Staff

Around 45 full-time employees work at VicHealth. 

CEO's Office

Participation & Equity for Health (includes physical activity, social connection, preventing discrimination, preventing violence against women, economic participation, and health inequalities)

Knowledge & Environments for Health (includes healthy eating, alcohol, tobacco, UV and research)

Corporate Support

Communications

Associates

To contact an individual staff member, phone reception on (03) 9667 1333 or send us an email.   

 

Chief Executive Officer

Todd Harper

Todd has been VicHealth's CEO since April 2007. He is the former Executive Director of Quit Victoria (1999 to 2007). Under his leadership, Quit and the VicHealth Centre for Tobacco Control have developed national and international recognition for their work on tobacco control.

Following various positions for Tasmania’s Department of Health and Human Services, including in the area of community housing, Todd worked as Executive Director of the Tasmanian Council on AIDS and Related Diseases. He has a degree in economics, a postgraduate diploma in health promotion and a masters in health economics.

Senior officers

 

Lyn Walker
Executive Manager, Participation & Equity for Health

Lyn has a background in human service management and has worked in the public health field for the past 22 years. Lyn's predominant areas of focus have included development of gender specific services and programs and advocacy for legislative and policy reform in key areas. Lyn has written and co-edited a range of publications focusing on the social and economic determinants of health and supported development of the first International monograph: Mental Health Promotion: Concepts, Emerging Evidence and Practice. She is a member of the Adult Multicultural Education Services Board and the Global Consortium for the Promotion of Mental Health, and supports the activity of a range of state committees and working parties.

 

 

John Fitzgerald
Executive Manager, Knowledge & Environments for Health

John joined VicHealth in April 2009. He is a leading academic in the field of drug and alcohol research and policy making, working locally, nationally and internationally to translate research into policy outcomes. In 2008 John was recognised for his research and policy work on alcohol consumption among AFL footballers. John has an extensive publication and research grant history and joins VicHealth following his appointment as Associate Dean Knowledge Transfer in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne. In addition to academic publishing, John has expertise in short film-making, rich digital media and innovations in linking research to policy. 

 

Craig Barry
Executive Manager, Corporate Support

During the last 20 years Craig has worked in a variety of sectors including banking, retail, manufacturing, government and, most recently, international aid and development. Craig is a qualified accountant with bachelor degrees in Business and Arts from Monash University, and post graduate qualifications in Management from Melbourne Business School. His work has focused on financial and management reporting systems, risk management and compliance, corporate governance and organisational development. Craig has been a director on several commercial and not-for-profit boards and management groups. 

 

 

Kerry Grenfell
Executive Manager, Communications

Kerry has extensive experience in marketing and communications across a diverse range of sectors including government, infrastructure, consultancy, and not-for profits. Areas of focus in her previous communications roles have included childcare policy, women’s health, disability, ageing, community services development, sustainability and water. Kerry’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Business Communications, Queensland University of Technology, and Bachelor of Arts, Politics and Media, Griffith University.  

 

 

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CEO's Office

Todd Harper  Chief Executive Officer 
Lisa Manby  Executive Assistant
Sarah Posner  Executive Assistant (alternate Fridays)

Participation & Equity for Health

Lyn Walker  Executive Manager
 

Physical activity

Shelley Maher  Manager
Vanessa Phillips  Senior Project Officer
John Strachan  Senior Project Officer
Fiona Tinney  Senior Project Officer
Shelley Salter  Project Officer
Serrin Cooper  Assistant Project Officer 
Jo Hillas  Assistant Project Officer 

Social connection 

Irene Verins  Manager
Jim Rimmer  Senior Project Officer
Therese Riley  Research Practice Leader
 

Preventing discrimination

Kim Webster  Manager
Philippa McLean  Senior Project Officer
Natascha Klocker  Research Practice Leader
 

Preventing violence against women

Melanie Heenan  Manager
Dee Basinski  Senior Project Officer
Liz Murphy  Senior Project Officer
Michael Flood  Research Practice Leader
 

Economic participation

Irene Verins  Manager
 

Health inequalities

Kellie Horton  Manager
Kim Webster  Senior Project Officer
 

Research and evaluation

Kim Webster  Manager
 

Knowledge management and workforce development

Irene Verins  Manager
Cassie Nicholls  Project Officer 
Sarah Posner  Project Officer

Unit administration

Betty Bougas  Assistant Project Officer
Serrin Cooper  Assistant Project Officer
Cassie Nicholls  Project Officer
Sarah Posner  Project Officer

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Knowledge & Environments for Health 

John Fitzgerald  Executive Manager

Tobacco, alcohol and UV 

Brian Vandenberg  Senior Program Advisor
Kerryn O’Rourke  Senior Project Officer 

 

Healthy eating

Lee Choon Siauw  Senior Project Officer

Research

Lisa Thomson  Senior Project Officer
Michele Agustin-Guarino  Project Officer 
 

Policy

Michele Agustin-Guarino  Project Officer 
 

Support staff

Suzanne Watson-Haynes  Assistant to Executive Manager  
Meredith Martz  Assistant Project Officer

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Corporate Support

Craig Barry  Executive Manager
Marc Brauer  Executive Assistant

 

Information & Communications Technology (ICT) 

Martyn Baker  ICT Manager
Chrissy Gaughan  Senior Project Officer
Xa Dinh ICT Officer
Paul Grant  ICT Officer
 

Performance and planning

Nick Boyle  Manager

Finance

Michael Divens  Chief Finance Officer
Len Tan  Finance Officer
Larna-Grace Pack  Finance Support Officer 

People, Culture & Development

Jennifer Atkinson  Manager 
Casey Sexton  Administration Officer 

 

Information and knowledge support 

Chris Davis  Operations Support Officer
Eromi Paiva  IT Officer

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Communications

Kerry Grenfell  Executive Manager
 

Media and advocacy

Robyn Thompson  Media and PR Coordinator
Antony Balmain  Media and Public Advocacy Coordinator
 

Publications and website

Samantha McCrow  Publications Coordinator (Editorial)
Heather Smith  Publications Coordinator (Production)
Natalie Lleonart  Administration Officer
 

Event support/study tours

Jo Hillas  Administration Officer

 

Front of house

Helene Finnie  Receptionist 

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Associates

Cochrane Collaboration

Rebecca Armstrong
Jodie Doyle
Rachel Clark
Lisa Willenberg

Victoria Walks

Ben Rossiter  Executive Officer
Brendan O’Keefe  Online Media Projects Officer
Charmaine Chew  Community Engagement Coordinator,