Kirby Roper has been an architect for over 25 years and has recently founded Oltre to raise the quality of affordable Australian housing by radically simplifying the pathway to an architect-designed home. Kirby’s mission extends to elevating Architects' roles in home design and construction, targeting an untapped demographic and improving the quality of affordable housing in Australia. As secretary for the ACA she hopes to encourage our profession to share more, mentor the next generation and assist practices to approach new methods to meet the ongoing and evolving challenges that are ahead. The creation of Oltre captures this by offering a higher quality, more sustainable, more adaptable, and healthier homes to a larger portion of society. As a co-chair of the Sustainable Architects Forum (SAF) Kirby is also very passionate about environmental sustainability and have been involved in Rewilding Stonnington reintroducing indigenous and endemic plants back to Stonnington.