The Board of Directors is the legal authority of Neami.  Board of Directors represent the interests of members and are entrusted with responsibility for securing the continued well being and growth of the organisation. The Board of Directors has an overriding responsibility to ensure that Neami is appropriately managed for the benefit of all stakeholders. All Board of Directors members offer their services to the organisation on a voluntary basis.

The role of the Board of Directors is governance, compliance, review and monitoring, risk assessment and focusing on the broader issues of organisational purpose, including the setting and monitoring of strategic directions and the establishment and monitoring of Board of Directors level policies.

Directors are drawn from a range of interest groups including consumers, carers, service providers and the community. They are recruited for their interest and commitment to the organisation. It is not expected that the members will represent the agency or group from which they are drawn but use the knowledge and experience this perspective brings to the Board of Directors.

Neami Directors

Julie Anderson - President

Director since 1996

Certificate in Business. Employed as a Mental Health Project Worker with Mental Illness Fellowship (Vic).

Rod Groves - Treasurer

Director since 2003

Background in Accounting, Company Management and Mediation.  Employed by Justice Department of Victoria.

Barbara Doogue - Secretary and Public Officer

Director since 2007

Employed casually with South Australian Central Northern Adelaide Area Health Service.

Said Selim - Vice President

Director since 1999

Background in Communications, Engineering, Staff Management and Quality Assurance.

Khorshed Khisty

Director since 2002

MA in Social Work and Psychology.  Employed as an Ethnic Mental Health Consultant.

Alfred Mayuka

Director since 2003

BA, LL.B, LL.M and Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations.  Employed in own legal practice.

Margaret Tomkins

Director since 1986

Diploma in Social Studies (Social Work Melb 1958), Inaugural Public Service Medal 1990.  31 years experience working in child and adult psychiatry.

Anne McKenzie

Director since 2003

Registered Nurse with 30 years experience working in the mental health field.

Stephen Brand

Director since 2006

BSW, Grad Cert, Health Service Admin (Strategy and Change). Employed as Coordinator, Chronic and Complex Care Strategy, Mental Health in the Greater Southern ARea Health Service in Southern NSW.

Doug Holmes

Director since 2007

Statement of Attainment, Small Business Management and Diploma in Training in Assessment Systems.  Employed as a Consumer Advocate in NSW.