VICTORIAN AND TASMANIAN PHN ALLIANCE - Key Persons
Chris Carter, CEO NWMPHN, is a broadly skilled leader in health and primary health care with extensive experience in managing complexity, driving transformational change and delivering organisational outcomes.
His experience encompasses strategic planning of services, service and system redesign, organisational development, redesigning and implementing new models of care or service delivery and building organisational capacity through collaboration and partnerships with a variety of organisations. Chris' career has included work as an allied heath practitioner, an educator and policy maker, an international development and evaluation consultant, and as an advocate for young people and marginalised populations in a variety of roles.
Chris' qualifications include a Master of Business Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion, Bachelor of Social Work, and an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management.
Quinn's most recent role was Chief Executive Officer at VincentCare Victoria and VincentCare Community Housing. He has also held executive roles at Uniting Vic/Tas, Prahran Mission and Relationships Australia.
Quinn is focused on creating a safe, inclusive, and supporting culture with a leadership style that engages the heart, head and soul of the organisation. He is passionate about growing and aligning values, people, culture, systems and financial capital in service of an organisation's purpose.
Danielle is an experienced and skilled leader dedicated to improving community health and social outcomes with an equity lens. She comes to us with a wealth of experience in public health, with her most recent position was at Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-operative, where she successfully led a series of strategic projects across sectors and portfolios.
Danielle has extensive experience across varied health and community sectors, including public health, digital health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, mental health and primary health. Her work has focused on supporting communities to achieve better social and health outcomes. Danielle is a board member of Bendigo Community Health Services, an Editor with the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, an Associate Editor with the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, member of the Public Health Association of Australia and The Australian Sociological Association, and holds an adjunct position with Monash University.
Her diverse career has honed excellent stakeholder skills and she has a talent for working effectively with and across a range of stakeholders. Her strong analytical and conceptual skills, as evidenced by many publications across multiple disciplines and topics is a wonderful asset to the Victoria Tasmania PHN Alliance.
Maria Yap built on her clinical mental health professional experience with a background as a Senior Medical Officer in Psychiatry across Victorian public health services to a career in health program management and development. Prior to commencing in the Senior Lead role, Maria held the role of Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Manager for Eastern Melbourne PHN. In this capacity, she was involved in the strategic commissioning of mental health and AOD services, including the development and implementation of the mental health stepped care model. Other previous work experience included fostering inter-sectoral and interagency collaboration as Inner East Partners in Recovery Manager, active member of Eastern Mental Health Service Coordination Alliance, and coordinator for professional local community networks.
As an RACGP accredited Education Activity Representative, she has facilitated the delivery of mental health and AOD education and professional development activities for General Practice. She is also very passionate about quality improvement and made significant contributions to both PHN Quality Committee and its MH/AOD Quality and Risk Committees. Maria also holds a Master of Health Administration and a Master of Business Administration.
Job Titles:
- Acting CEO, Western Victoria PHN
Job Titles:
- Deputy Chair
- CEO, North Western Melbourne PHN
Chris Carter, CEO NWMPHN, is a broadly skilled leader in health and primary health care with extensive experience in managing complexity, driving transformational change and delivering organisational outcomes.
His experience encompasses strategic planning of services, service and system redesign, organisational development, redesigning and implementing new models of care or service delivery and building organisational capacity through collaboration and partnerships with a variety of organisations. Chris' career has included work as an allied heath practitioner, an educator and policy maker, an international development and evaluation consultant, and as an advocate for young people and marginalised populations in a variety of roles.
Chris' qualifications include a Master of Business Leadership, Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion, Bachelor of Social Work, and an Executive Certificate in Leadership and Management.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Primary Health Tasmania
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- CEO, South Eastern Melbourne PHN
Quinn Pawson, CEO SEMPN, is an experienced CEO and executive in the not for profit sector with a strong track record in successfully leading innovation, cultural transformation, mergers and reorganisations. He is adept at maximising results and services for individuals, families and communities disadvantaged by mental health, homelessness, poverty, and family violence.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Gippsland PHN ) Is the Current Chair. Janine Wilson ( CEO, Eastern Melbourne PHN ) Is the Deputy Chair
Job Titles:
- CEO, Eastern Melbourne PHN