Professor Ian Cameron, Director
Ian is a Rehabilitation Physician who holds the Motor Accidents Authority
of NSW Chair of Rehabilitation Medicine, at the University of Sydney.
He has broad interests and expertise in disability issues and is a board
member of several organisations that provide services for people with
disability.
Ms Anne Clark, Director
Anne was formerly the Smith Family’s National Program Manager
Education Support with a focus on maximising access to educational
opportunities for students in disadvantaged families as a means of
reducing the extent to which present economic disadvantage translates
into lifelong disadvantage. Prior to this position Ann was the Planning
and Development Manager for the Spastic Centre. She has also served
as Chairman of ACROD NSW.
Mr Ian Sinclair Hunt OAM, Director
Ian is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and is consultant and
Chairman to the firm of Hunt & Hunt, Solicitors. He is Vice Chairman of
the Board of Royal Rehabilitation Centre Sydney.
Mr Stephen Lowndes, Director
Mr Stephen Lowndes, who was appointed CEO of ROYAL REHAB in June
2008, has joined the Board of CDS, bringing strong management skills
and knowledge and experience of the health sector from his previous
roles. Mr Lowndes was formerly Chief Executive and General Manager of
Manchester Unity Australia. He has served on numerous Boards in
the health and financial services industries, and prior to joining Royal
Rehab was CEO of the peak industry body, the Aged and Community Care
Association of NSW and ACT (Appointed 7th August, 2008).
Ms Nola Manickam, Director
Nola has had a long professional career as a radiographer. She brings
to the Board of Directors her unique experiences as a mother of four
children, one of whom has a disability. As a member of the Board of
Sunnyfield Association and as a member of People with Disabilities she
has a strong commitment to advocacy and the improvement of carer
education and training in disability service delivery. Nola is an
accomplished pianist.
Dr Phillip Morath, Director
Phillip Morath has over 20 years’ experience in senior management
of non-government organisations providing services to people with disabilities.
He has extensive experience in implementing organisational
change and has been a participant in several Commonwealth and State
government committees that have reviewed key service areas. He has
held directorships in several service and peak organisations. Phillip has a
PhD in organisational change, a Company Directors Diploma, and is a
fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Dr Mark Clayton, Director
Mark Clayton has worked in the disability sector in a range of positions
for 28 years. He commenced work in the education sector and eventually became
a principal. He then undertook research and moved into the area of personnel
preparation and policy advice to two state ministers of education. During this
time he held several management positions across the NGO sector. Mark holds
a Diploma in Teaching, B. Ed, and MA (Special Education) and, following the
completion of a Harkness Fellowship in the USA in 1989, was awarded a PhD
in the area of behaviour analysis. Mark’s passion is achieving the best
outcomes for people with disability and developing talented staff to be
successful with the people they support. Mark’s current role provides him with
an opportunity to combine his clinical skills with effective strategic planning
for Sunnyfield.
Prof. Patricia O'Brien
In 2009 Patricia returned to Australia from Trinity College Dublin to take up the
position of Chair in Disability Studies and Director, Centre for Disability Studies,
University of Sydney. At Trinity College Patricia was the Foundation Director,
National Institute for Intellectual Disability where her work supported a mission
of Inclusion through Education, Research and Advocacy. She attracted several
research and development grants that focused on inclusive research where people
with disabilities and family members were involved in developing and participating
in research that they had ownership over.
Prior to Ireland Patricia worked at the University of Auckland where she taught
both graduate and post graduate courses relevant for professionals working in the
area of human services and special education. Patricia has co-edited two texts that
promote disability services as value driven and person centred organisations.
Patricia’s teaching and research interests centre cover advocacy,
deinstitutionalisation, community participation, transition, inclusion, as well as
the interface between offenders with intellectual disabilities and the criminal
justice system. Her interest in community participation arose from leading a team in
New Zealand to relocate people with intellectual disabilities from institutional
settings to community based residences. Two major projects that she has recently
been involved in Ireland have respectively seen young people with intellectual
disabilities gaining further education within university settings as well as people
with intellectual disabilities becoming co-researchers within a National Survey of
Peoples’ Needs. Results of the later project can be seen here
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