Our People
Board of Governance
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.President
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Ros Atkinson completed her Bachelor of Laws in Queensland in 1993. Returning to Tasmania in 1996 she worked in the areas of criminal law and later in family violence under the Safe at Home Program. Ros became a Board Member of Youth and Family Focus Inc in 2001 and later joined that organisation as the Executive Assistant.
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Ros has been a Board Member of the ATDC since 2007 and is currently President. She has also been on the Board of YNOT since 2007 and a Committee Member of the Devonport Community House since 2006. She currently is Vice President for both these committees.
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Vice President
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Tania Joughin is the Team Leader at The Link Youth Health Service. Tania has direct supervisory responsibility for the client services team and is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high quality whole health services to young people aged 12-24, including alcohol and other drug services. Tania previously worked as Harm Reduction Coordinator at the Tasmanian Council on AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases (TasCAHRD), coordinating the operations of two Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) outlets.
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Treasurer
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Tamara Speed is the State Manager of Anglicare Tasmania’s Alcohol and Other Drug Services. She has many years experience working in the AOD sector at a local, national and international level. She played a key role in the establishment of an NGO in WA and was subsequently awarded an Australia Day Council award for achievement in reducing drug related harm.
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Tamara has a particular interest in blood borne virus transmission and treatment, research, consumer rights and gerontology and AOD, and with a strong belief in partnership, she keenly engages in government and sectoral AOD policy processes, service development, management and delivery.
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Executive Member
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Stuart Smith is the General Manager, Client Services at Launceston City Mission. Stuart has 6 years of management experience with Launceston City Mission. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Business Management at UTAS, and has over 13 years experience in the AOD sector. Stuart is a long standing member of the ATDC board, and also sits as Vice President of the Devonport Crisis Accommodation Committee.
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Committee Member
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Grant Herring is the Tasmania Division Manager for The Salvation Army Alcohol, Other Drugs and Corrections stream. Grant’s appointment was made in December, 2008 following ten years as manager at one of the highest achieving offices of Employment Plus; The Salvation Army’s employment service agency contracted to the Commonwealth’s ‘Job Network’.
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A taste for community sector engagement was strengthened for Grant while working with the Beacon Foundation, delivering the nationally recognised No Dole program into schools and encouraging the building of community capacity. He has also worked as Executive Officer for the Tasmanian State Schools Parents and Friends Associations providing for cooperative policy development with the Department of Education, training and development for school councils and advocacy for students and their carers.
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Sarah Charlton R.N.,R.M., B.Sc. Sarah has a diverse history in senior clinical and executive roles in both public and private acute hospital settings. After 10 years as General Manager of North West Private and then St Helen’s Private Hospitals, Sarah accepted the position of CEO at Holyoake, where she has utilised her extensive marketing experience to exponentially expand client services. Sarah has been an ATDC Board member since 2008.
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David Jackson works in private practice as a GP and Addiction Medicine Specialist, and also in the community sector with young people, homeless people, and people who inject drugs.
David has been involved in the alcohol and drug sector for the past 20 years, mainly as a clinician but also in the teaching and policy areas. Having pioneered the use of both methadone and buprenorphine in Tasmania, he retains a strong interest in the pharmacotherapy of drug dependence syndromes.
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His other main interests include the general health of drug users; their rights; and the delivery of services of quality to them.
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Dr Raimondo Bruno has been involved in the drug and alcohol sector in Tasmania for the past decade in numerous research, evaluation, and consultancy roles. His main research interests include the cognitive consequences of use of medications and illicit drugs; illicit drug market trends; and approaches to reduce the harms associated with substance use. He has strong research links with drug research institutes nationally, such as the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and the University of Sydney.
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He is a registered psychologist, and is the state representative to the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs, Co-Chair of the Pharmaceutical Misuse Working Group of the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia, and an honorary fellow of Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre.
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Consumer Representative
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Aron Perkins is an Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug and Mental Health Advocate with Advocacy Tasmania Inc. who has a human rights focus. He has worked as a lawyer, journalist and tram conductor (amongst other things).
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Staff
Chief Executive Officer
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Jann Smith has worked in the alcohol and drug sector for over 15 years. She qualified as a Social Worker from the University of Tasmania, and since that time, has worked in the Netherlands, New South Wales and Tasmania. Jann has experience in the government and non-government sectors, in both clinical and policy roles, providing her with a broad perspective of the issues she deals with her curent role with the ATDC.
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.Finance and Administration Manager
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Vern Traill commenced with ATDC in 2006 and is their longest serving staff member. His past employment includes 11 years with Australia Post and 26 years with Telstra where he worked in the human resources and finance areas.
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Workforce Development Officer
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Lynne Maher has recently joined the ATDC as the Workforce Development Officer. Lynne has an extensive background in education and training, experience in the community sector and was an educator with the Life Education Centre program for 5 years.
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Comorbidity Sector Development Officer
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Amanda Street has recently joined the ATDC as the Comorbidity Sector Development Officer. Her role involves co-ordination of both the Improved Services Initiative (ISI) and the Cross Sectoral Support and Strategic Partnerships (CSSSP) project. Amanda has a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Criminology and a Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Corrections. She has a passion for social policy and is looking forward to launching her career with the ATDC.
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Policy and Research Officer
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Ella Haddad has recently joined us as our new Policy and Research Officer. Ella graduated from UTAS with degrees in Law and Arts in 2001 and since then has worked in .state and federal government. Ella’s roles in government saw her working predominately on social issues including the Relationships Act, Charter of Rights, Workplace .Relations and surrogacy laws.
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Ella is also engaged in several community organizations and is currently a board member of the Hobart Women’s Health Centre, Secretary of the Tasmanian Deaf Society and is on the committee of the United Nations Association of Australia (Tas). These roles and her previous employment have also seen her engaged in advocacy on behalf of organizations and individuals.
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Information and Communications Officer
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Peter Fielding joined ATDC in mid-2011 following his retirement from the State Alcohol and Drug Service. Peter has over 35 years’ experience in government and the community sector as an allied health worker, policy officer and manager across a broad range of health and well-being, employment and training services with a major focus on issues relating to children, youth and families.
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In that time Peter developed a keen interest in the ATOD sector and the important role that information and communication plays in developing awareness of the challenges facing the sector and the impact that substance misuse can have on the lives of individuals and families.