Mayor of the Bundaberg Region, Helen was born and raised in region, attending Central State School and Bundaberg State High School, leaving Bundaberg to join the Army and returning four years later to start a family.   

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She worked in community-based organisations such as Bundaberg Area Sexual Assault Service, Lifeline and Bundaberg Area Youth Service before going on to own a small business and becoming an awarded business leader.

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Her achievements include Diplomas in Counselling, Psychotherapy and later Business Administration and Project Management and a Company Directors course.

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Helen served as Division 4 representative on Bundaberg Regional Council between 2016 and 2020, being the only Councillor to hold two portfolios (Governance and Sport and Recreation) and transforming the I Love Bundy initiative.

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Helen is an active member of her community having served on Rotary and various management committees of community-based and charity organisations and being a patron for the Small Bore Rifle Club and Defence Veteran Drop-in Centre.  She chairs the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils (WBBROC) and sits on the board of the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Development Australia Committee.

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Helen believes “we all have something to offer and that we need to be willing to do the offering”.