Executive Team
Paul Henley - Community Support Manager
Paul trained in England in community development and has worked for 20 years in Australia in the field of housing, youth, family, specialising in male and boys issues. He has worked as restorative justice convener for NSW Juvenile Justice, and a facilitator of men's groups relating to separation, violence health & wellbeing. He is a co-founder of the Pathways Foundation and the secretary of NSW Men's Health & Wellbeing Association. He lives on the NSW South Coast where he has run workshops as a Health in Men Project Officer for that region.
Leonie Deuis - Womens Training & Program Manager
Leonie was appointed in February 2007 and is responsible for all womens training and program development and is a senior leader in Pathways. Leonie brings extensive professional experience in program design and delivery and facilitated programs for youth, youth at risk, parenting skills, community development, alternative dispute resolution, child protection, risk management, organizational change management , leadership training and development and team building in the NFP and NGO sectors.
Leonie’s journey with ‘Rites of Passage’ began over 25 years ago when she explored her own Rite of Passage as a woman and becoming a mother of two daughters. She is cofounder and Senior Facilitator and Trainer for the ‘Pathways into Womanhood’ rites of passage program for 12-15 year old girls, senior facilitator and trainer for the mothers program for ‘Pathways to Manhood’ rites of passage program. Pathways Foundation mission to provide ‘Rites of Passage’ for boys and girls enables Leonie to utilize her professional experience, knowledge and her passion and for Rites of Passage work to facilitate and assist with cultural/social change locally and globally.