Katherine Jeffries

Katherine Jeffries is an Inclusion and Diversity specialist who works in the Australian Public Service. Katherine has spent the majority of the last ten years working across Government in a range of roles relating to inclusion and diversity. Katherine has served as an advisor to the ACT Minister for Women, worked on the removal of restrictions for women in combat roles in the Australian Defence Force, sought to achieve gender equity for APS Women at Defence, has led the development of a new Inclusion and Diversity Strategy at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, worked on intersectionality at the Office for Women, and most recently severed as the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations. Katherine is driven to improving the lives of others, most notably in the workplace. She strives to see inclusion become business as usual.