Register of Interest(PDF, 463KB)
First elected: 2024
Councillor Mellissa Holzheimer has more than 20 years of experience working alongside the Gladstone Region’s most vulnerable community members.
Cr Holzheimer has experience in leadership, community engagement, training and development within the community services sector. Cr Holzheimer has lived most of her life in the Gladstone Region and married her husband Matt in 2008. She comes from a large family and is one of 10 children.
Cr Holzheimer’s passion for the community sector started as a disability support worker when leaving school and worked her way up through her passion for learning and personal development. Cr Holzheimer describes herself as someone who works hard but quietly in the background to assist others to reach their potential.
Cr Holzheimer has a deep passion for social justice and creating a community that can meet all its residents’ needs through a thoughtful, considerate approach.
Cr Holzheimer’s career has seen her working in the disability, child protection and mental health spaces, supporting families and staff working with those families for them to gain the skills and support they need to reach their potential.
Cr Holzheimer has also owned her own business since 2021. This business is about creating resilience for women who have lived experience of disability or chronic health. Cr Holzheimer has received a fully funded scholarship with QUT to complete the Pathway to Politics course, which has helped her in developing confidence in her voice for the Gladstone Region. Cr Holzheimer also has other qualifications in non-traditional fields like mindset coaching, kinesiology and is studying to become a Qigong practitioner (a Chinese system of physical exercise and breath work related to Tai Chi).
Qualifications
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Diploma in Child, Youth & Family Intervention
- Diploma in Community Services.
Boards, Committees, Groups
- Audit Risk and Improvement Committee (ARIC)
- Capricorn Pest Management Group
- Circular Economy Advisory Group
- Gladstone Local Disaster Management Group (Environment) Chair
- Gladstone Region Youth Council Representative
- Local Authorities Waste Management Action Committee (LAWMAC)
- LGAQ Waste Management
- Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct Advisory Committee
- Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) Committee.