Jacqui Hawkins is a Board Member at The Missed Foundation and a former Deputy State Coroner with a 25-year legal career spanning senior judicial leadership, complex investigations and high-profile inquests, including the Bourke Street inquest and veteran suicides. She was previously a Partner in the Workplace Relations & Safety practice at Lander & Rogers, specialising in occupational health and safety. After stepping away from the bench, she retrained in the science of human behaviour and founded Lit Within, where she works with senior leaders navigating transition, burnout and identity beyond role. When she’s not coaching, you’ll find her at the beach, practising yoga, travelling, or lost in a book.

Stephanie Williams is a coroner with the Coroners Court of Queensland. Appointed on 11 December 2023, Coroner Williams presides as the Far Northern Coroner from Cairns. Prior to becoming a coroner, Coroner Williams practiced as a solicitor and barrister in the criminal, domestic and family violence, child protection and coronial jurisdictions. Her passion for the coronial jurisdiction ignited in 2011 when she was employed as in-house counsel assisting the Northern Coroner. After leaving the court in 2015 to join the private bar, Coroner Williams went on to represent individuals, companies, government departments, and continued to assist coroners as counsel assisting, in inquests across Queensland and the Northern Territory. 

Dr. Jodie Leditschke (PhD) is currently the manager of the Coronial Admissions & Enquiries (CAE) and mortuary at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM). She has managed the CAE for over 10 years and has over 30 years’ experience in forensic mortuaries including the management of mortuaries following disasters here in Australia and internationally. The CAE coordinates the initial stages of the coronial investigation including the communication with families. She is part of a team that regularly reviews long-term missing persons reported to the coroner.  She is an Adjunct Lecturer at Monash University and Founding Fellow, Faculty of Science, RCPA.

Sarah is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker and Grief and Bereavement Counsellor with over 19 years’ experience supporting individuals and families through sudden loss and complex grief. She has previously worked as a Forensic Counsellor within the NSW coronial system and has also supported families of long-term missing persons through her work with Families and Friends of Missing Persons. She now works alongside people navigating grief, trauma and life transitions, offering a warm, trauma-informed and culturally safe counselling approach grounded in compassion and connection.

Loren O’Keeffe is the CEO of The Missed Foundation and has spent over 13 years supporting families of missing loved ones. Lili Greer works with families in Missed’s network as the Family Liaison. After navigating the coronial process in 2023, Lili recognised how many questions can arise and how much information families are often left to find on their own. This session aims to bridge that gap and ensure no one has to navigate the system without support.