and habituation.”
Aristotle
Our Team
Adrienne Day
GAICD, MCPRA, BA Communication
Adrienne Day is co-founder and director of Day & Hodge Associates (D&HA). She has been involved in public relations for more than 30 years at both national and international levels. She has worked in Australia (Sydney, Canberra) and Switzerland (Geneva) for some of the world’s leading public relations companies.
Adrienne is a highly regarded strategist and problem solver with exceptional project management, organisational, writing and communication skills. She specialises in strategic counsel, issues management, media relations, project and event management and training and facilitation. She has a reputation for going above and beyond to ensure outcomes exceed client expectations.
Adrienne has a BA Communication (Distinction) from Charles Sturt University, and was awarded the University Prize for Public Relations on graduation (Dux). She also has a Certificate of General Nursing (Distinction), St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and is fluent in spoken French.
Adrienne has served as Chair of her former high school, Daramalan College and as a Director of Chair Connect and Molonglo Financial Services (Bendigo Community Banks ACT / Queanbeyan). She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and Member of the Communication and Public Relations Australia (MCPRA).
She works pro bono for HOME in Queanbeyan, a charity helping people with chronic mental illness at risk of homelessness.
Stephen Hodge
BSc
Since establishing Day & Hodge Associates in 1998, Stephen has worked with a range of entities across the health, transport, environment and local government sectors.
He has extensive experience in government lobbying through policy work in public health and transport and works in strategic alliances across the political, health prevention, built environment, and transport sectors.
Since 2008, he has fulfilled the role of Director National Advocacy for We Ride Australia. He established and organises the Parliamentary Friends of Cycling group in Parliament.
He is a co-author of the Heart Foundation’s Blueprint for an Active Australia and previously, with the Heart Foundation, bus and rail industry peak bodies and others, he was instrumental in establishing the Moving People 2030 Taskforce and Parliamentary Friendship Group for Better Cities. Stephen also consults to local and state governments on design and development of cycling infrastructure.
His previous experience includes leading the professional cycling account with global sports company IMG in Switzerland. This followed a 13-year career as an international road cyclist, competing in six Tours de France, ten World Championships, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Stephen has a Bachelor of Science from the Australian National University.
Stephen has organised the Federal Parliamentary cycling group, Riders on the Hill, since 2005. He has more than 25 years’ experience as a NFP Director. He is fluent in spoken French and Spanish.