Sam Garrasi
Board Member
Sam is the Chief Financial Officer at the Royal Women ’ s Hospital and has over 20 years ’ experience in a range of senior management and executive roles in the acute public health sector , and has worked in local government and telecommunications .
With a strong interest in public health , financial governance and risk management , Sam is currently a committee member on Merri ’ s Finance and Audit Risk Management Committee and Recommissioning Committee .
Seide Raffoul
Board Member
Seide has lived in Moreland for most of her life and has been actively involved within the Moreland community . With an extensive background in early childhood education and care , Seide currently sits on the Victorian Multicultural Commission as a regional advisor for the north and west metropolitan region .
Seide is fluent in English and Arabic and through her work at Merri Health , has a vision to improve the lives of young people and the wider community .
Ann Taylor
Board Member
Ann is an active member of the community and has been a resident of Moreland for more than 40 years . With an extensive background in public education , Ann has worked as a teacher , policy officer for the Education Department , and assistant principal and deputy president of the Australian Education Union .
Now retired , Ann hopes to continue to improve the lives of community members through her work at Merri Health .
Michael de Bruyn
Board Member
Michael has lived in Melbourne ’ s northern suburbs for over 25 years and is now living in Coburg .
Michael currently works as a Government Relations consultant with over a decade of previous experience in the government sector including working as a Chief of Staff in the Victorian Government , as well as acting as a senior adviser to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews .
Anne Jungwirth
Board Member
Anne Jungwirth is a keen advocate for high quality , accessible community-based health services .
Anne has worked in health education and health services for over 30 years including in policy development , primary care systems improvement and as CEO of a rural community health service .
Kenneth Cheng
Board Member
Kenneth Cheng is the Manager of Client Services at the Centre for Victorian Data Linkage in the Department of Health ( Vic ). He is experienced in a range of health and human service areas through nine years as a public servant and brings over 15 years commercial experience in business development and management roles in the information technology sector .
Kenneth is a lawyer , has a Bachelor of Science ( Hons ), Juris Doctor , MBA ( Exec ) and is a Board Member of Inner Melbourne Community Legal .
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