Trust Board
Platform Charitable Trust - Trust Board | ||
| Jan Dowland | ||
| Chairperson | ||
 | Jan's previous roles are as CEO of IHC New Zealand from 1998 – 2002 and National Manager for IHC specialist services from 2004-2006. As Chair of the Mental Health Commission from 2002-2004, Jan spoke up for the role of the community sector and the participation of people with experience of mental illness and addictions in service planning and delivery. | |
| Paul Ingle | ||
| Pathways | ||
 | Paul is the Chief Executive of Pathways Health Ltd. Initially Paul worked for Pathways in the Waikato in a client services role, before moving to Wellington as a member of Pathways project team charged with the responsibility of designing and establishing its Wellington services during the closure of Porirua Hospital. Prior to his appointment as CE he was General Manager, of Pathways Auckland. While now in a national role within Pathways he is based in Auckland and remains committed to the development of innovative community solutions in this region. Originally from the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Paul has worked in community mental health in both a practice and management capacity for the past 10 years in New Zealand and the UK. He holds a double major in Psychology and Business Management. Paul has been an Executive Member of Platform since March 2000 and has served on a number of local and national committees. He is currently Platform's appointed representative on the Mental Health Advisory Committee. | |
| Rob Warriner | ||
| WALSH Trust Board - Auckland | ||
 | Rob has been working in the mental health sector since 1993. This is his fourth career having worked in the textile industry, as a builder, and as a dairy farmer for 10 years. Rob joined Accommodation for Mental Health Society in 1993 and over the ensuing years assumed a number of roles – from developing a supported employment service to the position of Policy and Development Manager. In December 2004 Rob took on his current position as Director of WALSH Trust, in West Auckland. WALSH Trust is an NGO providing a range of community based mental heath services including residential rehabilitation, community support, vocational and employment services. During his time in the sector, Rob has also undertaken a variety of additional roles.He has been: Chairman of Shared Vision North Shore (10 years), Founding Board Member of the Association for Supported Employment in New Zealand (ASENZ), Board member of Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation (CSSITO), member of Standards Implementation Body for the Certificate in Mental Health (later to become MHSWAG), appointed by Department of Labour to participate in Vocational Services Review (2000), member of National Certificate in Employment Support Advisory Group. Currently Rob is a member of the Waitemata DHB Local and Combined Stakeholder Network, the Mental Health Advocacy Coalition (MHAC). | |
| Julie Nelson | ||
| Wise Trust - Hamilton | ||
 | Julie Nelson is passionate about innovation in mental health services, and her extensive background in the sector illustrates her ongoing desire to really make a difference for people affected by mental illness. Julie’s many portfolios provide her with an in depth appreciation of the sector. Julie is currently Chair of the national mental health provider, Pathways Trust and Chief Executive of Wise Trust - an NGO management and development team. Julie holds multiple directorships, which include Waikato PHO, Chair of the NGO Workforce Reference Group and Chair of Platform. | |
| Tim Harding | ||
| Care NZ - Wellington | ||
 | Tim has worked in the Addiction Treatment Sector for 13 years. He has postgraduate qualifications in Health Science from the National Addiction Centre, Christchurch School of Medicine. Tim has been a consumer of services, counsellor, educator, group facilitator, team leader, clinical director, service manager, hospital chief executive and chief executive of a national provider. Tim Chairs the New Zealand Drug Foundation and The Drug and Alcohol Pracitioners Association (DAPAANZ), the representative association of those that work in the sector. He sits on the board of the National Society on Alcohol and Drug Dependence (NSAD) and advisory committees for both the National Mental Health and Addiction Workforce Development Programme and the National NGO Mental Health and Addiction Workforce development Plan. | |
| Virginia MacEwan |
| Wellink Trust - Wellington |
| Virginia MacEwan joined Wellink in mid 2006 as Chief Executive. Her family and professional experiences of the public mental health system have given Virginia a strong commitment to improving opportunities for recovery for service users - and the system. She has 15 years experience as a social worker in mental health services and 14 years in management roles in various parts of the New Zealand health system, including rural community health, mental health, maternity services and planning and funding. Virginia's most recent role as Director of the Mental Health Programmes, Health Research Council of New Zealand, also incorporated the roles of Project Manager of the national Mental Health Epidemiology Study and Programme Manager of the national Mental Health Research and Development Strategy. Virginia's qualifications include a Master of Public Policy degree and a Master of Management (Health Services) degree. Her interest in services evaluation and outcome measurement has driven her current work towards a PG Diploma in Social Sector Evaluation Research. |
| Kay Fletcher | ||
| Comcare Charitable Trust Christchurch | ||
 | Kay Fletcher is Executive Director of Comcare Charitable Trust, a mental health service provider in Canterbury. Kayhas extensive experience in mental health clinical services in New Zealand having worked as a clinician and manager with provider arm services for 26 years. Her clinical background is in Occupational Therapy and she held the position of Charge OT at Sunnyside Hospital before moving into community mental health team development and management in the mid 1980s. Kay's special interests are in services for people with enduring mental illness and Early Intervention in Psychosis Services. Prior to leaving clinical services Kay lead the development of Totara House, NZ's largest Early Intervention Service. Kay also has had a 6 year involvement with Knowing the People Planning and is exploring its application in NGO work. Kay's association with NGOs is equally long standing having served 20 years on the Trust Board of the Step Ahead Trust. Step Ahead is a progressive consumer driven organisation providing activity services in Canterbury and has members/consumers at all levels of the organisation. Kay joined Platform on her appointment to her current position with ComCare Trust as a secondment from the Canterbury region and would like to continue to offer her mix of experience to the Board on behalf of the South Island. | |
| Donald Shand | |
| Pact Dunedin | |
 | Pact provides support for about 850 people with intellectual disabilities or recovering from mental illness and employs more than 380 staff, providing services in the West Coast, Otago and Southland. I started working for Pact in July 2006 as Organisational Development Manager and moved into my current position in June 2007. This is my first experience of working in the health and disability arena and my first time employed by a community organisation. I totally enjoy the energy and vitality of Pact and the sector, the challenges facing us all and the opportunities that are available. Participation in Platform and membership of the Board is an obvious way to meet those challenges and work together to realise our opportunities. Prior to pact my work history has mainly been in the public sector, initially with the Department of Social Welfare, then with the Department of Internal Affairs, and more recently with the Ministry of Social Development as regional relationship manager with Family and Community Services. |