Steph was appointed as Executive Officer for Pill Testing Australia in 2023.
Steph is a long-standing member of the Pill Testing Australia consortium, contributing to the ACT festival trials in 2018 and 2019 and continuing to deliver festival-based services in both the ACT and Queensland. Since 2022, she has worked at the fixed-site CanTEST service in Canberra.
Steph is an Australian legal practitioner with qualifications in health law, humanities, alcohol and other drugs, addictive behaviours, and human resource management. She led Harm Reduction Victoria’s DanceWize program for nine years, delivering peer-based harm reduction services across festivals and nightlife settings. Alongside several years of volunteering in community law, she has served as a Director on multiple Boards, including Harm Reduction Australia. Steph’s commitment to harm reduction also extends internationally, where she has contributed to drug checking and compassionate care services with DanceSafe USA, the Kosmicare Association in Portugal, and ANKORS in Canada.