Kate Fitzgerald is the Chief Executive and Deputy Secretary, Emergency Management. The Chief Executive is responsible for the effective and efficient management and performance of Emergency Management Victoria.
Kate has an extensive public sector and emergency management career working at an executive level in state and federal government agencies.
Kate has led reform projects in emergency management and policing including Resilient Recovery at Emergency Management Victoria and the Victoria Police Enterprise Bargaining Agreement and establishment of the financial sustainability program.
Kate has been an active emergency services volunteer including with the ACT Rural Fire Service, NSW State Emergency Service and the Australian Red Cross and holds a Masters and Bachelor degree in emergency management.
The department acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Custodians of the land and acknowledges and pays respect to their Elders, past and present.