Angela C. Atkin

MB, BS; Grad Dip Women's Health, FAICD

President. A member of the Board since 1994.

Angela is a General Practitioner and has extensive experience across the health, aged care and disability sectors, serving on a number of Boards at both State and Federal level. Angela is a Board Director of Catholic Health Australia. Angela has a daughter who attends a Gateway program with Villa Maria.

Chair-Board Executive Committee; Board Audit & Risk Committee (ex officio); Board Finance & IT Committee (ex officio)

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Rev Br Brian Brandon

BSc, M.Curr.Stud., Reg.Sec. School Teacher

A member of the Board since 1994.

Brian has extensive and varied experience in school principalship, in religious Congregation leadership and in governance, finance, property and social policy and research, and holds a number of Directorship portfolio's.

Chair-Board Finance & IT Committee

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Fr. Joseph Caddy

A member of the Board since 2010.

Fr Joe Caddy is a Priest and the Chief Executive Officer of Centacare Catholic Family Services in the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.  He is currently the Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia the peak body representing the work of the Catholic community services agencies nationally.  He is an Adjunct professor with the Australian Catholic University where he chairs the advisory committee to the quality of Life and Social Justice Research Centre.

In addition Joe is a chaplain to the men’s maximum security prisons in Melbourne.

From 1991- 1993 he lived in Rome where he completed a Licentiate in Social Sciences at the Gregorian University.

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Vito Cassisi

Reg. Architect F.R.A.I.A, R.I.B.A, a member of the board since May 2011.

Vito is a practicing architect with over 40 years experience in the building industry.  He is currently an examiner to the Architects registration Board of Victoria and the Architects Accreditation Council of Australia as a member of the State and national Visiting Panels to University Schools of Architecture.  Vito is also current Vice President of the Italian Assistance Association (CO.AS.IT), and Vice President of the Assisi Centre Inc.

Strategic & Proposed Developments Committee

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Richard Gray

A member of the Board since 2008.

Richard has extensive experience of some 27 years in the disability and aged care sectors and is currently Director – Aged Care Services, Catholic Health Australia. He has previously held the roles of CEO of the Spastic Society of Victoria, the National Executive Director of Aged Care Australia (now ACSA) and Board Director of ACROD Ltd (now NDS). In 2006 Federal Cabinet appointed him to the Board of Directors of the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd.

 Board Audit & Risk Committee

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Peter Hogan

Vice President. A member of the Board since 2008.

Peter is a Chartered Accountant and was a Partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers for 17 years before retiring from that practice in 2008. He is now a Strategy & Development director with Incitec Pivot Limited, a public company listed on the ASX and is a non-executive director of Fabchem China Limited, a public company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Board Executive Committee
Chair-Finance & IT Committee

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Donna Howlett

B.Sc., MBA, FAICD

Vice President. A member of the Board since 2007.

Donna has 23 years of experience in the health industry, with over 15 years in senior management. Her areas of expertise include strategy planning and implementation, people leadership and business growth both organically and through acquisitions. Donna holds a number of Directorship portfolio's and is Governor of ACCESS, Australia's National Infertility Network.

Board Executive Committee
Strategic & Proposed Developments Committee

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Robert Livy

CA. Joined the Board in 2009.

Robert is a Chartered Accountant and director of Lee Partners. He has spent the past 25 years in advisory roles to clients in the residential aged care sector, including the financial aspects of operational and capital funding. In 2004 he was appointed to the Expert and Technical Advisory Group into the Review of Pricing Arrangements in Residential Aged Care. He holds various advisory board positions with aged care and retirement living organisations.

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Jenny McAllister

Dip. Private Secretarial Practice

A member of the Board since 2004.

Jenny has served on the Committee of Management of the Association for Children with a Disability and still advocates for people with disabilities and their families, believing information is the key to obtaining the most out of increasingly complex and diversified systems of delivery service. Jenny is a member of the Boroondara Community Disability Advisory Council.

Strategic & Proposed Developments Committee

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Michael Meere

MBS (HR). MEI. Grad Dip EI Cert. Business Studies (Law) Dip FLM Cert IV Workplace Training. Certified Professional CAHRI MSHRM AMA.

Joined the Board in 2009.

Michael has 40 years experience in management positions and consultancy roles in both private and not-for-profit organisations. He has been a CEO of a National Industry Association and was a Director of Yooralla. He is a Life Member of the Preshil: The Margaret Lyttle Memorial School Association. He currently lectures in Swinburne University’s MBA program.

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Peter Walsh

BA Dip.Soc.Studs, BA Economics. A member of the Board since 1998.

Peter was a foundation student of St Paul's College in 1957. Peter was involved with the Catholic Church in the resettlement of migrants and refugees through its Catholic Immigration Office, and has extensive experience in the housing industry and community service portfolios.

Strategic & Proposed Developments Committee

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