Board of Directors
- Dr Megan Keaney - Chair
- Ms Julie Flynn
- Ms Lyn Swinburne AM
- Ms Rebecca James
- Mrs Lesley McQuire
- Professor Donald C Iverson
- Professor Ian Olver
- Ms Deborah Alison Thomas
- Associate Professor Fran Boyle AM
- Associate Professor Jacinta Elston
- Dr Helen Zorbas
Dr Megan Keaney, MB BS
Dr Keaney has an interest in remote health care and Aboriginal health. Dr Megan Keaney is the Chair of National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC).
Ms Julie Flynn
Julie Flynn is the Chief Executive Officer of Free TV Australia.
Free TV is the industry body that represents Australia’s 48 commercial television licencees. In her time as CEO, Free TV has been at the forefront of the transition to digital television services and has developed an industry voice to market the strengths of free-to-air television in an increasingly competitive market.
Julie joined Free TV after a distinguished career as a journalist and media executive. She was a senior executive at Radio 2UE, however she is also known for her work as a reporter and commentator in the Canberra Press Gallery with the ABC, the National Times and 2UE.
Julie has won a Walkley award for Radio News reporting and was President of the Canberra Press Gallery.
Julie has been a member of the Public Service Medal Committee, the Walkley Awards Advisory Panel and the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Advisory Board.
Ms Lyn Swinburne AM
Lyn Swinburne was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993. In 1998, she founded Breast Cancer Network Australia, of which she is presently CEO. She is the creator of the Field of Women concept. A passionate advocate for consumer input, Lyn has represented women with breast cancer on a number of state, national and international committees. She is currently a member of the NBOCC Implementation Advisory Group, the Cancer Australia National Advisory Consumer Group and the Clinical Advisory Group to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' National Breast Cancer Audit. She previously served on National Breast Cancer Centre's (NBCC)* Board from 1998-2006. Lyn was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006 for her work on behalf of women with breast cancer and is the 2007 Melburnian of the Year.
Ms Rebecca James
Rebecca James is the Chief Executive Officer of Research Australia, a national advocacy organisation which promotes health and medical research. She has a background in health policy and health and medical research advocacy. She has also worked in the private and not-for-profit sectors and has held various Board positions. She is a strong advocate for health service improvement and support for cancer survivors. She also serves on the NHMRC National Health Committee.
Lesley McQuire. RN, CM, BHA, Diploma in Health Management (ACHSE), Graduate Diploma in Conflict Resolution
Mrs Lesley McQuire is a Deputy Director of Nursing within the private sector. She has a background in senior nurse management and health care management within NSW Health in quality management, health services planning and policy. She serves on the Cancer Australia's National Centre Gynaecological Cancer Advisory Group and has also served on a number of advisory committees. With extensive nursing experience in women's health, there is a strong commitment to improving cancer health related outcomes for women and promotes advocacy and consumer involvement.
Professor
Donald C Iverson, PhD
Professor Iverson is the Executive Dean of Health and Behavioural Sciences and Director of the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute at the University of Wollongong (UOW). Previous experiences include senior positions in the US and Canada within cancer related institutes, in state health departments and in private business and centres as well as state department health services. He has served on a number of international and national governing/advisory committees in the US and Canada.
Professor Ian Olver, MB BS MD PhD CMin FRACP MRACMA FAChPM
Professor Olver is the Chief Executive Officer, The Cancer Council Australia. He trained as a medical oncologist and received the Cancer Achievement Award from the Medical Oncology Group of Australia in 2008. Amongst other committees he is a member of the Advisory Council to Cancer Australia and the Palliative Care Working Group of the European Society of Medical Oncology. He chairs the Research Ethics Committee of the New South Wales Cancer Institute and is a member of the Ethics Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Ms
Deborah Alison Thomas
Ms Thomas is the Editorial Director of The Australian Women's Weekly.
She is also a council member of the National Library of Australia; board member of the Queensland Food, Fibre and Agribusiness Council (QFFAC); and Patron of the Taronga Foundation.
Associate Professor Fran Boyle AM, MBBS (QLD) FRACP PhD
Associate Professor Fran Boyle is a Medical Oncologist at Sydney’s Mater Hospital, where she is Director of the Patricia Ritchie Centre and Assoc Prof of Medical Oncology at the University of Sydney. She has served as Chairman of the Medical Oncology Group of Australia, as a Senior Clinical Advisor to the National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)* and is the current chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group. In 2002, Fran was awarded the AMA Women’s Health Award for her contributions to breast cancer treatment. She was honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia in 2008 for services to breast cancer treatment and research.
Associate Professor Jacinta Elston An Aboriginal and South Sea Islander woman from north Queensland in Australia, Associate Professor Jacinta Elston is a descendent of the Kalkadoon people of north-west Queensland. Wife and mother to two school age children, Jacinta was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2003. A/Prof Elston holds the position of Associate Dean Indigenous Health, in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences at James Cook University in Townsville, and serves on numerous governing and advisory committees nationally and internationally.
Jacinta is a master’s graduate with Public Health and Tropical Medicine qualifications from James Cook University. Her Masters was received in 1998 and her Diploma in 1994.
Dr Helen Zorbas, MBBS FASBP
Dr Helen Zorbas, is Director of National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC). She has been responsible for directing a number of key national projects and programs in evidence-based practice, clinical guidelines, monitoring, service improvement and psychosocial support to improve cancer care.
Helen has been a member on a number of key National Cancer and Health committees and was recently appointed a member to the National Health Committee of the NHMRC for the triennium 2006-2009; and Chair of the BreastScreen Australia Evaluation Advisory Committee. Helen was also named a Finalist in the 2006 Telstra Business Women's Awards.
Helen was a GP for 14 years before becoming a breast physician and she now has a staff specialist appointment working one day a week at the Rachel Foster Breast Clinic, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
* In February 2008, National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC) changed its name to National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC).