Sophie Stewart

Executive Manager
Social Reinvestment WA

Sophie was born and raised in Boorloo on Noongar Country. She has over a decade experience in non-profits, advocacy, policy and law reform, youth development and was the first person employed by SRWA in 2016. Since that time she has lead our successful campaign to end imprisonment for unpaid fines, supported the community of Halls Creek in launching Olabud Doogethu – the state’s first justice reinvestment site, coordinated sector responses during COVID, executive produced the Stories from the Inside podcast, and grown the coalition to 31 NFP members and 6 staff. Sophie has a BA (Hons) in Political Science and International Relations from UWA, is an 2022 ISS Fellow for Innovation in Criminal Justice Reform, the founder and Chairperson of Swim for Refugees, Board Member for WA Justice Association, a TedX presenter, and was the 2021 WA Young Leader, and WA Young Achiever of the Year.