THE CHAMPION CENTRE - Key Persons


ALI BARE Early

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Andrew Hall

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chair
  • National Programme Manager for the NZ Spinal Trust
Andrew is the National Programme Manager for the NZ Spinal Trust, where he is responsible for managing the Trust's Peer Support Network and the Vocational Rehabilitation Programme. Prior to this Andrew served six years on the Board of the NZ Spinal Trust, three of them as Chairman as well as five as CEO. He is currently on the boards of the NZ Rugby Foundation, Burwood Academy of Independent Living and Sporting Futures Charitable Trust. Andrew is a founding trustee of both the Ben Lei'a Trust and the Pacific Disability Support Trust.

ANGELA HOUSE Early

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

ASHLEIGH DARNELL

Job Titles:
  • Physiotherapist

BETHANY SMITH

Job Titles:
  • Office Administrator

CAROL CROY

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist

Celia Barker

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Champion Foundation Trust )

CHLOE HEWITT

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist / Technology Assisted Learning Specialist

CHRIS REDPATH

Job Titles:
  • Visuals Coordinator

CLARE KENNEDY

Job Titles:
  • Senior Psychologist / Pou Whakamanawa

DAVID WHITAKER

Job Titles:
  • Physiotherapist

DEBORAH KERRY

Job Titles:
  • Senior Physiotherapist

EMILY BROOKS

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist

EMMA CHILVERS Early

Job Titles:
  • Childhood Teacher / Pou Whakamanawa

Graeme H Daniel - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
Graeme retired from the special education sector having held principal positions for over thirty years. He was, for several years, a review officer for the Education Review Office. Graeme currently practices as an education consultant in the area of learning support and leadership. He is a member of the Ministry of Education's Learning Support Advisory in Christchurch and a panel member the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand's Complaints Assessment Committee (C.A.C.)

JANE DELANEY

Job Titles:
  • Administrator - Accounts and Financial Reporting

JANINE KOSTER Early

Job Titles:
  • Intervention Teacher

JENNY TROTTER

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist

JESSE BROOM Early

Job Titles:
  • Intervention Teacher

JODY GOVAN

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist

JULIE-ANNE FREW

Job Titles:
  • Occupational Therapist

Lauren Porter

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director
  • Clinical Director / Pou Whakamanawa

LEANNE DUNNAGE

Job Titles:
  • Technology Assisted Learning Specialist

LEE BENNETTS

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist

LINDA HANCHARD

Job Titles:
  • Music Specialist

LISA DUTHIE Early

Job Titles:
  • Intervention Teacher

MARGI PRISK-VINK

Job Titles:
  • Senior Occupational Therapist

MARIE MOORE Early

Job Titles:
  • Childhood Centre Liaison / Early Childhood Teacher
MARIE MOORE Early Childhood Centre Liaison/Early Childhood Teacher

MIRANDA BALLIN

Job Titles:
  • Technology Assisted Learning Specialist

NATASHA PARKINSON

Job Titles:
  • Senior Speech Language Therapist

PAULA CREAN

Job Titles:
  • Social Worker / Pou Whakamanawa

RACHAEL HANNAH

Job Titles:
  • Music Therapist

RACHEL MCFEDRIES

Job Titles:
  • Occupational Therapist

SALLY MANGOS

Job Titles:
  • Senior Office Administrator

SARAH MARRA

Job Titles:
  • Senior Music Specialist

SONJA CARPENTER

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Therapist

TONI HAWKYARD

Job Titles:
  • Occupational Therapist

TRACEY HORSHAM

Job Titles:
  • Fundraising and Marketing Coordinator / VICTORIA BOYD Music Specialist

VICTORIA BOYD Music

Job Titles:
  • Fundraising and Marketing Coordinator / VICTORIA BOYD Music Specialist

Vince Barry

Job Titles:
  • CEO at Pegasus Health in Christchurch
Vince Barry is CEO at Pegasus Health in Christchurch. He commenced his health career 35 years ago as a nurse assistant in psychiatry. Vince then went on to a career in nursing and into management in the mid 1990's, following the establishment of Forensic Psychiatric Services. Vince's management career in hospitals involved general management of mental health, aged care and rehabilitation services, as well as coordinating the elective surgical services programme for Canterbury. Vince embarked on his role as CEO with Pegasus Health in 2008.

Wendy Entwistle

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director