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Board
The Public Health Association of Australia's Board provides strategic direction for the Association and oversees its management.
The PHAA Board consists of the President, the Vice-President (Policy), the Vice-President (Development), the Vice-President (Finance), the Executive Director and four Representative Members from the Branches & Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
The current Board members are:
President
Professor Mike Daube
Vice-President(Policy)
Ms Sarah Thackway
Vice-President(Development)
Ms Christine Morris
Vice-President(Finance)
Mr Gordon Lee Koo
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Michael Moore
Branch Presidents' Representatives
Dr John Coveney
Prof Helen Keleher
SIG Convenors' Representatives
Dr Tony Butler
Dr Bruce Simmons
Board members are elected by and from the PHAA membership.
Past Presidents
Each of the Presidents of the Public Health Association has brought with them their own style of leadership.
While they have progressed different issues under the PHAA banner, all have held the PHAA objectives and the PHAA's raison d'etre - advancement and implementation of good quality public health policy - as paramount in their periods of incumbency.
The past Presidents of the PHAA have been:
Australian Society for Epidemiology and Research into Community Health
Douglas Gordon 1968
Public Health Association of Australia
Sandy Douglas 1968-71
Dr Roy Scragg 1971-73
The Hon. Dr Basil Hetzel AC 1973-75
Cyril Dixon 1975-77
Bob Douglas 1977-79
Lindsay Davidson 1980-81
David Christie 1981-83
John Jago 1983-85
Professor Stephen Leeder AO 1985-88
1988 was the first year in which the Executive Committee had been nominated and elected by the entire membership.
Professor Tony McMichael
1988- 89
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Professor Jane Hall
1990-94
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Professor Stephen Leeder AO
1994-97
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Professor Fran Baum
1998-00
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Dr Peter Sainsbury
2000-04
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Dr Cathy Mead
2004-07
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