Meet our Board

Dr Woodward is a leader with more than 25 years’ experience in mental health and suicide prevention. He is an expert on crisis helpline services and works as Director of Policy for LifeLine International, a global network of crisis support services. He has provided strategic advice to the Australian Government as Chair of the Advisory Board to the National Suicide Prevention Office, expert advisor to the Defence Joint Health Command, and as a National Mental Health Commissioner.

Drawing on a background in social policy in areas such as housing and ageing, as well as public health, Dr Woodward has a deep appreciation of the social determinants of health and wellbeing.

He is an experienced Non-Executive Director, having served on the boards of several non-for-profit organisations and as a Company Secretary. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Newcastle Anglican Ltd, one of Australia’s largest regional providers of education, community, disability, aged care, family and youth services.

Dr Woodward is a Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society and an Honorary Enterprise Associate Professor with the Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing at the University of Melbourne.

In 2022 he received the UNSW National Mental Health Prize and in 2021 he received a LIFE Award for Leadership in Suicide Prevention.

He holds a Masters in Policy Studies, a Bachelor of Business and a Diploma in Arts.

Alan joined the Board on 17 October 2019 and serves as Chair of the GPH Board and the Corporate Governance and Culture Committee. Alan is also a member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee.

A CPA-qualified CFO, Belinda has significant experience in APRA-regulated institutions and member-owned mutuals. She is currently CFO of Liveheats, an action sports technology start-up, and was previously CFO of ubank, a brand of NAB, CFO of neobank 86 400 through to its acquisition by NAB, and CFO and Company Secretary of Illawarra Credit Union.

Her other board roles include non-executive director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at MoneyMe, an ASX-listed digital lender and non-bank challenger changing the way Australians access credit, and non-executive director of Peoplecare, a member-owned private health insurer.

Alongside her CPA, Belinda holds an MBA, has completed the GAICD program and an executive leadership program at London Business School, and has received several workplace and volunteer awards, including AFR BOSS Young Executive of the Year.

Belinda joined the Board on 10 February 2023. She serves as Deputy Chair and Chair of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Until 2022, Mark was CEO and Company Secretary at Warrigal, an award winning charity aged care, home care and retirement living provider across NSW and ACT. Prior to that he worked for the NSW Government in various regional and state management roles in the areas of child protection and disability services.

Mark is an inaugural Director of Ageing Australia (formerly the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), after being a National Board Member, NSW/ACT State Director and Illawarra Regional Chair of a pre-curser to ACCPA, the Aged and Community Services Association (ACSA).

He is also a Director of Wesley Mission Community Services and is consulting to the Community Industry Group on Health Hospital and Aged Care interface issues. He is a company member of the Community Industry Group, Southern Youth and Family Services and The Housing Trust. He also provides advisory consulting to various NFP orgs including CEO mentoring.

With a focus on organisations for vulnerable people he specialises in strategic planning, workforce challenges, organisational culture, customer access and engagement and sustainable innovation. Mark has held various governance roles as Chair of the Boards of Cedars Christian College, Lighthouse Church and Lighthouse Community Care, and Dads4Kids as well as various business, charity and government board and committee positions including Access Care Network Australia.

Mark joined the Board on 11 May 2024 and is also a member of the Corporate Governance and Culture Committee.

Tanya has been a practicing GP for over 30 years working in both urban and rural settings and as an owner of a general practice as well as a contractor in private and NGO settings. Tanya’s current clinical role as a GP is with the Royal Flying Doctors Service SE out of Broken Hill. Tanya has expertise in youth mental health having worked at The Junction Youth Health Service as GP and clinical advisor, providing multi-disciplinary care to vulnerable, disadvantaged youth in the ACT.

Tanya is currently a member of the AMA National Mental Health Committee and is actively involved in teaching medical students, GP and other specialty registrars.

Tanya established the GP Liaison Unit at Canberra Hospital. In this role she advocated passionately for recognition and understanding of the pivotal role of General Practice, the need to improve communication between the primary and tertiary health sectors and worked to improve the systems for patients.

Between 2017 and 2019, Tanya was Medical Director for the SENSW Primary Health Network (COORDINARE) providing clinical governance advice to the Chief Executive and Board.

She joined the Board on 1 January 2025 and serves as Chair of the Quality and Practice Governance Committee.

Suzanne is a highly experienced board director, chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Families Australia. With Masters level qualifications in Law (UQ) and Business (QUT), Suzanne is a fierce advocate for improved health and wellness outcomes for all Australians. Her CEO experience includes having been Executive Director for The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and National CEO of Catholic Health Australia. A lawyer by profession, Suzanne draws on her past experience as Corporate Counsel with St Vincent’s Health Australia in Queensland and in working within the Legal and Administrative Law Unit of Queensland Health. She was named Australia’s Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Biotech Lawyer of the Year in 2017 and has a special interest in health innovation having been a member of several Human Research Ethics Committees and government clinical trials working groups.

Suzanne serves as a Councillor for the ACT Chapter of the Australian College of Health Service Managers and is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Institute of Managers and Leaders.

She joined the Board on 1 January 2025 and is also a member of the Corporate Governance and Culture Committee.