Dr Kaele Stokes is Executive Director Services, Advocacy and Research at Dementia Australia.

Her portfolios span all of Dementia Australia’s client services as well as a range of strategic and policy initiatives. She is passionate about quality service delivery that meets the needs of people impacted by dementia, as well as elevating the voice of people living with dementia, their families and carers through a wide range of consumer engagement activities. She is also involved in undertaking systemic advocacy on key issues for people impacted by dementia, implementing strong communication strategies, building community awareness through dementia-friendly communities and supporting international and national research.

Kaele has held a number of roles in Dementia Australia and its precursor Victorian organisation and she also has a background in retirement living and aged care, having previously worked in the areas of policy, strategy and new service development for an organisation that focused on individual and community wellbeing.

Prior to this work, Kaele completed an M.Phil and PhD in history at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom as well as working as an editorial assistant in Belgium and running her own grant writing consultancy.