Meet the Team

My name is Jodie Hollis, and I am the Founding Director of Cancer Support Angels. In 2013 whilst on my own cancer journey, I found a real lack of support out there in the form of physical support groups for cancer patients. The only support groups I could were online. And Im not really one to be in an online support group. I like to meet people in person. But I joined some groups anyway. I also found a great lack of financial support. Some thing that is greatly needed. Some years later I started to volunteer for Relay For Life here in Cranbourne, where I met some amazing people, and the type of support I was really looking for.

In 2019, I expressed my desire to start Cancer Support Angels with a number of people from my family, Relay and even government. The vote was unanimous.

JUST DO IT!!!

So when Relay for Life has finished in 2019, I set about achieving my dream of helping cancer patients, and making sure that we all had support. And Cancer Support Angels was born in December 2019. My dream is to make sure that “No One Fights Alone”, and that together we can all do this fight, as a team, as a community, as an extended family.

Steve is a Chief Financial Officer and Financial Consultant with 25+ years of experience working in high-level financial positions with diverse companies, such as Adore Beauty, Fire and Safety Australia, Open Platform Systems, and Media Puzzle.

His greatest asset as a financial leader is his ability to solve complex problems. As Financial Consultant and Managing Director of CFOTOGO, he can quickly step into vacant CFO roles and see what needs to get done to gain traction within the team, company, and industry.

Through team management and executive leadership, he has a proven track record for delivering financial results, from improving cash flow and creating an accounting infrastructure to advising Directors and executives on the next phase of their company.

Steve is also a certified consultant for MYOB and adept in Xero accounting software, which gives him ample knowledge and understanding of where organisations need to be financially.

Katya Ellis is a strategic consultant and business mentor. She assists organisations in achieving growth through the development of cost-effective digital marketing campaigns and implementation of information systems and processes.

Katya has experience in diverse industries:

• In the public sector, she focused on technology research and innovation, Government relations, community engagement and outreach.
• Venture capital investment and startup marketing
  Retail operations and marketing, including product development
• Events and promotions.

This experience allows Katya to deliver innovative marketing ideas and strategies for the organisations that she works with. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Small Business Mentoring Service and Australian Fashion Film Awards.

Katya graduated with a double degree in Information Systems and Business (Management) from Swinburne University of Technology. She guest lectures at RMIT University, Australian Institute of Music and provides vocational internships to tertiary students. She is passionate about integrating education and industry to achieve positive outcomes for organisations by providing practical experience to students.