Our Board and Executive
Our team consists of people who care deeply about remote and rural communities. People who don’t just talk the talk but walk the walk. They’re out there, on the ground, connected to and part of rural and remote communities. Every day they see the challenges faced in health care in isolated areas. And they are inspired to provide real solutions to make a difference.
Our Board Chair is Amanda Roser – a highly experienced Executive Manager in the health sector. Amanda is supported by a diverse bunch of practising rural doctors and business professionals who bring their skills in rural medicine, business, law, finance, marketing and fundraising to build a Foundation that is focused on caring for the people who live in our rural and remote communities.
Our practising GPs face the challenges of living in rural and remote communities every day. They see first hand the impact of inequitable access to health care. Our non-medical directors have experienced the challenges of rural health, either in their childhood or throughout their careers.
A small yet mighty team committed to improving health for rural and remote communities.
Our Board
Amanda brings her experience in Finance and Risk to guide the Foundation. She lives on the Gold Coast with her husband and two daughters and works as the General Manager, Corporate Services for Guide Dogs Australia.
Sue is the Senior Medical Officer (SMO) in the Emergency Departments in Swan Hill and Echuca. She is also senior lecturer at University of Melbourne.
Stephen is a finance specialist that has worked with rural communities for most of his career. Although living in the big smoke of Sydney, his heart lies in rural Australia, where he spent an idyllic childhood.
Karin Barron
Director
Mackay
With extensive experience across rural and regional Queensland, Karin strengthens our mission to deliver better health close to home through a supported, sustainable primary care workforce.
Glenda brings an eclectic skills mix to broaden the depth of our Board. This includes corporate strategy, risk management and governance, fundraising and marketing. Glenda lives on the Gold Coast.
Dr Jean Littlewood currently works as a GP in Coonabarabran and as a GP Visiting Medical Officer having completed her specialty in Population Health and spending time in Emergency medicine in the regional centre of Dubbo.
Dr Michael Rice is a rural generalist living and working in Beaudesert. He loves the community and was instrumental in restoring maternity health services to the local hospital.
Mary Jane Streeton
Brisbane
Proudly born and bred in northwest Queensland, Mary Jane holds a deep conviction that first class healthcare can and should be available to all the people of our towns and country areas. This focus has been a constant over her three decades of working in rural health advocacy and policy – progressing systems, projects and national policies to strengthen medical education and workforce development.
