Board Members

Together Creating a Happier Healthier Northern Mallee

Frank Piscioneri

Board Chair

A qualified accountant (FCPA) with over 28-years’ experience in the education sector, including over 25 years as Chief Financial Officer and Director Operations at Sunraysia Institute of TAFE.

Mary Rydberg

Mary is a former senior executive with over 25-years' senior management experience across a range of Victorian health and community services, including roles within government, hospitals and the not-for-profit sector. 

Quentin Norton

A Registered Paramedic based in Irymple with Ambulance Victoria, Quentin brings a wealth of local and interstate clinical and governance experience to the Board. 

Kashif Hayat

A senior manager with diverse experience across several highly-regulated sectors including health and oil and gas. 

Maria Mahony

A senior business strategist with over 20-years'  experience across health, government, social services and education sectors in Australia and internationally.

Tara Williams

Tara is a Registered Nurse with a diverse background in healthcare, education, and quality management. Her career includes various roles, ranging from clinical nursing to academic leadership and strategic advisory positions. She brings local knowledge and experience in corporate and clinical governance to the Board, with a commitment to strategic thinking, effective leadership, and consumer engagement to ensure the delivery of high-quality healthcare outcomes. Tara has served as a previous Board Director for Rural Care Australia and Sunraysia Community Health Services. 

Karen Woolfe

A former Director of Clinical Services in the local not for profit private hospital sector, with a background as a clinical nurse and midwife in metropolitan public health services before relocating back to Sunraysia some years ago.

The past 19 years in hospital administration locally was always underpinned by the empathy and interpersonal skills learnt from close patient and family interaction in the clinical setting and carried over to staff and external providers in safe, appropriate care provision.

That foundation coupled with leadership, corporate and clinical governance knowledge and fiscal understanding will be brought to the Mildura Base Public Hospital Board as a Director.

Ian Campbell

Ian Campbell is a group leader at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Professor in the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology at the University of Melbourne.

He is the lead investigator of the Lifepool cohort of more than 55,000 women attending Breast Screening services and is a leading international resource for research into breast cancer.

He has over 35 years experience in cancer research and leads one of Australia’s leading cancer genetics facilities with international recognition in cancer that runs in families.