Meet the Northern Health Board 

The Board of Northern Health consists of independent non-executive Directors. The Directors have no other relationship with Northern Health other than their reponsibilities as a Board member.

	Dr Sandra Hacker, AO (Board Chair) Dr Sandra Hacker chairs the board of Northern Health and sits on its Finance, Audit and Risk and Quality Committees. Prior to her Northern Health appointment, she served on the Eastern Health Board. Sandra is a psychiatrist in private practice, who also works as a liaison psychiatrist at the Alfred Hospital Heart and Lung Transplant Unit. Her prime area of clinical interest is in severe trauma, and her clinical work involves mostly long-term psychotherapy with adult victims of severe childhood sexual assault. She is a Board member of the mental Health Research Institute. She is a Deputy Chair of the Human Genetics Advisory Committee, a principal committee of the National Health & Medical Research Council, and is a member of the NHMRC Health Privacy Working Party. She chairs the Cunningham Dax collection of Psychiatric Art advisory committee, and is a member of the Victorian Medical Benevolent Association. She is chair of the Inner Suburban subdivision of AMA Victoria and is a councillor of AMA Victoria. She sits on the health panel in Victoria for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. Sandra is a former chair of the Australian Institute of Health & Welfare. She is a past president of the AMA Victoria and a former federal vice-president of the AMA. She was secretary of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, and a former College Censor. Sandra was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours List of 2005 for services to the medical profession.
	Mr Jim Killeen Jim is the Chief Executive Officer, Whitehorse Community Health Service, and has held clinical and senior management positions in health and welfare agencies over the past 24 years. Jim is a long-term resident of the northern suburbs, and has had active community involvement in local government, community health and community issues in the northern region for 26 years. Jim was President of the Victorian Council of Social services (1993 – 96), and is past Chairperson of the Primary Care partnerships Statewide Consumer and Carers Advisory Group. Jim is Deputy Chair of the NH Board.
	Mr Stephen Black Mr Black has extensive senior management and operational experience in various roles with a diverse range of government and statutory bodies as well as the private sector. He has served as Managing Director of a Melbourne-based consulting company where he has provided valuable assistance to high technology telecommunications and ICT ‘start up’ companies, utilities and telecommunications carriers. Prior to that, Mr Black held the positions of Director Forward Planning and Director Strategic Planning with AAPT, having previously served as the founding Managing Director of United Energy Telecommunications. He also held a number of senior executive positions with Telstra, including Group General Manager Customer Affairs, and positions with the Victorian Government including Chairman, State Tender Board, Director of Gaming, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of finance, Deputy Director-General, Housing and Construction and A/g Director of Housing. Mr Black has also served as Chairman of Boards controlling state Government initiatives including the Board of the Telecommunications Purchasing and Management Strategy (TPAMS) and VeRSI a consortium between Melbourne, Monash and La Trobe Universities and the Victorian Government to develop e-research in Victoria. Mr Black is also a Director of a number of Victorian ICT and energy management focused companies.
	Prof. Sandra Leggat Prof. Sandra Leggat is Professor, Health Services, and Head of the School of Public Health at La Trobe University. She is a Certified Health Executive with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives and a Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives. Sandra has Australian and international experience in health system policy, organisation and management, and is Editor of Australian Health Review, the leading Australian journal in health care policy and management. Sandra is a Physiotherapist with a BHSc, MHSc (Health Administration) and PhD from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from York University. Prior to joining La Trobe University, Sandra was a Principal Consultant with Pricewaterhouse Coopers and chief Planning Officer of the Inner & Eastern Health Care Network. In Canada Sandra was a senior manager at The Toronto hospital (now University Health Network), Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, CEO of the Health Station Community Health Service, and Chair of the board of Directors of COTA Community Rehabilitation and Mental Health.
	Mr Steve Hay Steve Hay has more than 20 years experience in the field of real estate. He is currently a director of Northside Landsales. A licensed real estate agent and a qualified auctioneer, he was born and raised in the north of Melbourne, where he still lives. Steve has been instrumental in the successful development of the Hayston Valley Estate in Epping which is now home to approximately 1500 residents. Steve has a long association with Northern Health, having served on the Fundraising Committee of The Northern hospital for more than seven years. Steve serves on the community Advisory and Primary Care and Population Health Advisory Board sub-Committees.
	Prof. Doris Young As an academic General Practitioner at the University of Melbourne for over 24 years, Professor Doris Young has extensive teaching, clinical and research experience in general practice, adolescent and community health. Her research interests include the evaluation of integration of General Practitioners with the wider health care system. She is also involved in enhancing the population health role of General Practitioners, in particular focusing on interventions in general practice and primary care than can improve GP and primary health care access, and population health outcomes. As Head of the Department of General Practice, Professor Young has extensive management skills and has served on numerous committees both within the University and in the community at large. She is currently a Board member of Victorian Metropolitan Alliance for General Practice Training. As a practicing General Practitioner in the north-west region for the past 22 years, Professor Young has a personal insight into the gaps that exist between the medical and health professional workforce and the provision of health services to the local community.
	Ms Sabine Phillips Sabine Phillips is currently a Principal with Russell Kennedy Pty Ltd, a law firm in Melbourne. Sabine has been with Russell Kennedy since 2004. Sabine works in the area of Health and Aged Care. Sabine has a Master of Laws (Legal Practice) and a Master of Business (Organisational Behaviour). Sabine is also a registered nurse (Division 1) and has been a proprietor of aged care facilities. She is a member of the Law Institute of Victoria, a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, and an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Administrators. Sabine is also a sessional member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on the Occupational and Business List. Sabine brings to Northern Health a wealth of experience in health and aged care, including the acute public hospital sector, residential aged care and as an assessor for the Aged Care Standards & Accreditation Agency.
	Mr Ray Judd Ray Judd currently holds the position as Principal with the Nous Group. Before joining the Nous Group, Ray had a long and successful career in the Victorian Public Service. Whilst working at Nous, Ray has been involved in health sector evaluation, aged and disability strategic planning and a range of other social policy development initiatives commissioned by the Australian, Victorian and New South Wales Governments. Ray was formerly Executive Director, Community Building and Information with the Department for Victorian Communities (DVC). The work at DVC was a natural progression from Ray’s work within the Department of Premier and Cabinet, where he was responsible for establishing the Victorian Government’s Community Building strategy and revamping the Community Support Fund. Ray spent 14 years with the Department of Human Services and its predecessors where he worked in senior roles in head office and regional management and was involved in most program areas of the department. This included 6 years managing a range of public health programs including drug policy, food safety, Indigenous health and health promotion. Ray is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration (Victorian Division) in recognition of his contribution to the development and implementation of sound public policy.
	Mr Brian Joyce Until recently Brian Joyce was Regional Director of the amalgamated North and West Region of the Department of Human Services. He was Southern Regional Director for six years until 1999. He has held several senior positions within the Victorian Public Service. Formerly Mr Joyce was Acting Executive Director of Department Operations, responsible for regional operations, human resources, emergency management and Juvenile Justice Custodial Services. Earlier – following the 2002/03 bushfires – Mr Joyce was responsible to the Ministerial Taskforce for coordination of the whole-of-Government recovery initiatives.