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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 Vice-President (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander), the Executive Director and four Representative Members from the Branches & Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
The current Board members are:
President
Associate Professor Heather Yeatman
Vice-President(Policy)
Marion Carey
Vice-President(Development)
Dr Yvonne Luxford
Vice-President(Finance)
Professor Rachel Davey
Vice-President(ATSI)
Ms Vanessa Lee
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Michael Moore
Branch Presidents' Representatives
Dr Ingrid Van der Mei
Russel McGowan
SIG Convenors' Representatives
Richard Franklin
Jaya Earnest
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
Professor Tony McMichael 1988-89
Professor Jane Hall 1990-1994
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Professor Stephen Leeder AO 1994-97
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Professor Fran Baum 1998-00
Dr Peter Sainsbury 2000-04
Dr Cathy Mead 2004-07
Mike Daube 2007 - 10
Helen Keleher 2010-12
Heather Yeatman 2012-
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
1985-88 &
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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Mike Daube
2007 - 2010
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Helen Keleher
2010-2012 |
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