Clare Davies is the CEO of Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC). SHARC is a peer-led organisation that has co-produced programs to support people impacted by alcohol and other drugs, and more recently, gambling. Although the influence of lived experience is increasingly recognised in Australia, SHARC has been promoting and advocating for lived experience through services, programs and policies for more than 25 years. Clare joined SHARC in 2022 having held leadership positions in the non-profit sector for over 15 years. Clare’s work is informed by her own lived experience as well as qualifications in social work, governance, psychology and AOD work. Clare is a Churchill Fellow and Harvard Club of Victoria Non-profit Fellow and she is the current Vice President of VAADA.