Sasha Cochrane, Principal Consultant
Sasha Cochrane is a highly experienced social policy and housing specialist with 15 years of expertise in social housing, affordable housing, and homelessness services. She has worked across NSW, Victoria, and nationally with not-for-profit community housing providers and the NSW Government in out-of-home care service provision.
Sasha's expertise spans business strategy and development, service design and improvement, and operational service delivery. She is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable communities by delivering well-located, affordable housing and designing sustainable service delivery models.
Expertise and skills
- Housing market and housing need analysis
- Social housing, affordable housing, and homelessness policy and program design
- Procurement and delivery models for new social and affordable housing supply
- Not-for-profit partnership frameworks and partnership management
- Business development planning, implementation, and delivery
- Quality housing management and homelessness service delivery
- Governance, risk, and compliance for community housing and social service organisations
Sasha works in partnership with a network of consultant partners across multiple industries to deliver innovative and effective solutions.
She holds a Bachelor of Community Welfare and a Master of Community and Not-for-Profit Management and is a certified Senior Housing Professional (SPAHIc) with the Australasian Housing Institute.
