Inside Local Government

Debbie is an expert in governance, strategy development and implementation, and performance improvement. She has contributed significantly to Right Lane’s knowledge and methods in the areas of assessing board capabilities and effectiveness, growth strategy and operating model design.

She has led numerous projects for local government clients including: developing the council plan and business plan for one of Victoria's largest metropolitan councils, including engaging with internal and external stakeholders; supporting a task force consisting of council CEOs, Victorian and Federal Government representatives, and civil society experts to develop a roadmap for business transformation enabled by digital technologies across Victorian local government; and facilitating a workshop that brought together 35 technology leaders from a range of councils to identify how they could jointly address emerging challenges through technology partnerships.

Jess is an engagement manager at Right Lane. As a strategy consultant, she has worked across all layers of her client’s organisations, from board consultation and executive strategy development to mobilising teams and individuals.

In her work at Right Lane, Jess has supported local government from different angles, including: facilitating deep community engagement to craft a 10+ year vision and influence council strategies; supporting councils to develop their forward-looking Council Plans; supporting groups of councils in the design and assessment of collaborative procurement options in ever-changing areas such as waste and community services; and working with service providers (engineering and financial) to councils to tailor their offerings to better meet the needs of their local government clients. Jess also leads our gender equality auditing team, supporting councils to comply with the requirements of the Gender Equality Act.

Jess works closely with her council clients to understand their specific needs, balancing out short-term goals with longer-term priorities, and working collaboratively to devise solutions that will ultimately benefit the communities they serve.

Chloe is an associate principal at Right Lane Consulting. She has expertise in the public and social sectors and has delivered projects across many portfolios relevant to local government, including health and ageing, environment and sustainability, employment and economic development. She is focused on partnering with clients to tackle challenging problems and deliver solutions that can be executed to achieve impact.

Chloe has led initiatives in strategy and planning, policy and program design and evaluation, and development and roll-out of new services. She has deep experience working with Boards and Executive teams, through to running extensive community and stakeholder consultation to inform design and assessment of key strategies and initiatives.

Most recently, Chloe is working with a local government client to facilitate a deliberative engagement process to develop the community vision.

Jacob is an associate at Right Lane Consulting and is passionate about creating positive impact for the wider community by optimising the effectiveness of its organisations. He has strengths in problem disaggregation and quantitative analysis, often combining the two in order to achieve clear, data-based insights.

As part of our gender equality auditing team, Jacob helps councils fulfil their obligations under the Gender Equality Act by providing clear explanations and analytical support. He enjoys supporting organisations that are not commercially motivated because of their unique strategic objectives. In this space, he has recently worked on: helping a cancer foundation re-design their organisation structure, communicating an industry super fund’s growth strategy and assessing the evolving operating environment of a mutual-insurer.