Kate Humpage is Director, Community Approaches and Initiatives Division, HRSDC. In her work over the past 25 years, Ms Humpage has focused in particular on social development, gender equality, human resource development, poverty alleviation, and strengthening institutional partnership machinery and capacity for NGOs, governments and community groups. She has extensive experience in participatory decision-making, policy development and implementation, and consensus and partnership development. Kate's background includes policy, research, and operational work on a wide range of social issues such as labour force development, equity group participation & gender analysis, international development, strategic partnerships, poverty alleviation, learning, voluntary sector relations, rural development and aboriginal affairs. A constant theme throughout her career has been consensus-building and partnership development.
Prior to her current position, Kate was Director, Horizontal Initiatives, Aboriginal Affairs Directorate, HRSDC, and Manager, Research and Analysis, Rural Secretariat.