Board Members

Amy Peacock

Amy Peacock

Director

Dr Amy Peacock is an Associate Professor, National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellow and Deputy Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, and an Adjunct Researcher in the School of Psychology, University of Tasmania. She is Program Lead for Drug Trends, a national drug monitoring system operating for over twenty years and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. She has published more than 150 journal articles and 120 reports on alcohol and other drug use and harms in Australia and internationally. Her research informs efforts to reduce the health, social, and economic harms associated with drug use, and enhance wellbeing and autonomy for people who use drugs. She can be contacted at amy.peacock@unsw.edu.au

Meet our board:
Damian Collins

Damian Collins

Chair
Damian Collins has been Chair of the ATDC Board since June 2022, and has worked in the Tasmanian ATO…
Penny Chugg

Penny Chugg

Deputy Chairperson
Penny Chugg is currently the State Manager for The Salvation Army Alcohol and Drug Programs…
Greg Peterson

Distinguished Professor Greg Peterson

Director
Greg has been an ATDC Board Director since 2018. and served as Chair from November 2021 to June 2022…
Emily Chase

Emily Chase

Director
Emily is the CEO of the Drug Education Network and has significant leadership and management experie…
Mark Mason

Mark Mason

Director
Mark Mason is the Southern Regional Manager of Community Services at Anglicare Tasmania, Mark is …
Narelle Howell

Narelle Howell

Director
Narelle is married with 2 teenage children and has been a nurse for 25+ years. Over this time,…
Amy Peacock

Amy Peacock

Director
Dr Amy Peacock is an Associate Professor, National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Lead…