Chair
BA,LLB, FIPAAV

Professional Associations

Law Institute of Victoria, Institute of Public Administration Australia, Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and the Law

Mind Board Committee

Finance, Audit and Risk Management; Governance; Service, Quality and Risk; Renumeration

Other Board roles

Alfred Health; International Society for Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care Limited; Advisory Board for the Centre for the Advancement of Law and Mental Health

Julian's legal career included being a founding member of the Fitzroy Legal Service, Australia's first community legal centre. He had 26 years’ experience as CEO of five public sector organisations including the Victorian Legal Aid Commission and the Victorian Mental Health Review Board. From 2000-07 he was the Victorian Public Advocate and was engaged in systemic advocacy seeking improvements to mental health services and the recognition of the rights of people with a mental illness. His current consultancy and committee work covers a range of areas of social justice, including mental health law reform and public administration and management.

Treasurer
B.Bus, MBA, FCPA, FAICD

Mind Board Committees

Finance, Audit and Risk Management; Remuneration

Professional Associations

CPA Australia, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Other Board roles

Cerno Ltd; VMA Ltd; External member Finance Committee  International Women’s Development Agency;  Council to Homeless Persons

Ruth has a long history in finance roles, including a contract role as Finance Director for Mind. She has worked as CFO for a not for profit health organisation and has had a number of managerial and finance roles in the legal and accounting sectors.

Director
Dip Soc Study, MA (Social Work)

Mind Board Committees

Governance; Service, Quality and Risk

Professional associations

Member Mental Health Review Board

Bill is Adjunct Professor – School of Social Work & Social Policy, La Trobe University and has 40 years’ experience in the mental health field as a social worker, lecturer and researcher. His experience covers a broad range of areas including community mental health, social work practice, public welfare, consumer groups and policy issues.

Director
LLB (Hons), LLM(MON), Cert Mediation/Arbitration Univ. of Adelaide

Mind Board Committees

Governance, Finance, Audit and Risk Management

Judith is a former partner of Phillips Fox lawyers and now practices on her own account post retirement. She has broad experience as a commercial lawyer with expertise in corporate governance, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, business and corporate law, commercial contract drafting, and estate planning.

Deputy Chair
BA (Hons), MA (Clinical Psychology), PhD, MAPS

Mind Board Committees

Service, Quality and Risk; Renumeration

Professional associations

Member of: The Australian Psychological Society; Australian Association for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy; Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research; Association for Contextual Behavioural Science; British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies 

John has 30 years’ experience working, teaching and researching in the mental health field.  He is a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Science at La Trobe University, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with North Western Mental Health and a sessional member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.  He has served on a range of advisory committees for the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments.

Director
B.Bus,Cert Management

Other Board roles

The Detmold Group, Bedfords Foundation, Starlight SA Advisory Board

Sascha has substantial experience in the commercial and manufacturing sector.  She has worked in management positions in sales, product management, marketing, systems and manufacturing and is currently Group General Manager – Sales, Detmold Group.

Director
MBBS MHthSci

Mind Board Committees

Governance, Service, Quality and Risk

Other Board roles

Australian Association for Infant Mental Health (Vic)

Robin joined the Mind Board in September 2008 after nine years as chair of MHAV Hostels, an organisation that merged with Mind in 2008.  She has a number of years of General Practitioner experience and now works in private practice as a Parent-Infant Psychotherapist.

Director

Mind Board Committees

Service, Quality and Risk

Professional Associations

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council

Bernie has a varied academic background including Architecture, Environmental Engineering and Psychology. Along with this he has experience in the mental health system over the last 20 years, the last 15 in some form of consumer perspective driven role. He has worked as a consumer consultant in two AMHS's, as information officer at the VMIAC, and was the VMIAC newsletter editor for just under 10 years. He has lectured at Universities and TAFE on consumer issues and perspectives and has been a recipient of many services similar to that which Mind provides.

Director
BA (hons)

Mind Board Committees

Service, Quality and Risk

Professional Associations

Institute of Public Administration Australia; Victorian Mental Health Carers Network; Melbourne Press Club Other Board roles

Sally co-convened the first known workplace peer support organisation, Open Minds, a large network of carers and consumers in the Victorian Public Service (VPS). She has worked across all portfolios in the VPS in media and communications, currently with the Office of the Public Advocate. She is passionate that recovery is an achievable goal for all, about the effectiveness of the Mind model of care, and that the experience of consumers and carers can be usefully harnessed by service providers to enhance the quality of services.

Director
B.Comm, CA, MBA (hons)

Mind Board Committees

Finance, Audit and Risk Management

Professional Associations

Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia

Other Board Roles

Centre for Sustainability Leadership

Melissa has broad experience as both an executive in and advisor to the commercial sector, most recently as an Executive Director with Ernst & Young.  She has particular expertise in finance, accounting and assurance and in planning and implementing strategic change in entrepreneurial organisations.

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Chief Executive
B.A., B.S.W. (Hons), PhD

Gerry Naughtin has an extensive background in human service management, research and community development. His career has included senior management positions in the government, commercial and not for profit sectors. Gerry has extensive knowledge of the Australian mental health, aged care and disability sectors.  Gerry has provided consultancy advice to the Federal Department of Health and Ageing and to state and national advisory bodies. He contributes regularly to policy development and advocacy in the mental health and aged care sectors.

General Manager South Australian Operations
BA (Hons), Cert Family Therapy, Dip Company Directors, Masters in Public Management
2010 SA Finalist - Telstra Business Women's Awards

Dorothy Belperio has been the General Manager of Mind SA since January 2006. She has extensive experience in human service management since 1990 in both the non-government and government sectors.  Dorothy has extensive experience in the development of innovative service models for people who have mental illness and people who are homeless.

Deputy Chief Executive
RN RPN BA M Bioethic MSc PhD

Margaret joined Mind in August 2011. She is an experienced mental health professional with a demonstrated record of success in strategic leadership, relationship management, policy and program development and research and evaluation. She has held executive positions with government including senior nurse advisor, mental health with the Victorian Department of Health. She has an honorary professorial appointment at James Cook University and is an editor on the third edition of the textbook ‘Mental Health in Australia’.

General Manager Victorian Operations
B.A. and B.S.W., Grad Dip Family Therapy, Masters Business Leadership

Judy is an experienced social worker with over 30 years' experience in mental health. Since coming to mental health almost 30 years ago Judy has worked both in the clinical sector and in the community managed mental health sector. Her major interests have been in the areas of support to families and carers, services to people with high and complex needs, community engagement, partnerships and collaborations, working with general practitioners and consumer and carer engagement. 

General Manager Corporate Services
Company Secretary
MBA, B.Bus.Mgt

James joined Mind in February 2011 bringing diverse executive management experience from both the public and private sectors within the corporate services arena. James has previously worked in the environment, water and Victorian public service sectors in strategy, policy, corporate services and project management roles.  James is passionate about enabling Mind’s corporate service functions to drive and deliver the best outcomes for our clients.

General Manager Finance
FCPA, ACMA (UK)

Usha is an experienced finance professional who over the past 20 years has chosen to work for not for profit organisations and has worked for organisations that provide aged care services, nursing services, employment services and mental health services. Usha is passionate about helping organisations such as Mind to operate on a commercial basis without compromising service delivery outcomes.