Vanessa Byrne

Vanessa Byrne, Head of Fundraising Products, Australian Red Cross Career highlight? “I love shaping a culture that supports fundraisers to be their absolute best and I’ve been lucky to do that while leading teams at CanTeen, Autism Spectrum Australia and Australian Red Cross.” “Vanessa moves and shakes like there’s no tomorrow!” says Karl Uhrich, Individual Giving Fundraising Manager at Red Cross. And, after two decades of fundraising experience, this leader is still approaching her work with curiosity and inventiveness.  For several years, Red Cross has been riding the rollercoaster of floods, bushfires, COVID-19, and overseas humanitarian disasters that include the Port of Beirut explosion, the Taliban seizing control of Afghanistan,…