IPAA Victoria Fellowship Awards and First Peoples Leader Scholarship celebration

Jenny Atta PSM has been Secretary of the Department of Health since March 2025.

A highly experienced leader in the Victorian Public Service, Jenny was previously Secretary of the Department of Education and has held senior executive roles in the Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) and worked cross a range of portfolios in the former Department of Human Services.

Jenny holds a Bachelor of Applied Science and a Master of Public Policy. In recognition of her contributions to strategic social policy reform and delivery in Victoria she was awarded a Public Service Medal in June 2021. She was also inducted as a Victorian Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) in 2019 and currently serves as President of the IPAA Victoria Board.

Amanda is the Chief Executive Officer of IPAA Victoria, joining the organisation in January 2024.

With over 20 years’ experience in the public purpose sector, Amanda Stevens, a corporate governance lawyer by training, has held several executive and non-executive leadership roles in federal, state and local government, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Victorian Building Authority, Department of Health Covid Response and three consecutive years as the Mayor of the City of Port Phillip.

She is an experienced board chair and director serving on numerous boards with positions including Chair of the South Melbourne Market and a board member of the Australian National Academy of Music and many other community and not-for-profit boards.

Amanda is passionate about the public purpose sector and is committed to representing, empowering and celebrating the interests of its professionals, with a keen focus on integrity and governance, leadership, diversity, mental health and wellbeing.