Ilsa has over twenty years experience in health, community services and aged care. Previous roles include CEO of the Australian Dental Association Victoria Branch, CEO at Optometry Victoria South Australia, and CEO of Meaningful Ageing Australia. Ilsa is an experienced board Director (most recently with Palliative Care Australia) and is Chair of the AAG Victorian Executive Committee and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with La Trobe University. Ilsa is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Thinking about ageing in the mid-2000s led Ilsa and her husband (Mark) to collaborate with her parents regarding building an extension on Ilsa and Mark's house so they could age in place. This has provided a living lab for many ideas about ageing and intergenerational living that has profoundly influenced Ilsa's life and work.