Chairperson, Victorian Disability Advisory Council

Chris (he/him) is proudly autistic and is the Founding Director and Chief Enabling Officer of I CAN Network, Australia’s largest autistic-led organisation. I CAN employ 74 autistic adults and mentors over 2,000 young people through 130 I CAN School programs and I CAN Online.

Prior to founding I CAN, Chris was previously a Youth Representative to the UN and active with World Vision.

Chris was a 2018 Victorian Australian of the Year Finalist and 2017 recipient of the Supreme Court of Victoria’s Best Achievement in Human Rights Award. Chris is also a national patron of the Australian Association for Special Education.

Chris is passionate about disability job creation and employment and lives with his young family in Greater Geelong.