Our Board

Dr Joanna Flynn (Jo) is a medical practitioner whose primary medical role was as a general practitioner, most recently in West Brunswick where she worked for twenty-five years. In addition to her clinical practice, she has held a number of roles in medical education, accreditation, regulation and health system governance at state and national levels since the late 1980’s.

Jo has recently finished a nine-year tenure as a Board Director of Ambulance Victoria and has been the President of Berry Street for the past five years. She also chairs the Board Ministerial Advisory Committee which supports the process of appointment to boards to Victorian public health services and hospitals. She previously chaired the Board of Eastern Health for ten years, the Medical Board of Australia for nine years and the Australian Medical Council for five years. She also served as a director of the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare) for three years.

Jo was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2011 and in 2018 was recognised in the Victorian Public Sector’s Top 50 Public Sector Women Awards. She holds an Honorary Doctorate in Medical Science from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the AICD.

Morven is Head of Internal Audit for Asia ex-Japan at Nomura. She has over 20 years’ experience in both professional services and the commercial environment. As a former Partner at PWC in their Trust and Risk business in Melbourne, she led PwC’s delivery of outsourced internal audit and risk services to public sector clients. Morven has extensive private sector experience, having worked across a number of insurers and banks over her career.

She holds various qualifications including a Bachelor of Applied Sports Science and is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor. Morven is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company and a Fellow member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Josh is a Principal within Deloitte’s Human Capital Consulting team, based in Sydney. With over 20 years’ experience spanning both corporate roles as well as management consulting for some of Australia’s largest consumer brands spanning aviation, retail, media, and digital advertising industries. Josh is passionate about supporting organisations unleash their potential through transformative change spanning people, process, and technology.

Mandy had a successful career in publishing and advertising sales and spent significant time working with her local community of Mitchell Shire.

She lost both her hands and feet to sepsis aged 39.

Since then, Mandy has worked as a content creator for ABC Radio and online, is a regular face in the Australian media, a storyteller and public speaker.

She is on the Board of TOM Melbourne and is the Chair of Get Started Disability Support Australia. She co-founded The Quad Squad, a multiple limb loss support group and facilitates their bi-annual Musters. She regularly volunteers with La Trobe Universities Prosthetic Department, helping to educate the next generation of prosthetists.

Mandy was awarded the Mitchell Shire Access & Inclusion Champion Award for 2019, was nominated for the Pride of Australia Award and the Brenda Gabe Award celebrating the contribution made by women with disabilities.

Karen is a developmental-behavioural paediatrician and the Vulnerable Child Health Lead at the Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Her research and clinical work both focus on improving health and healthcare access for children and young people in out-of-home care. She has a strong interest in system improvement and has worked on a range of projects commissioned by and in collaboration with different state government departments.

Felix Walsh has spent over a decade advocating for and working alongside the disability community, combining lived experience with professional expertise to foster inclusivity and systemic reform. Felix’s career spans public and community sectors. Felix has worked as a Policy and Law Reform Officer at a community legal centre that provides services to people with disability. Felix also serves on the Equality and Inclusion Reference Committee for the Independent Advisory Council for the NDIS. Felix has been a Yooralla Board Director since September 2020.

Felix holds a Juris Doctor from Melbourne Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Melbourne University. Felix is currently pursuing a Master of Social Policy. Felix identifies as a disabled person.

Susie is an experienced senior executive with nearly 30 years’ experience leading Workforce and organisational cultural change through leadership roles in Human Resources.

Susie is currently the Partner-in-Charge of KPMG’s Workforce and Human Resources Advisory Service as well as a member of KPMG’s global People and Change Centre of Excellence. Susie works with CEOs, Executives and Chief People Officers to design and implement solutions that give leaders insight into how to change and adapt their workforce for the future.

John is the Executive Director, Finance and Corporate (Chief Financial Officer) at Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. John has led the Finance business unit since 2011. His team manages organisational funding and provides financial information, advice, analysis and reporting. His areas of responsibility include strategic investments and asset management, financial governance and partnering, business decisions and transactions, procurement, operations infrastructure and Business Hub finance and supply chain ERP.

John has worked in the government, health and not-for-profit sector for over 25 years, including 6 and a half years as the Executive Director, Finance and Corporate at the Royal Children’s Hospital, where he was fortunate to be involved in development through to completion of a new hospital building.

Until her retirement in 2020, Lynn was an accomplished Senior Executive within the Victorian Public Service, working in various government departments and agencies over a career spanning forty years. Lynn was appointed as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) in 2007 and retired from this position in December 2020.

Lynn has extensive experience in leading organisations to achieve its strategic directions which includes demonstrated expertise in compliance, quality assurance, financial and operational management, stakeholder relations and regulation.

Tony is a partner at international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, where he specialises in employment, industrial relations, and discrimination law. His professional work focuses on litigation, enterprise bargaining, workplace culture and corporate governance. Tony’s legal practice covers the private and public sectors, in addition to numerous probono clients in the not for profit sector and LGBTQI+ community.

Prior to joining the Board, Tony was a legal advisor to Berry Street for many years.

Cate is an experienced healthcare executive with a background in leadership roles across Victorian Hospitals, most recently as Chief Medical Officer at Royal Melbourne Hospital.

She is currently working as a health care consultant in Australia and Internationally advising on health system strengthening, clinical governance and clinical leadership. She is the Deputy Academic Lead, Transforming Health Domain, University of Melbourne. Cate comes to Berry Street with experience as a Board Director, and Chair of the Quality Subcommittee of Yooralla.