Womens Housing Jodie

Jodie Blackledge

Jodie has over 20 years experience in corporate finance and strategy development in financial services, investment banking and chartered accounting environments and brings established skills in business strategy & leadership, corporate finance, financial analysis, accounting, and program management to the Board. Jodie is the Chief Executive Officer of Fitzpatricks Financial Group, a national advisory and wealth management firm specialising in estate planning, wealth preservation, financial management strategies and investment management.

Jodie has a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment, is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

News & Stories

What it takes to keep community housing viable

Balancing sustainability, demand and long-term impact For Maria, Executive Manager, Finance and Assurance at Women’s Housing Company, sustainability is about more than financial stability. It is about ensuring we can continue supporting women today and long into the future. Long term sustainability underpins everything we do, from maintaining safe affordable homes to expanding our reach […]

September 2, 2026

More than housing: how women’s empowerment creates pathways to independence

With Libby Caskey, Senior Manager, Partnerships and Impact What does “more than housing” mean in practice at Women’s Housing Company? “For decades, housing responses to women experiencing homelessness and domestic and family violence have rightly focused on one fundamental outcome: safety. Safe housing is life-changing and provides stability, protection and the ability to begin recovering from trauma.  […]

August 11, 2026

Action now, impact always

Reflecting on 20 years working in housing and homelessness By Nada Nasser, CEO, Women’s Housing Company As I reflect on more than 20 years working in housing and homelessness, I’m reminded of both how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go to make homelessness rare, brief and not repeated. My first […]

August 3, 2026
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Women’s Housing Company acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora nation as the traditional custodians of the land on which we operate, and pays respect to Elders both past and present.

Jodie Blackledge

Womens Housing Jodie