CEO and Executive Leadership Team

Dan Hogan commenced as CEO for the City of Whittlesea on 1 September 2026.

Dan is a highly respected local government executive with more than 20 years experience across a broad range of services and disciplines, leading large and complex portfolios in the local government sector.

He began his public service career with the Municipal Association of Victoria and has since held senior leadership roles at the City of Melton, Brimbank City Council and the City of Kingston.

Agata Chmielewski heads our Community Wellbeing Directorate.

The Community Wellbeing Directorate oversees many service areas that impact the wellbeing and day-to-day lives of City of Whittlesea residents.

The Directorate works collaboratively with the State and Federal Government to provide many of these services, and partners with a variety of community service organisations to meet the needs of our diverse and vibrant community.

Debbie Wood heads our Infrastructure and Environment Directorate.

The Infrastructure and Environment Directorate provides a diverse range of infrastructure services to the community. With the high level of growth within the municipality and an increasing number of residents, there is a need to be responsive to community needs.

Some of the Directorate’s key functions include:

• managing parks and open spaces
• roads, road-related and footpath construction and maintenance
• building maintenance
• engineering services
• traffic management
• road safety
• sustainability planning.

Sarah Renner heads our Customer and Corporate Services Directorate.

The Customer and Corporate Services Directorate ensures that Council

• has a focus on our community and internal customers  
• has the funds available to provide safe, useful and sustainable assets and services to our community.

The Directorate monitors, manages, researches, reports and provides advice to Council on all financial, digital, customer, organisational matters and change management.

It also ensures good governance through procurement and enterprise project management.

Emma Appleton heads the Planning and Development Directorate.

The Planning and Development Directorate provides a range of services to support the progress and prosperity of the City of Whittlesea's growing community, including: 

• strategic land use planning
• town planning
• building compliance
• economic development. 

The Directorate also helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of the community through its compliance, environmental health, emergency management and regulatory services.

Janine Morgan heads our Public Affairs Department.

The Public Affairs Department looks after the City of Whittlesea’s communication with its community and other stakeholders.

This department includes the Communications and Community Engagement Team. This team ensures the community has access to the information it needs when it needs it, and the opportunity to share their ideas and opinions about Council’s services and projects.

The Public Affairs Department is also responsible for internal communications, graphic design and branding. They work with other government organisations, media and industry to promote the City of Whittlesea and attract support for its priorities.