Dr Chelsea Tobin is the CEO of Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre. 

Chelsea believes all victim survivors of domestic and family violence deserve best practice services and support. She is passionate about providing the highest possible standard of care, particularly to marginalised people and is dedicated to ensuring that all children and young people are heard and understood as victim survivors in their own right. 

For almost two decades, Chelsea has been leading organisations as a CEO, Director, Non-Executive Director across family services, child protection, domestic violence services and disability. Having excelled in senior executive roles across both the profit and not for profit sector, Chelsea has a wealth of experience leading and empowering teams to deliver large scale socially and commercially impactful projects. 

Chelsea and her husband have been foster carers for more than ten years, experiencing first-hand the impact of family violence on young lives and the importance of multi-faceted and long-term responses to both repair and empower. 

Chelsea holds a PhD in economics and psychology from Monash University.