Governance
AMRRIC’s elected Board is made up of a wide range of people, from both veterinary and environmental health, tertiary institution staff and private and corporate sector members.
Governance
AMRRIC’s elected Board is made up of a wide range of people, from both veterinary and environmental health, tertiary institution staff and private and corporate sector members.
AMRRIC is proud to have been accepted as a signatory to the APONT (Aboriginal Peak Organisations of the Northern Territory) Partnership Principles. AMRRIC acknowledges and values the relationships we have with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities and defer to their knowledge and ability to lead decision making and program design, and their consent to work within their communities.
Professor Steve Rogers
Chairperson
About
Professor Steve Rogers is the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research & Community Connection at Charles Darwin University.
Prior to his role with CDU, as CEO of CfAT Ltd, an Aboriginal controlled Not–For–Profit company based in Alice Springs, Steve led the company’s transition from a government grant, block funded NGO to a sustainable commercial company, with a remit to deliver technology innovation required to stimulate economic development across remote Indigenous Australia.
Steve is an experienced company director.
Justin Welfare
Board Member
About
Justin Welfare is a quality and compliance focused professional with a range of experience working within Australia’s health and community sectors, including Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS).
He currently works as Organisational Lead Quality, Risk and Performance at Micah Projects, and prior to that as Program Manager at QIP Certifications. He has well-rounded knowledge of international and national frameworks including ISO.
Justin has also worked within the education sector, specialising in cultural awareness and early childhood intervention.
Justin is an Independent Director with the Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Service and Lirata.
Kim Harmer
Chair, Finance + Risk Committee
About
Kim is a committed advocate for for-purpose, cooperative, and community-based organisations.
With over 25 years of senior executive experience, he brings deep expertise in operational and people leadership, alongside finance, governance, and strategic planning.
His career spans Fortune 500 companies, ASX-listed corporations, not-for-profits, and cooperatives across Australia and international markets.
Kim’s sector experience includes agribusiness, energy, technology, and infrastructure.
He is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and has served on numerous boards and committees in both commercial and community settings.
Dr Barbara Hostalek
Board Member, Chairperson of AMRRIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee
About
Appointed Chairperson of AMRRIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee is a saltwater woman who was born in Darwin on Larrakia Country.
A proud descendant of Gija and Yawuru family groups on her grandmothers side and Territorian, Greek and Czech on father’s.
Barb moved to beautiful Noongar Country to learn to heal animals, and if not healing reduce pain and suffering. Following graduation and a double degree in Veterinary Science from Murdoch University in 2000 she has worked in a diverse field of areas mixed animal practice, CSIRO, State Government.
Barb presently works at Murdoch University Veterinary School as Lecturer of Waardong (crow in Noongar language) supporting the Veterinary School attract, retain and enhancing the learning relationships of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterinary students to live well and healthy balanced lives.
When she isn’t working, Barb can be found playing with her two pugs or dreaming up new theatre plays.
Dr Alison Taylor
Board Member
About
Dr Alison Taylor has been a practicing veterinarian for 25 years and has been a partner in a small animal practice in Canberra since 2004.
Alison has been involved in delivering animal (mainly dog) health programs in the Northern Territory since 2008.
Since 2010, she and the organisation that she co-founded have been providing the service consistently to the same communities and has included much collaboration with AMRRIC.
Angela MacMillan
Board Member
About
Angela is the Customer Advocate at a major Australian bank with accountability for addressing and preventing poor customer outcomes.
She is passionate about advocating for people in vulnerable circumstances, Indigenous affairs and other significant community issues such as domestic and family violence.
Angela has a strong background in advocacy, strategy development, and organisational governance, and was formerly the Town Administrator of Nhulunbuy in Arnhem Land.
Nigel Scullion
Board Member
About
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee
The AMRRIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee brings the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities into the planning, design, delivery and evaluation of AMRRIC’s discrete animal management services and programs.
It’s members have been sourced from across Australia bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and experience which will assist in ensuring that AMRRIC’s programs and communication are both culturally sensitive and achievable.
Picture above: The AMRRIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee at Parliament House during their inaugural meeting in Darwin August 2017, where they were introduced to the House during question time, personally greeted by the Northern Territory’s Chief Minister Michael Gunner, and hosted to afternoon tea by the Member for Arnhem, Selena Uibo.
Dr Barbara Hostalek
Board Member, Chairperson of AMRRIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee
About
Appointed Chairperson of AMRRIC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee is a saltwater woman who was born in Darwin on Larrakia Country.
A proud descendant of Gija and Yawuru family groups on her grandmothers side and Territorian, Greek and Czech on father’s.
Barb moved to beautiful Noongar Country to learn to heal animals, and if not healing reduce pain and suffering. Following graduation and a double degree in Veterinary Science from Murdoch University in 2000 she has worked in a diverse field of areas mixed animal practice, CSIRO, State Government.
Barb presently works at Murdoch University Veterinary School as Lecturer of Waardong (crow in Noongar language) supporting the Veterinary School attract, retain and enhancing the learning relationships of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterinary students to live well and healthy balanced lives.
When she isn’t working, Barb can be found playing with her two pugs or dreaming up new theatre plays.
Ms Sandra Woosup
Committee Member
About
Mr Jeremiah Larrwanbuy Baker
Committee Member
About
Bio to come.