Board of Directors

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.

Membership Requirements

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 Julie has been a board member of Neami since 1997.  She has completed a Certificate in Business and is currently employed as a mental health project worker at Mental Illness Fellowship (Victoria). "Neami has undertaken a strategic process with an integrated perspective that reflected on the organisation's past and present to identify the key directions that will consolidate Neami's future in order to fulfill our mission and vision."		Stephen Brand - Vice President A Board Member since the AGM in 2006, Stephen is currently managing Mental Health Services in a rural New South Wales Area Health Service.  He is a social worker with a background as a clinician in the Mental Health field. "I am pleased to be part of an organisation that is dedicated to high quality service provision and commits itself to evidenced-based practice and the process of research and evaluation.  I am also pleased to be involved in an organisation which is growing interstate and is building strong infrastructure and systems to support a strong profile in a growing service delivery industry."
Remberto Rivera -Treasurer Remberto Rivera joined the Neami Board in December 2008.  He holds a BEcon, Post GradDip Bus, Post GradDip Aged Care Management, MBA, ASA.  With more than 25 years experience working in accounting and business administration for the banking and not-for-profit sectors.  His key experience covers the fields of accounting, human resources, industrial relations, facility management and information technology. "Neami is financially well-positioned to achieve its strategic directions; it is a great pleasure to serve and to contribute to lead the vision of this wonderful organisation."		Lindsay Oades Joining the Board in September 2008, Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Head, International House at Wollongong University.  With A BA (Hons) and MBA (Distinction), Lindsay has been involved in extensive research projects and development of the Collaborative Recovery Model which Neami will implement in 2010. "Neami continues to make significant progress along its strategic directions.  Research and evaluation capacity continues to grow, particularly recently in the area of recovery oriented service provision.  I am very pleased to be able to contribute to the development of a national organisation - bringing it the opportunity to influence national policy."
Douglas Holmes Employed as the Consumer Paticipation Coordinator with St Vincent's Mental Health Service in New South Wales and with experience in business management, workplace training and assessment systems, Doug was elected to the Board in June 2007. "Neami has provided an option for mental health consumers in New South Wales and with experience in business management, workplace training and assessment systems.  Doug was elected to the Board in June 2007."		Dawn Inman - Wyness Dawn is a CEO/DoN within the aged and community care industry and has a personal interest in mental health and housing for the disadvantaged.  A Registered Nurse, practising CPA and an MBA specialising in Corporate Governance, Dawn brings valuable experience to the Board which joined early 2009. "I am very proud to be a part of this leading national organisation that focuses on the needs of those people who experience a mental illness.  Neami's vision  and mission is achieved by empowering and supporting consumers within the community."
Khorshed Khisty Khorshed Khisty has an MA in Social Work and Psychology and is currently self-employed as a Private Practice Psychologist.  Khorshed joined the Board in 2003. "Regardless of which ethnic group or mainstream culture, having a serious mental illness is the marginalising of experiences.  Neami offers outreach psychiatric rehabilitation to individuals from a range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds; being actuely aware of the barriers these individuals face and working to improve our services to them."		Alfred Mayuka Alfred became a member of the Board of Directors in 2004.  He has completed a BA, LL.B, LL.M and a graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations.  He is currently running his own legal practice. "I find Neami's mental health services an invaluable support structure in current times with increased and diverse mental heatlh problems.  I enjoy working with and participating in the dircrection of this organisation in its pursuit of excellence in its service delivery."