Lou joined Health Consumers Tasmania as a kitchen table participant. Then joined the team in community engagement. She comes from NZ where she owned and operated a venue that supported takatāpui, rainbow youth and organisations such as the NZ Aids Foundation, Herne Bay House and Hero. She is qualified in community support and brings this…
Finance Officer So quiet and elusive some of the team believe Shanthini to be an apparition, her impact is anything but invisible. Shanthini’s steadiness and confident execution of the HCT finances comes from a long career of really knowing her stuff and just getting on and doing it. A pragmatic individual with a wicked sense…
she/her Community Engagement Worker – Tasman Debra brings with her a love for seeing and immersing herself in the richness of community life. Her experience has evolved within the communities she has worked including youth, aged, refugee & migrant and remote Aboriginal communities. Her skills range from counselling, health promotions, project management and cross-cultural collaborations….
she/they Chief Executive Officer Ellen grew up on the lands of the Turrbal people in South East Queensland and moved to northern Tasmania in late 2017. Ellen is a Queer and disabled woman based in Launceston, and has a professional background in community development, community engagement, disability advocacy and has extensive experience in governance and…
she/her Engagement Lead Sheridan is the Engagement Lead for HCT. Sheridan grew up in country Victoria on the traditional lands of the Taungurung People. It was there, during her youth that she developed a strong connection to the river, spending most of her summers ‘in or on the water’. After spending a few years travelling…
she/her Advocacy and Impact Lead Hannah joined Health Consumers Tasmania in late 2021 as a Policy Officer and now leads HCTs work on health literacy, policy, and evaluating the organisation’s impact. She holds a Master of Public Health and brings both academic and professional experience across the fields of meaningful health consumer involvement, health systems…
Community Engagement Worker – HWN Scottsdale Bec began with HCT as a Community Engagement Worker in the Health and Wellbeing Network Project in the Dorset region and is now the Hub Coordinator at the Better Health 4 Dorset Hub. Bec joined Health Consumers Tasmania in May 2022 after finding out about the exciting project that…