OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Carl Heslop
CHAIRPERSON
I am an experienced Registered Nurse and health leader with a passion for collaborative solutions and community engagement. I have been involved with primary health and health promotion organisations at a governance level since 2013 and have recently achieved the status of Graduate from the AICD Company Directors Course in 2025.
I consider myself a health generalist and have held roles from acute care to research to prevention.
I hold a PhD in Publich Health focussed on sexual health promotion in the rural and regional setting in 2019, completed a Master of Public Health in 2013 and Graduate Certificate of Nursing in 2009.
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Simone Brand
VICE CHAIRPERSON
As a Clinical Psychologist in regional WA, I am passionate about community access to high-quality health services. Currently, I operate as a private practitioner. I have worked with organisations under NDIS and as a Program Facilitator in WA.
I am the former Deputy Director of Staff Wellness at Curtin University, leading a team of allied health professionals and contributing to wellness and injury management. I was also the founding lead of Curtin University’s Safer Communities Response Team. My roles as Director of the National Board of ASORC and the WA Coronial Ethics Committee fuelled my passion for organisational leadership.
I am excited by the opportunity to work with the team at Amity Health towards their vision of Healthy Communities – Healthy People.
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Mark Shenton
TREASURER
As the Executive Officer of the Albany Business Centre, I have experience in business mentorship and planning, successional planning, customer and contract negotiation together with marketing planning and strategies.
I assist small business across the Great Southern to start, build and grow through training, advice and mentoring.
I am fervent about community service and accessibility, which is what drew me towards Amity Health’s core values as they aligned so closely with my own.
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Trish Ryans-Taylor
DIRECTOR
I currently work in the community legal sector providing capacity building, quality control assessment and accreditation services to the 28 community legal centre organisations in Western Australia.
I have background in mental services delivery and advocacy for people involuntarily detained under the mental health act.
I have worked with the non-for-profit sector since 1996 as both an employee and volunteer. Before studying law, I worked in the information technology sector, designing and implementing finance systems and maintenance control Processes.
I am delighted to work with Amity Health a progressive not-for-profit who provide much needed services to rural and regional areas of WA.
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Kim Daniel
DIRECTOR
I have over 20 years of experience in the human service sector, delivering high quality services and leading teams.
With an allied health background, I’ve worked across the health and disability sectors, before specialising in leadership roles for the past decade.
I’ve worked in social housing leadership roles since 2020, with a focus on working in partnership to improve outcomes for the community we serve.
With an extensive knowledge of the Great Southern region, I have a genuine passion for regional communities and the work of Amity Health. I love living, working, and playing on Menang Country, with special interests in travel, sports, and time with family.