Lin Hatfield Dodds

Lin Hatfield Dodds
CEO, The Benevolent Society
Incumbent
Assumed office July 2021
Preceded by	Jo Toohey
Associate Dean, ANZSOG
In office 2019–2021
Deputy Secretary for Social Policy, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
In office 2016–2019
National Director, UnitingCare Australia
In office 2002–2016
Preceded by	Libby Davies
Chair of the Australian Social Inclusion Board
In office 2012–2013
Preceded by	Patricia Faulkner AO
President of the Australian Council of Social Service
In office 2005–2009
Preceded by	Andrew McCallum
Succeeded by	Simon Schrapel
Australian of the Year (ACT)
In office 2008–2009
Preceded by	Michael Milton
Succeeded by	Mick Dodson
Personal details
Born	(1965-06-11) 11 June 1965 (age 59)
Nationality	Australian
Spouse	Dr Steve Hatfield Dodds
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Canberra

Lin Hatfield Dodds (born Linda Hatfield), Australian social policy expert and former Churchill Fellow, is the CEO of The Benevolent Society, Australia's first and oldest charity, and was the Deputy Secretary for Social Policy in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and former National Director of UnitingCare Australia and Chair of the Australian Social Inclusion Board.