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Executive Committee Membership

The Minister for Health appointed an Executive Committee to oversee the operations of the Institute, bringing together a range of clinicians including medical practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, academics and community members. The current Executive Committee is:

Mr Chris Crawford is the Chief Executive of the North Coast Area Health Service which covers an area from Tweed Heads in the north of the state to Port Macquarie in the south. Mr Crawford has worked in the health system for twenty years and has extensive experience in hospital administration and operational strategy. He has had involvement in rural health policy development and issues management.

Dr Austin Curtin, Chair of the Executive Committee, has been a rural general surgeon for 20 years with a passion for rural health and education. Dr Curtin is also Sub Dean of the North Clinical School (Lismore) and member of the NSW Rural Health Priority Taskforce.

Dr Peter Davis is a General Practitioner in Queanbeyan, a board member of the South East NSW Division of General Practice, a board member of the Alliance of NSW Divisions and Chair of the Southern Area Medical Staff Council.

Ms Jan Dent trained as a speech pathologist, and has worked on the far north coast of NSW in allied health and community health management for over 20 years. She is currently the North Coast Area Health Service Area Child and Family Coordinator.

Ms Patricia Doolan PSM is a community representative with extensive experience working with community groups for improved social outcomes for aboriginal people in the Bourke and Dubbo communities. Mrs Doolan is a member of the Greater Western Area Health Advisory Council and a long serving member of the Greater Western AHS Human Research Ethics Committee. Mrs Doolan is also the Chairperson of the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group in Dubbo.

Ms Marianne Gaul is a Clinical Nurse Consultant, Rural Critical Care, in Hunter New England Health (Northern Sector), with 34 years continuous service in HNEH. Mrs Gaul is a member of the NSW Health Rural Critical Care Taskforce, Fellow of the College of Nursing and member of the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia and Association of Clinical Nurse Consultants (NSW Branch).

Professor Brian Kelly is Director of the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health in Orange and Professor, Discipline of Psychiatry, School of Medical Practice and Population Health at University of Newcastle.

Associate Professor Jeanne Madison, Head of School, School of Health, University of New England is also a member of the Australian College of Health Service Executives, the National Tertiary Education Union and International Honour Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau.

Ms Sue McAlpin, Senior lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Immediate past Chair of the National Rural Health Alliance and Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives.

Ms Kathy Meleady, Director, Statewide Services Development Branch (SSDB), NSW Health Department worked with the NSW Rural Health Implementation Coordination Group to develop The NSW Rural Health Report and the NSW Rural Health Plan. Kathy has responsibility for a range of statewide issues which interface with the rural Area Health Services. SSDB is also the Secretariat to the NSW Rural Health Priority Taskforce.

Dr Frank Moloney is a specialist anaesthetist in Orange and member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthesia (former NSW Chair 2000-2003) and member of the Australian Society of Anaesthesia and Orange City Council's Health Liaison Committee. Founding Executive member of the Joint Consulting Committee Anaesthesia (JCCA) 1993 Examiner for JCCA

Ms Helen Snodgrass is the Leukaemia Foundation's Support Services Coordinator in the Central West of NSW. She is based in Orange and is part of a team that provides personalised care and support to patients, families and their carers. Helen has a strong background in cancer nursing, having worked in the area of oncology nursing for more than 17 years, both in a clinical and consultancy role. 

 

 

 

Executive Committee Meetings are held quarterly.

      2008 dates
     February 14
     May 8
     August 14
     November 13