA Board Chair.

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Antony Anisse

B Economics/B Laws, Harvard Grad Program in Real Estate Investment and Development

Antony is the Co-Founder of Good Housing and acts as the Chief Empowerment Officer. He is an experienced public-private executive with a record of strong social and economic outcomes in major urban renewal projects including Parramatta Square, Riverbank and the Civic Link Projects.

He has previously held senior positions in private development firms, Local and State Government, and the Urban Growth Development Corporation. Antony was elected to the Hornsby Shire Council in September 2012, an office he held until September 2017.

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Brad Braithwaite

B Arts, MBA (Social Impact)

Brad is the Deputy CEO at Anglicare NSW South, NSW West & ACT.  He has a wealth of leadership experience gained as a senior executive and consultant across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

His expertise is across social and economic policy research and analysis, corporate strategy, serving cross-functional teams, facilitating strategic and operational transformation, and driving business development and IP commercialisation.

Before joining Anglicare, Brad was deputy CEO at Argyle Housing, working on the efficiency and productivity of corporate services, operations, and asset management.

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Cheri Erai-Collins

B Sc (Finance)

Cheri is the State Manager at Salvos Housing NSW, QLD & ACT. Cheri works with the senior leadership team on strategy and business development. He also works closely with both The Salvation Army Australia and external partners on new programs and property projects.

Cheri is an experienced accountant with almost 15 years’ experience working in the community and not-for-profit sectors in the UK and Australia. Her most recent accomplishment is the delivery of the Chermside Salvation Army Complex. The Complex is a powerful partnership with a $5.5 million donation from philanthropist Doug Corey through his charity, the Corey Charitable Foundation. It offers affordable accommodation to applicants who had been sleeping rough.  

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Lisa Ellis

B Arts (Community Development)

Lisa is the Operations Manager at Community Housing at Wesley Mission. She manages a portfolio of housing ranging from crisis accommodation and transitional housing, through to social and affordable housing.

She has over 13 years’ experience working in not-for-profit and government organisations including community housing, health services (cancer control and prevention), disabilities and aged care.

Her roles have focussed on operational management, tenancy management, community engagement, quality assurance and risk management. Her approach includes creating opportunities for young people living in community housing and facilitating opportunities to reduce loneliness as people age. Her focus is on providing community housing with a whole-of-person mindset, rather than a transactional real-estate model. 

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Mike Furner

Grad Dip (Human Services Management)

After 20 years as an executive across community development, health, rehabilitation and aged care fields in NSW, the Northern Territory and Tasmania, Mike joined BaptistCare in 2001 to head the newly created Aged and Community Care Operations Division. For four years he took on a broader role as General Manager for the group’s strategic development portfolio.

His work led to the establishment of social housing within BaptistCare where he became General Manager Housing and Retirement Living, NSW & ACT, a role from which he retired in 2020. A significant part of Mike’s work has been in rural and remote areas of Australia, including Aboriginal communities.

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Mark Khoo FAPI

B Laws (Hons) First Class

Mark is the Co-Founder and current CEO of WelcomeMat – Australia’s first bespoke tenant-matching platform for affordable rental housing.

He was a Property Partner at The Salvation Army’s award-winning social enterprise law firm, Salvos Legal for over six years. He was also a senior lawyer working across top tier national law firms for over nine years prior. 

Mark had the privilege of being appointed as an Associate to Justice Murray Wilcox at the Federal Court of Australia and served on the Law Society of NSW’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee for three years. Mark is a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute (API) under its Property Leaders Program.

Faith Housing Alliance Board, Faith Housing Alliance

Mark Nutting

B Arch (Architecture), MTP (Town and Country Planning)

Mark has had a long career in the NSW Government advising on housing policy, strategic resource allocation and service improvement.

As a former senior officer in the Department of Family and Community Services (and its many iterations), he led the design phase of the housing common access project that is now known as Housing Pathways, along with housing and homelessness policy reforms, inter-government negotiations, research and funding of social and affordable housing programs.

He is currently the Strategic Planning Manager of the Southern Regional Organisation of Councils undertaking advocacy and policy work on behalf of member councils.

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Faith Housing Alliance is not a housing provider or a direct support service.

If you are seeking emergency accommodation, visit Link2Home.