Irina Cattalini

IRINA Cattalini is a home-grown advocate for local issues in her role as chief executive of the Western Australian Council of Social Service, the peak organisation for the community services sector statewide.

Ms Cattalini spent many years volunteering in the community and is vice president of the Australian Conservation Foundation and member of the Civil Society Advisory Council of the Commonwealth Foundation in London.

She was invited by the US Embassy to be part of a leadership visitor program.

Ms Cattalini received the 40under40 UWA Strategic Alliance Award in 2014.