Community Council

 The Community Council advises the Board On:

• how to ensure decisions, investments, and innovations are person-centred, cost effective,locally relevant and aligned to local care experiences and expectations
• service gaps
• the integration of consumer, carer and community views into levels of primary health service
• operations, planning and policy development
• advocacy on behalf of the community, consumers and carers
• how to increase consumer, carer and community participation in the Central and EasternSydney PHN region.

The Community Council includes consumers, community members and representatives of local and state governments, community organisations, peak bodies and organisations with strong experience at the intersection of primary care and the community.

Chair:

Esta Paschalidis-Chilas

CEO, Canterbury City Community Centre

Deputy Chair:

Chris Walker

Community representative

Members:

Adrian Prakash

CEO, SHARE SMR INC

Dr Ben Harris-Roxas

Senior Lecturer in Integrated Care, University of New South Wales 

Candy Xie

Senior Executive Officer, CASS Care

Elaine Macnish

CEO, Newtown Neighbourhood Centre

Emma Dunford

Director – Client Services, the Junction Neighbourhood Centre

Fiona J

Community representative

Fiona Stevenson

Community representative

Irene Gallagher

Community representative

Jen Waltmon

Community representative

Kate Smith

COO, Civic Disability

Louisa Lu

Community representative

Matthew Halpin

Director, Consumer and Community Participation, Sydney Local Health District

Micheal Kundukulam

Integrated Care Lead – Sydney Children Hospital Network

Natasha Stokes

CEO, St George Community Transport

Nathan Johnston

Community representative

Rani Param

Manager, Community Life, Bayside Council

Shaylee Matthews

Community representative

Dr Siupeli Haukoloa

Interim Executive Director for First Nations Health, St Vincents Hospital Network

Tina Schembri

Director, Partnerships, CatholicCare Sydney

Trina Soulos

Manager, Community Development, Randwick Council