Our Leadership.
Our Board
Uniting Housing board.
Uniting Housing is a subsidiary of Uniting Vic.Tas. We have a single board of governance. You can find details here.
Our Staff
Executive team.
General Manager, Housing and Property
Kristie Looney
Kristie is an experienced leader within the not-for-profit, social enterprise and social service sectors working at the forefront of cross-sectoral collaboration to drive positive change.
Head of Housing Strategy & Asset Planning
Jan Berriman
Jan has extensive experience in executive positions within not-for-profit organisations in urban, regional, rural, and remote contexts within Australia.
She brings a wealth of experience to her role, most recently as the Director National Housing for YWCA Australia group and previously Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Victoria and CEO and Company Secretary of the YWCA Housing group. In December 2020, Jan was awarded the Sector Leader by PowerHousing Australia, in recognition of her long-term dedication and commitment to delivery of community housing for people experiencing homelessness or housing stress.
Jan is leading the preparation of Uniting Housing’s bid in response to the Victorian Government’s Big Housing Build program and development of our asset management strategy for the housing portfolio as part of implementing the joint Making Housing a Priority strategy.
Senior Manager Property Development
Lynne Jarman
Senior Manager Housing Services
Louise Daniel
She has extensive experience in the delivery of housing programs focused on improving the lives of vulnerable people.
Louise brings a wealth of knowledge in residential and commercial property management, asset management and planning, housing compliance and regulation and community development.
Senior Manager Commercial Properties
Mark Karutz
Mark has 26 years of experience in real estate and has worked across the private, government and not-for-profit sectors.
Mark has extensive experience in developing, project managing and successfully completing building projects.
Manager Housing Practice & Policy
Robin Zakharov
Robin is a housing policy and practice specialist with expert knowledge across a range of regulatory performance standards related to
Robin has worked in the social and affordable housing sectors for most of her career, as well as in the disability services sector.
She has worked in policy and program roles in state government in Victoria and Queensland, and as an independent housing consultant.
Senior Manager Asset Management
John Stewart
John has 20 years of facilities management experience in both the corporate and not-for-
He specialises in all areas of proactive scheduling of maintenance for life cycle efficiencies with a strong background in HVAC, plumbing, electrical & essential services across a property portfolio including, residential, commercial, retail & warehouses.
John has extensive experience managing a team of inhouse maintenance staff and specialised contractors. John has a background in merging organisations’ property departments within the community sector.
Development Analyst
Sheng Lin
Sheng is an experienced development manager with proven success managing residential and commercial property developments of various
He has managed complex development projects from initial due diligence stages, the creation and updating of feasibility models, and site acquisition/purchase, execution of development agreement, through to design development and consultant engagement for development delivery.
