Meet Our Team
Behind every outcome is a person who showed up. Our team spans leadership, allied health, employment, advocacy, and community support - united by a shared commitment to improving the lives of people with disabilities and their families.
Executive
Assad and Lorraine lead Ability Advocates at the executive level - setting strategic direction, overseeing governance, and ensuring the organisation delivers on its mission for people with disabilities and their families.
Chief Executive Officer - Ability Advocates Australia | Director - Ability Advocates Foundation
Lorraine Salloum GAICD
Lorraine Salloum is a values-driven executive leader with deep expertise across government, not-for-profit, and community sectors - united by a single belief: every person with a disability deserves the freedom to live fully, contribute meaningfully, and be heard. As CEO and Executive Director of Ability Advocates Australia, she leads the strategic and operational direction of employment, allied health, and capacity-building services that open real doors for the people they serve. As Volunteer Director of the Ability Advocates Foundation, she champions free advocacy and community impact programs so no one has to navigate the system alone. Lorraine leads with purpose - building a future where disability is never a barrier to a life well lived.
Chief Finance Officer & Executive Director - Ability Advocates Australia
Assad Salloum CPA
Assad is an accomplished Certified Practising Accountant with a postgraduate degree in Accounting and more than two decades of experience across finance and corporate teams. He brings deep expertise in budget oversight, regulatory compliance, risk management, and long-term financial sustainability - having successfully managed multimillion-dollar budgets and delivered complex organisational projects with precision across high-stakes environments. As Chief Finance Officer and Executive Director of Ability Advocates Australia, Assad leads financial strategy, compliance, and long-term sustainability - ensuring strong, accountable stewardship of resources that empowers the organisation to deliver meaningful social impact.
Management Team
Our management team provides cross-divisional leadership across quality, risk, employment, allied health, home and community services and outreach - coordinating the people and systems that keep Ability Advocates operating at its best.
Chief Executive Officer - Ability Advocates Australia
Lorraine Salloum GAICD
Leads organisation-wide strategy, service delivery, and day-to-day operations, ensuring Ability Advocates maintains the highest standards of quality, governance, and team performance.
Inclusive Employment Lead
Gregory Stoupe
Leads employment and wellbeing programs across Ability Advocates Australia. Gregory is also a Registered Counsellor and Personal Trainer, bringing allied health depth to employment support and capacity building.
Quality, Risk and Capability Lead
Anne-Charlotte Le Corno
Leads quality assurance, risk management, and capability development across all divisions - embedding NDIS Practice Standards and a culture of continuous improvement across the organisation.
Advocacy and Outreach Lead
Sally Iskander
Sally coordinates community advocacy and outreach initiatives, contributing to both organisational operations and Foundation-aligned outreach with clear conflict of interest protocols in place.
Allied Health
Our allied health team takes a genuinely multi-disciplinary approach - psychologists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, behaviour support practitioners and counsellors working collaboratively to deliver integrated, trauma-informed supports. Services are tailored to each person's goals, not their funding category.
Psychologist
Rocio Martinez
Registered Psychologist specialising in trauma, mental health, and complex presentations - delivering assessments, therapy, and recovery-focused supports with a compassionate, trauma-informed approach.
Psychologist
Hiba Nadeem
Provisional Psychologist with a Master of Clinical Psychology - drawing on CBT, ACT, DBT, and Schema Therapy to support children, adolescents, adults, and families.
Occupational Therapist
Jennifer Boutros
AHPRA-registered OT delivering functional capacity assessments and capacity-building supports across home, school, clinic, and community settings.
Speech Pathologist
Shirley Hassaratti
Speech Pathologist specialising in communication, language, literacy, and AAC supports - with a focus on practical communication for education, employment, and independent living.
Behaviour Support Practitioner
Gabby Douiehi
Behaviour Support Practitioner delivering evidence-based positive behaviour support for children and adults with Autism, ADHD, and developmental needs - working collaboratively with families and allied health teams.
Psychosocial Recovery Coach & Registered Counsellor
Dana Bazouni
Psychosocial Recovery Coach and Registered Counsellor with a trauma-informed, recovery-oriented practice - supporting people experiencing complex mental health and psychosocial challenges with strong cultural competence.
Registered Counsellor & Personal Trainer
Gregory Stoupe
Registered Counsellor and Personal Trainer contributing to Allied Health alongside his Employment Lead role - integrating movement, mental health, and therapeutic approaches to support holistic wellbeing and capacity building.
Employment
Our employment team takes a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach - integrating job coaching, counselling, occupational therapy, and industry partnerships to create sustainable pathways to work. We measure success by real employment outcomes, not program completion.
Inclusive Employment Lead
Gregory Stoupe
Leads employment and wellbeing programs - integrating therapeutic counselling and movement-based approaches to build confidence, resilience, and functional participation in real workplaces.
Allied Health Assistant - Psychology
Joshua Luk
Supports participants through employment pathways programs - coaching individuals toward job readiness, workplace skills, and sustainable employment outcomes.
Allied Health Assistant - Psychology
Daniela Miletek
Works with participants across employment and training programs - providing practical support, mentoring, and coordination to help individuals build skills and secure meaningful employment.
Allied Health Assistant - Psychology
Erick Lander
Works with participants across employment and training programs - providing practical support, mentoring, and coordination to help individuals build skills and secure meaningful employment.
Business Services
Our Business Services team keeps Ability Advocates running smoothly - managing finance, human resource, marketing, administration, and quality oversight so our clinical and employment teams can focus on delivering great outcomes for clients.
Quality, Risk and Capability Lead
Anne-Charlotte Le Corno
Oversees quality systems, risk frameworks, and organisational capability - ensuring compliance with NDIS and GTO standards and supporting continuous improvement across all service areas.
Client Pathways Officer
Gabrielle Douiehi
Guides clients through intake, service matching, and onboarding - ensuring every person is connected to the right support pathway from their very first contact with Ability Advocates.
Finance and Systems Officer
Angela Bautista
Responsible for financial operations, reporting, and compliance - ensuring sound financial management that supports quality, sustainable service delivery across Ability Advocates Australia.
Advocacy & Outreach - Ability Advocates Foundation (AAF)
The Ability Advocates Foundation is a fully independent organisation and ACNC Registered Charity - not an NDIS provider. While it shares a common vision and director with Ability Advocates Australia, it operates as a separate entity with its own governance, delivering free advocacy and outreach services entirely distinct from NDIS-funded service delivery. Strict conflict of interest protocols ensure transparency and integrity across both organisations.
Director, Ability Advocates Foundation
Lorraine Salloum
Lorraine serves as Volunteer Director of the Ability Advocates Foundation and CEO of Ability Advocates Australia, bringing principled leadership to both roles. She and her team deliver free non-legal advocacy across NDIS appeals, discrimination complaints, tribunal hearings, and guardianship proceedings - supporting clients from first conversation to final outcome.
Advocacy and Outreach Lead - Ability Advocates Foundation (AAF)
Sally Iskander
Sally brings deep experience as an NDIS Support Coordinator, working with complex and high-needs clients facing homelessness, justice involvement, and generational trauma. Leading the Foundation's advocacy arm, she helps people navigate systems with care and compassion - ensuring every person is heard and supported with dignity.
Behaviour Support Practitioner - by appointment assigned to AAF
Gabby Douiehi
Gabby holds a dual role across Ability Advocates. As a registered behaviour support practitioner, she also contributes to the Foundation and Ability Advocates Australia, with clearly defined responsibilities in each. Her work spans NDIS support, disability rights advocacy, and inclusion partnerships - and any potential conflict of interest is actively managed to uphold the integrity of both organisations.
Psychosocial Recovery Coach - by appointment assigned to AAF outreach
Dana Bazouni
Dana plays a dual role at Ability Advocates, supporting Foundation outreach while maintaining her clinical position at Ability Advocates Australia. As a Registered Counsellor with a trauma-informed approach, she specialises in working with people with disabilities and their families, helping them navigate trauma, complex presentations, and the unique challenges that come with them.