Melissa is an experienced board member with over two decades of service across Australian and South Australian boards in governance, healthcare, regulation, and innovation. She brings a collaborative, strategic focus on person-centred systems in health, education, business, and the community. Her roles include chair, deputy chair, board member, and advisor.In the health system, Melissa is committed to improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families, and those providing the care, focused on safe, high-quality care. She draws on lived experience, a strong community perspective, underpinned by advanced governance knowledge and postgraduate studies.As the founder and director of a boutique IT services firm, Melissa combines decades of business insight, again with postgraduate study. She serves as deputy chair of a large independent school board and governor of a philanthropic trust. She mentors and encourages others to serve and give (time, money, talent, knowledge) and seeks ways to amplify young voices. She seeks ways to work with and learn from the First Nations peoples of Australia and lives on Kaurna Country.Her focus is on effective, responsive governance in both corporate and regulatory settings.BSc(Ma) MSysDev GradCertSmBusMgt GCertMedHlthLead GradCertCyberSecurity GCHealthServMgt(Safe&Qual) GradCertCloudComp&Virtual GAICD CHIACURRENT BOARDSCadzow TECH Pty LtdPharmacy Board of Aust Pembroke SchoolSA Board of the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Aust Wyatt TrustCURRENT COMMITTEES FORDept for Health & Wellbeing SAWomen’s & Children’s Health NetworkAust Comm. on Safety & Quality in Health CareAust Health Practitioner Regulation Agency CURRENT/PREVIOUS GRANT REVIEWER FORBeat Cancer SACancer AustraliaMedical Research Future Fund PREVIOUSLY MEMBER OFAdelaide Metropolitan Area Consultative Ctte IncAust Community Pharmacy AuthorityPCEHR (My Health Record) Operations Mgt CtteSA State Govt Small Business Development CouncilInterim bid board Well & Productive CRCFaculty of Clinical Radiology Council - Royal Australian and New Zealand College of RadiologistsWomen’s & Children’s Health Network Governing Council (including hospital)PREVIOUS COMMITTEES FORAust Broadcasting Corporation Aust Digital Health Agency Aust Medical CouncilCalvary Adelaide HospitalHealthdirectNational Health & Medical Research Council National Pathology Accreditation Advisory CouncilNPS MedicineWise Royal Aust College of Physicians Royal Aust College of General Practitioners SA Health, SAAS, CALHN, WCHNPosts don't reflect any entities