Justin has collaborated with us since 2017 and is one of Australia’s most respected Indigenous communications, research and facilitation consultants. He is a Dhungutti man who grew up in Western Sydney. Justin has extensive and diverse experience in community engagement, co-design, facilitation, social marketing, policy development and training and recruitment. He has extensive experience developing suicide prevention and mental health programs through co-design and collaborative approaches with priority population groups and communities (including with PHNs, Mental Health Commission, AH&MRC, ACCHOs, NGOs and community organisations).

Justin also has over two decades delivery of specialises service design, workforce planning and ongoing training for Aboriginal Mental Health and AOD workers, peer and carer networks, development models of care in aftercare, AOD, residential rehabilitation and carer support. 

Susan is a health services researcher with 20 years international experience (UK and Australia) in health workforce reform, service delivery and organisation with particular expertise in allied and community health, regional and rural health issues, new models of care and capacity building. She brings senior leadership and management experience across higher education and health care sectors through her roles as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Vice President) Research, Chair of Academic Board, and Director of Research (Health) at Southern Cross University, and as multidisciplinary team leader with ACT Health and Community Care.

Susan is a health services researcher with 20 years international experience (UK and Australia) in health workforce reform, service delivery and organisation with particular expertise in allied and community health, regional and rural health issues, new models of care and capacity building. She brings senior leadership and management experience across higher education and health care sectors through her roles as Deputy Vice Chancellor (Vice President) Research, Chair of Academic Board, and Director of Research (Health) at Southern Cross University, and as multidisciplinary team leader with ACT Health and Community Care.

Susan is also a qualified podiatrist with experience in community health care (publicly funded), private practice (as employee and business owner) and Aboriginal and Islander Health Services and volunteer work in Northern India. As a recent collaborator of HCA, Susan brings extensive experience and knowledge in health workforce planning and development.

Kenny’s central focus is trying to support decision makers to improve population health and well-being by making better use of resources. 

He conducts economic evaluation of health and non-health sector policies and works with decision makers to implement good value interventions into operational practice. He has wide industry experience in public and private sectors and continues to work internationally also. 

Besides that, he is a truly terrible guitar player, a (non-lycra wearing) amateur cyclist, and has a reasonably comprehensible Scottish accent. 

John has 25 years’ experience in senior and executive operational and strategic roles in public sector health services, in both NSW and Tasmania and has collaborated with HCA since 2017.

 In Tasmania he headed up the Southern Region Mental Health Services and Statewide Drug & Alcohol Services and John was the Director of Drug & Alcohol Services, and subsequently, Director of Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Services in the Mid North Coast Local Health District.

John now works as an independent consultant offering services in innovation and transformation strategy, service review and co-design policy and planning, management development and support, and facilitation and consultation.

Kate Kelleher is a Palawa Trowerna woman from the Pyemairrenner mob in Tasmania which includes the Trawlwoolway and Plairmairrenner and related clans. Kate works as an independent consultant and has worked closely with HCA since 2016.

Kate brings invaluable experience and knowledge of both the macro and micro levels of the Aboriginal Community Control Health space through her work as acting Interim CEO of National Aboriginal Community Control Health Organisation (NACCHO) and workforce projects with large urban Aboriginal Medical Service.

Kate is very aware of the challenges and issues facing her peoples particularly through community leadership on a number of ACCO Boards. As Lead Negotiator for Barang Regional Alliance in Local Decision Making, the flagship of the NSW Government OCHRE initiative, is heavily involved in impacting systemic reform and the effects of colonisation on her peoples. Through her representation on the NSW Indigenous Chamber of Commerce Board as well as the National peak body – First Nations Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI) Kate has a well versed appreciation of the opportunities for developing sustainable economic independence.

Megan has collaborated on several projects with HCA since 2016 and is the Research Lead and Assistant Director of the National Centre for Cultural Competence at The University of Sydney.

Megan is Wiradjuri, with Anglo-Celtic heritage, and has over 20 years’ experience combining health service delivery and research, particularly focusing on Aboriginal peoples’ leadership to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the criminal justice system and post-prison release.

Megan is an accomplished researcher and evaluator with experience in designing and publishing an evaluation model for Aboriginal health programs – the Nfaa-bi-nya framework and is also currently the Director and contributing editor of health media organisation Croakey.org and Associate Editor of Health Sociology Review.

Shanley is a highly experienced biostatistician and has led or contributed to a wide range of research projects that have required high levels of expertise in health and population data analysis and has collaborated with HCA since 2016. 

Shanley has spent a number of years working at the Population Health Intelligence Unit in South West Sydney Local Health District and is also a Conjoint Senior Lecturer (UNSW)

Darlene is a motivated and committed professional with an extensive background in community development roles across the public and private sector and an experienced facilitator and interviewer. A recent collaborator of Human Capital Alliance, Darlene specialises in Indigenous community engagement, facilitation and family dispute resolution.

Darlene is also a family group conferencing specialist and brings a comprehensive understanding of issues underpinning the provision of community services and maintains high level consultative and negotiation skills, cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Paul is an Economist by training and has worked in the health sector for over 15 years. He has successfully led major data quality reviews in Ireland, Singapore, Australia, Fiji and now Saudi Arabia for both funders and providers in Public and Private hospital sectors with the aim of providing an independent review of the effectiveness of the clinical coding and classification process, primarily as it relates to data and documentation quality for funding and patient care.

Paul is passionate about providing tools and processes that produce high-quality data so that clinical teams can improve patient care.

He loves the health sector and has become a global specialist in the application of classification data in acute care hospitals to enable safe and efficient care.

Beth Reid is an Advisory Consultant at Pavilion Health based in Kirribilli, New South Wales.

Professor Jalaludin is a health physician, epidemiologist and biostatistician. He has substantial experience in air pollution epidemiology and is the Chief Investigator in the Centre for Air Pollution, Energy and Health Research .

Rick is a mental health and rehabilitation clinician specializing in health service performance statistics and activity efficiency measurement.

Emerson is a data scientist and computer programmer who has a knack for solving complex problems, and is skilled in identifying, analysing, interpreting and communicating trends and patterns in complex data sets.

Kevin has consulted in the skills and competencies field for forty years, developing skills and competency standards as well as delivering training and conducting assessments in this area. Kevin has been involved in the inclusion of non-cognitive skills in competency standards and vocational qualifications. He has been responsible for identifying, and mapping, non-cognitive skills in competency standards and qualifications as well as ensuring that competency standards did integrate the relevant non-cognitive skills.

Tony is the CEO of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs, adjunct professor in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Griffith University, Honorary Associate Professor, National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health ANU College of Health and Medicine and ANU College of Science, Honorary Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Visiting Fellow, Australian Institute for Health Innovation, Macquarie University.

Graham is a citizen of Fiji. He has significant experience working at high levels in Pacific nations and in Australia, including working with Permanent Secretaries, writing briefing notes and speeches for Ministers, preparing Cabinet Papers, advising national development committees and Regional Directors and preparing health sector consultancy papers for UN agencies. Graham has academically assisted many senior Pacific Islands Countries’ health executives achieve master level qualifications in public health. He is currently the course coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma of Health Leadership and Management at SINU, having commenced the programme in 2018.

Joyce graduated with a MBBS degree at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) in 2004 and completed a master’s in international public health (MIPH) from University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2016, under a DFAT scholarship. In 2018, she was awarded a Prestigious UNSW Scientia Scholarship, under PHIRG- Kirby Institute, now a Global Health program, where she is currently looking at the performance, integration and implementation of X-pert Point of Care HPV testing as a tool for early cervical cancer screening for HIV positive women in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Irina is a HR generalist with a wide range of expertise across all HR functions. She approaches her HR work with a desire to create favourable environments for efficient workflow, active listening, communication and strategic planning. Irina has a strong belief in self-development and inspiring others to develop through effective communication.

Irina has particular expertise and knowledge of HR operational and management processes, application of tools in managerial work, experience of mentoring and coaching managers in HR and leadership competencies, as well as training of HR specialists of all different levels.

Additionally, Irina has considerable proficiency in hiring & onboarding, performance management systems, employee development, organisational development and strategic planning & budgeting. Irina has been instrumental in the successful implementation of HR training and mentoring projects into a number of companies.