SpeakersArbias and Brain Injury Australia are pleased to announce the following featured speakers:
Derryn HinchDerryn Hinch is an Australian media personality best known for his work on Melbourne radio. He is a former police rounds reporter, former foreign correspondent, former newspaper editor, former host of national current affairs shows, former novelist, former radio host in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, former Midday host and former jailbird. Dubbed "the human headline", Hinch is controversial and outspoken; by his own account he has been sacked no less than fourteen times during his career in the media. Hinch began his career at the age of 15 with the New Zealand Taranaki Herald. In 1963 he came to Australia on the MV Wanganella and joined The Sydney Morning Herald. By 1968 he had become a foreign correspondent for the Fairfax organisation, and finally moved to New York as bureau chief. He remained in the United States for eleven years. Hinch has his own website www.hinch.net on which he posts daily editorials. It also features his Hungry Hinch restaurant reviews, travel articles, health news and book offers. In 2007 the website had more than three million hits. 
Assistant Commissioner Stephen FontanaMr Fontana began his career in 1975 as a Constable at Russell Street before moving to Port Melbourne and Dandenong Police Stations. He joined the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) in the 1980s and served as a detective at both Russell Street and Springvale, before being promoted to Sergeant at the Caulfield Crime Car Squad in 1985. In 1989 he was promoted to Senior Sergeant at the Management Services Bureau where he was involved with a team completing major projects. Two years later, was seconded to the Spectrum Taskforce, as deputy in charge, which investigated the murder of a teenage girl and a series of abductions in Melbourne suburbs. He then moved on to Officer in Charge of the Elsternwick Police Station before being promoted to Inspector of the Drug Squad in 1995. In 1996 he was seconded to Project Guardian for twelve months, which recommended the establishment of the Ethical Standards Department, before returning to the Drug Squad. He was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in February 2008, taking charge of the Counter Terrorism Coordination and Emergency Management Department. He is Corporate Sponsor for Drug and Alcohol Portfolio in Victoria Police. He was awarded the Australia Police Medal in the Australia Day Honours in 2002, and is the recipient of the National medal and 1st clasp, and Victoria Police Service Medal for 30 years dedicated service. 
Martin JacksonAppointed to the Arbias board in 1992, Martin is also currently a Senior Lecturer & Psychology Clinic Director at the School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, in addition to working in his private practice. Past experience includes Clinical Neuropsychologist Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, from 1985 - 1992. Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre 1992 - 1998. Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist arbias Ltd. Consultant TAC Medical Panel since 2001. A member of the Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI), the Australian Psychological Society, the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists and the Victorian Psychologists Association. 
Lorraine McGrathLorraine is the lead officer for the SAMH (Scottish Association of Mental Health) and arbias international partnership, which has led to the translation and development of key information and training resources focussed on improving the experiences of people with Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD) in Scotland. Lorraine and her team managed and organised the 1st International Conference on ARBD, Looking Forward, in Glasgow in 2006 and she has also led the design and development of specialist community based accommodation and support models for people with ARBD, establishing SAMH as the lead agency in the UK. Lorraine has also worked in collaboration with key Scottish Government departments to develop SAMH as the lead agency for both Mental Health Crisis provision and Suicide Prevention Training in Scotland. Lorraine has worked in health and social care for over 21 years, seventeen of which has been with SAMH, ten of those in a senior management role. Lorraine has considerable experience in designing, developing and implementing new mental health, homelessness and addictions services to contract standards within agreed timescales and resources. Lorraine's qualifications include the MCI Level 4, the Diploma in Social Care Management and she recently achieved her Masters in Business Administration. Lorraine was a member of the ministerial working group who recently produced the guidance 'Closing the Gaps' which aims to progress recommendations on how to respond to the needs of people with co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems including ARBD. New initiatives include mental health in the workplace and the needs of armed forces veterans who experience post combat mental health difficulties. The SAMH presentation will cover:
Hugh HillHugh qualified as an RMN (Registered Mental Nurse) in Paisley in 1986 and moved to the North West of England to take up a post in acute admissions. In 1988 he gained his CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse) certificate in Liverpool and in the following year completed a Diploma in Counselling. Hugh worked closely with GP Fundholders as a CPN until his move to St. Helens as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in 1993. He led the CPN team in developing an integrated intensive care management team working with people with serious mental illness (SMI). During this period Hugh completed both Certificate and Diploma training on Psychosocial Interventions at Manchester University (Thorn Nurse Initiative). In 1995 Hugh moved to Stockport to lead and develop a fully integrated health and social services team focused almost exclusively on people with SMI before returning to Scotland in 1999 to join Ayrshire and Arran Health Board Commissioning Team. Whilst at the Health Board Hugh also had responsibilities for Mental Health, CHD (Coronary Heart Disease)/Stroke Services, Cancer Services, Sexual Health and Learning Disabilities. In 2001 Hugh completed his MBA (Master’s in Business Administration) and with a desire to return to mental health services joined SAMH (Scottish Association of Mental Health) in 2003 as their Director of Services and Strategy In his current post Hugh is responsible for the delivery of care and support services across 83 services spread throughout Scotland together with the strategic development and growth of the organisation's service framework. 
Dr Tim FeeneyFor the last 15 years, Dr. Tim Feeney has been Project Director of the New York Neurobehavioral Resource Project - a New York State Department of Health grant-funded program developed to support individuals with an Acquired Brain Injury and significant behavioural challenges to live successfully in their home communities. He is also Executive Director of School and Community Support, Inc. assisting numerous United States agencies in the development of system-wide changes in order to provide sustainable, high quality, and cost-effective education and rehabilitation services for people with an ABI. Over the course of the past twenty years, Dr. Feeney has worked in a variety of capacities in human services including: special education teacher, program director of a state program for individuals with autism, coordinator of educational services, coordinator of behavioural services, staff psychologist, consulting behaviour specialist, and an Assistant Professor of Special Education. He has been responsible for the procurement and coordination of over US$10 million in grant-funded programs serving individuals with challenging behaviours, autism, and persons with brain injury and challenging behaviours. Dr. Feeney has authored over 50 scholarly journal articles and book chapters, is co-author of the book Collaborative Brain Injury Intervention: Positive Everyday Routines, and travels the world speaking to audiences about collaborative supports for individuals with brain injury and challenging behaviours. In his keynote presentation, Dr. Feeney will provide - by talking to videotapes of his and staff's work with clients - a framework for the development of behavioural supports for individuals with challenging behaviours that focuses on assessment that is context-sensitive and collaborative and intervention plans that are pro-active and developed to prevent problems from emerging. In addition, positive behaviour supports integrate cognitive and communicative approaches, focus on the integration of meaningful activities in an individual's daily routine, and, most importantly, are developed with the goal of helping individuals with challenging behaviours learn to regulate themselves. 
Dr David ManchesterDr. David Manchester is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist with extensive local and international experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals with an ABI who also experience psychological and psychiatric difficulties. This includes over seven years working as a Clinical Team Leader and Director of Psychology Services in residential and community-based neurorehabilitation. Dr. Manchester has a further ten years experience working as a Clinical Psychologist in community mental health, hospital services and medico-legal private practice. Dr. Manchester is currently a Director of MLR consulting psychology - a psychology training company based in Sydney. He also consults part-time as Senior Specialist Psychologist with the NSW Department of Aging, Disability and Home Care's (DADHC) Integrated Services Project for challenging behaviour. 
Associate Professor Malcolm HopwoodAssoc Prof Malcolm Hopwood MD (Melb), MPM, FRANZCP is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. He is also the Director of the Brain Disorders Program (BDP) and the Veterans Psychiatry Unit at Austin Health. In addition to considerable personal clinical experience in dealing with psychiatric aspects of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), he has led the development of the BDP into a unique multi-component service with inpatient and community neuropsychiatric rehabilitation services. He has conducted research into the phenomenology and neurobiology of depression and psychosis in association with ABI and most recently a major statewide training program for all Victorian Area Mental Health Services, on aspects of ABI and mental illness. He is a frequently invited speaker nationally and internationally on psychiatric aspects of ABI. Associate Professor Hopwood has received research funding from a range of Commonwealth and industry based bodies. He has published over 90 journal articles or abstracts. He is a current member of the General Council and Chair of the Board of Research of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and Secretary of its Victorian Branch. He is also a board member of the Summer Foundation. He has been recently appointed to the World Psychiatric Association Global Network of Classification and Diagnostic groups. 
The Hon. Bill Shorten MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's ServicesBill Shorten is the member for the Federal seat of Maribyrnong in Victoria and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services. He was born in Melbourne and joined the Victorian Branch of the Australian Workers' Union as an organiser in 1994, and was involved in campaigns that attracted new members to the AWU as diverse as oil and gas workers, fruit pickers, manufacturing workers, netballers and jockeys. Bill became Secretary of the Victorian Branch in 1997, and was elected National Secretary in 2001. Bill has spent his career standing up for working people. Having represented workers from Esso Longford to the Beaconsfield Gold Mine, workplace safety is a key concern. With arts and law degrees, an MBA and years of experience dealing cooperatively with employers, he also understands the needs of the business community. He is a former director of AustralianSuper and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Bill is President of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party(ALP) and a National Executive member of the ALP. 
Hedy ChandlerHedy Chandler is the Executive Director of Community Head Injury Resource Services of Toronto (CHIRS). CHIRS started in 1978 as the first community-based Acquired Brain Injury rehabilitation program in North America. From its origins as a transitional group home, CHIRS has evolved, under Hedy's leadership, into a multi-service agency that provides a broad range of services to a clientele with diverse and complex needs. Over the past twenty-three years Hedy has spearheaded the development of community brain injury rehabilitation in the City of Toronto and in the Province of Ontario. In her presentation Hedy will describe CHRIS's involvement in the most radical overhaul of services to people with an ABI ever undertaken in Canada - arguing that the most complex and difficult survivors of ABI had historically received a disproportionate amount of funding and attention from government-funded services at the expense of other equally needy individuals who remain invisible to health care planners. Hedy's presentation will outline CHIRS' driving of this review of ABI services in Ontario. 
Sarah DunlopProfessor Sarah Dunlop, National Health & Medical Council Senior Research Fellow, Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences, University of Western Australia Professor Dunlop received her PhD in Zoology in 1978 from the University of London and moved to The University of Western Australia in 1979. She has received continuous funding from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) as a career researcher since 1981 and is a Senior Research Fellow of the NH&MRC and Professorial Fellow (Research) at UWA. She has attracted over $12m in research funding. She has published approximately 100 invited reviews and scientific papers on development and regeneration of the visual system and, more recently, the peripheral nervous system as well as spinal cord injury. The main focus of her basic research is repair of the nervous system after injury using models of neurotrauma, burns injury, eye disease and maternal administration of drugs and the effects on offspring. She also initiated the "Move Again Program", a Western Australian-based multidisciplinary research team working on rehabilitation to promote recovery after spinal cord injury. She is active in fostering opportunities for Career Researchers and formed the UWA Researchers' Association of which she is currently Past President. She sits on NH&MRC Grant Review Panels, is a member the Board of the ParaQuad Centre and on the Board of the Australian & New Zealand Spinal Cord Injury Network. 
Dr Mark Sherry, United StatesDr. Mark Sherry is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toledo in the USA and is an expert on brain injury and on disability advocacy. He has spent many years talking with people with brain injuries, family members, friends, disability professionals, brain injury specialists, advocates and others, all around the world. His Ph.D. was on brain injury, and he published a book entitled 'If I Only Had A Brain: Deconstructing Brain Injury' in 2006 (Routledge). Dr. Sherry will describe some of the lessons he has learned in addressing these complex problems - both in terms of his own brain injury, and also from many interviews he has conducted in Australia as well as the rest of the world. Dr. Sherry is also very happy to speak to people individually throughout the conference. In his presentation, Dr. Mark Sherry will explain that whoever you are, brain injury is not something you expect. It is never easy - it's such a complex experience, associated with many physical, emotional, behavioural, cognitive, and/or personality changes. Also, dealing with various systems (educational, disability, rehabilitation, insurance, etc.) is confusing, tiring, and emotionally draining. Sometimes connecting with other people who've been touched by brain injury can be life-saving. That's the best part of a brain injury community - when it works, you realise that you are not alone, that others who've been through a similar journey can offer a helping hand or some helpful advice. However Dr. Sherry will identify times when you may still feel isolated - particularly if they aren't dealing with the same sorts of issues as you. There are unique issues for children, people from different cultures, people with substance abuse issues, people who have acquired their injuries through violence, people with more than one disability, people in rural areas, people in nursing homes, war veterans, and people with mild brain injuries. Brain injury is such a complex experience, that we do need to share our unique - and different - experiences with each other. But this is only half of the journey. We also need to have an open, honest dialogue with professionals - both specialized professionals in the brain injury field, and professionals in the disability area more broadly. Dr. Sherry's presentation will identify some of the unique features of brain injury which can present challenges for professionals, families and individuals with a brain injury. He will identify what works - and what doesn't - in the process of responding to the challenge of life after brain injury. This is the challenge we face: finding new and more effective ways of responding to a very complex and difficult disability. 
Professor Alan Mackay-SimProfessor Alan Mackay-Sim is a neuroscientist who has made his life's goal translating basic research into clinical outcomes. In his early career he specialised in the study of the olfactory mucosa - the organ of smell - but also published significant studies in visual and gustatory neuroscience. His research has spanned from cell biology to behavioural neuroscience in animal and human neurobiology but he is best known for his work on neurogenesis - the formation of new sensory neurons in the adult olfactory epithelium. Olfactory neurogenesis is a model for regeneration and repair in the adult nervous system. Significantly he has demonstrated the existence of a multipotent neural stem cell present in the human adult olfactory mucosa. The National Adult Stem Cell Research Centre is leading the world in understanding the biology and clinical application of this unique stem cell niche in humans. This has led to two unique developments: use of olfactory tissues for transplantation therapies and their use in studying the biology of disease. In 2002, the National Adult Stem Cell Research Centre commenced a Phase I clinical trial of autologous transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells into the injured spinal cord in human paraplegia. The Centre was subsequently awarded $12 million by the Queensland Government's "Smart State Fund" to establish the Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies. In 2003, Professor Alan Mackay-Sim was named Queenslander of the Year for his research on neural development and regeneration. Professor Alan Mackay-Sim has produced over 80 studies published in international, refereed journals such as Brain, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Comparative Neurology, European Journal of Neuroscience, Progress in Neurobiology, Neuroscience, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 
Chris CuffFor the past 30 years Chris has provided strategic advice to business and all three levels of Government. More recently his focus has been on the provision of social policy advice at the national level and spending time with his grandchildren. His association with brain injury goes back to 1986 when he examined the circumstances confronting people with traumatic brain injury and proposed a Brain Injury Program for NSW. In the early 1990's he advised the Motor Accidents Insurance Board of Tasmania on modifying its CTP scheme to provide no-fault cover for the future care of people sustaining catastrophic injuries such as brain injury and spinal cord injury. As well the role included negotiating the changes through the government agencies and advising on establishing the network of care, as under the changed arrangements people would be provided with care rather than a lump sum. In 2001/2 he was a member of the consultative group advising AHMAC on medical indemnity matters. In the process this presented the opportunity to introduce the long term care initiative into a national agenda. His role developed into managing the stakeholder relations across jurisdictional and professional borders. In 2003 when the responsibility for the long term care initiative transferred from AHMAC to Heads of Treasury and its Insurance Issues Working Group he worked with John Walsh from PricewaterhouseCoopers on the evaluation and costing of the initiative. Their report on Long Term Care was presented to the Commonwealth Assistant Treasurer and the State and Territory Treasurers in April 2005. With the renewed interest in the concept at the Commonwealth level he has been advising Bill Shorten, the Parliamentary Secretary for Disability and Children's Services, on the initiative. 
Andrew and Robyn Macready-BryanAndrew and Robyn Macready-Bryan's son James was savagely attacked by two men in Melbourne in October 2006. He was left with injuries so severe he now lives in a high care residential facility. His parents established the James Macready-Bryan (JMB) Foundation to provide support for James' rehabilitation and for others who fall through the gaps in our social support system and find themselves consigned to unsuitable accommodation, with few opportunities to receive appropriate rehabilitation and care. Their Foundation is devoted to the development of age-appropriate residential facilities for young people with an ABI and to the promotion of a risk-awareness education program, particularly targeting alcohol-related violence, but also to the creation of a national disability insurance scheme that supports those who have suffered catastrophic injury, regardless of cause. 
Cath EvansNational Practice Group Leader, Slater and Gordon LawyersAfter a nine-year career in nursing, Cath graduated from Monash University in 1992 and joined Slater and Gordon in 1994 where today she manages the firm’s Motor Vehicle Accident Group. Cath plays an active role in the legal and medical community, including previous appointments as a hospital director, as a committee member of Headway Victoria and as a member of the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) liaison group of the Australian Lawyers Alliance. 
Professor Margaret Hamilton AOChair, Victoria's Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative PanelVictoria's Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative (MACNI) is a joint project of the Departments of Human Services and Justice, offering a time-limited specialist intervention for around 50 individuals annually who have a combination of Acquired Brain Injury, mental illness, substance abuse, intellectual impairment or forensic issues. Professor Hamilton has thirty-eight years experience of work in the alcohol and drug field in a mix of clinical, programme development, management, research, teaching and training, policy development and general public education especially associated with alcohol and drug abuse. Her paper will describe the Initiative's implementation and "via case examples involving ABI" outline how the Initiative responds to individual need in the context of separated services and competing professional domains. 
Dr Michelle BellonDr Bellon is a lecturer in the Department of Disability Studies, School of Medicine at Flinders University, and is also a board member of Flinders' Community Re-entry Program, the Epilepsy Association of SA & NT, and Epilepsy Australia. Michelle has worked in community-based rehabilitation for the past 10 years, and completed her PhD on psychoeducational approaches to post-traumatic epilepsy in 2005. Her current research activities focus on community integration following Acquired Brain Injury, mentoring programs in ABI and epilepsy and arts therapy. 
Jo du BuissonJo du Buisson is the Clinical Psychologist in the Brain Disorders Program (BDP) with Austin Health, where she has worked for the last five years. She is one of the team at the Community Brain Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service (CBDATS) – a statewide mobile consultative and treatment service providing support for people with the dual diagnosis of ABI and psychiatric disorders or neurodegenerative disease. Jo is responsible for the behaviour management and psychological support of patients with ABI and challenging behaviours. 
Christine DurhamChristine Durham is the author of "Doing Up Buttons" (Penguin) and "Chasing Ideas" (Finch). She has fought a long battle to recover from a major car accident, which left her injured in brain, body and spirit. "Doing Up Buttons" tells about coming to terms with both the physical and mental trauma of Acquired Brain Injury. The book is recognized as a practical guide to dealing with change in the broadest sense and has proven to be an inspiration to people in Australia, the UK and USA. Christine has spoken widely in Australia and overseas on issues of growing though life's challenges. She is currently working on a PhD. Her message is grounded in the possibilities and power of thinking and that coping and growing depend on one thing only - on how you think. 
Cheryl KoenigIn between caring for her son Jonathan after he was hit by a car in 1997, Cheryl has managed to write three books about the experiences of carers of people with an ABI. She is also a consumer representative on the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Directorate of NSW Health and a carer representative for Carers NSW. Her presentation aims to enhance understanding of the needs of carers of people with an ABI, and share some insights from years of trying to navigate Australia's health and disability services systems. She will also report on her invitation to present at the recent 5th international Satellite Symposium on Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, held in Brazil. 
Brooke ParsonsBrooke Parsons had a major stroke in 1993, aged just 13. She completed her Victorian Certificate of Education in 1998 and has since gone on to further studies. She is a qualified Integration Aide and is studying for an Advance Diploma in Counselling (Grief and Loss). Brooke is an Ambassador for the National Stroke Foundation and in 2005, co-founded the Young Victorian Stroke Support Group. The Young Victorian Stroke Support Group seeks to meet the aims and the wants of young stroke survivors in Victoria. Brooke enjoys living life to the full and making the most of every day (in between attending many medical and rehabilitation appointments). She lives by the motto - "If I am happy, I am healthy and if I am happy and healthy I will be successful." 
Dr Alice Rota-BartelinkDr Alice Rota-Bartelink has worked as an allied health practitioner across a wide range of services including the public, private and community health sectors. She held a 5-year position as lecturer at La Trobe University where she attained her PhD. She has been actively involved in both clinical and social research into age-related issues. Her work in homelessness began in 2001 when she joined Wintringham to undertake an international study investigating the antecedents to homelessness among the elderly and more recently, has successfully secured a major grant from The JO & JR Wicking Trust administered by ANZ Trustees to design and trial a model of care for older people with advanced ABI. 
Alison SelfAlison Self trained as an occupational therapist in the United Kingdom. For twenty years she has worked in the area of Acquired Brain Injury in the UK's National Health Service, Social Services and the independent sector. Following her emigration to Western Australia, she has provided the occupational therapy lead in a residential rehabilitation programme for adults with an ABI. Alison is currently working in her own private practice providing cognitive rehabilitation to young children, adolescents, adults and their families. 
Kirsten NieldKirsten Nield is the Team Leader of the Acquired Brain Injury/Acquired Disability Program at Novita Children Services in South Australia. The service provides a multi-disciplinary service to children with an Acquired Brain Injury and their families. Kirsten has been working for Novita for the past five years - the last three years working specifically with children with ABI and their families. Kirsten has completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Graduate Diploma in Social Science (Rehabilitation Counselling) and, prior to working at Novita as a Family Service Coordinator, she worked in vocational rehabilitation with adults with an ABI. 
Jenna MacnabJenna Macnab has worked as a government lawyer in the disability and aged care sector for approx 11 years. Her particular areas of interest have included privacy, contracts and agreements, statutory interpretation, duty of care (in both a funding / monitoring and service provision context) and legal issues surrounding capacity. Jenna currently works for the NSW Attorney General's Department (AGD). Having completed the Capacity Toolkit she is now assisting the AGD in the roll out of capacity training, among other things. 
Anne ManganAnne Mangan has worked in the justice sector for twenty years. Anne's passion for equity in the justice system for people with disabilities has led her to be involved in innovative projects such as "So you have to go to court!" a DVD and resource kit designed for people with cognitives disabilities who are required to attend court and the 'Flexible Service Delivery' training program that enables staff to provide reasonable adjustments for clients with disabilities within the context of mainstream service. 
Sarah CocksSarah Cocks works as a Statewide ABI Paediatric Coordinator with Melbourne Citymission. With a background in Allied Health and experience working in hospitals, rehabilitation and community development settings, she joined the ABI Paediatric team in 2006. The team provide a point of reference for Paediatric ABI information and services for the state of Victoria, and offer ABI training to organisations/individuals on the specific needs of children/young people with an ABI and their families. Sarah also works directly with a child’s team (parents, teaching staff, case managers, therapists, footy coaches etc) to consider context based strategies for the child in their everyday settings. Within this role Sarah has supported professionals within the Victorian Youth Justice System to understand how ABI may present in young people in their care and collaboratively develop strategies to assist in positive outcomes. 
Sue MaclellanSue Maclellan was appointed Director of Liquor Licensing in May 2005. Sue has worked in a wide range of positions in the public sector in her 30 year career. Sue was Assistant Director, Operations at the Office of Local Government and Assistant Director, Consumer Services and Compliance at Consumer Affairs Victoria prior to her appointment of Director of Liquor Licensing. 
Jelena PopovicJelena graduated from Monash University in 1979 with a BA and LLB and completed a master of Laws at Melbourne University in 2007. After 10 years in practice as a solicitor, Jelena was appointed to the Victorian Magistracy in August, 1989, and became a Deputy Chief Magistrate in 1997. From 1997 to date, Jelena has been a member of the Adult Parole Board. Jelena is passionate about the significant role of the Magistrates’ Court in our community, particularly the Court’s role in problem-solving and reducing crime. She has for many years been interested in indigenous, drug, disability, mental health and homelessness issues and how they impact on defendants in the criminal justice system. Jelena’s primary focus has been how to address the ‘revolving door’ nature of the criminal justice system, and has thus long been a practitioner and advocate of “Therapeutic Jurisprudence.” Jelena’s current delegations as a Deputy Chief Magistrate are:
Dr Pippa GrangePippa Grange is the General Manager of Psychology, People and Culture at the AFLPA. As part of this role she works as a psychologist one on one with AFL players on issues that may affect their lives generally, not just in terms of performance. She also manages the design and delivery of a number of workshops and educational initiatives that address player health and well-being. Pippa is involved in driving policy and cultural change around player environments and the professionalization of the game. She has a strong interest in ethics and their application in a range of environments. Pippa is a Doctor of Psychology and has worked both in sports and corporate environments over the last 10 years, including one on work with many athletes and other clients from the general population. She is also a board member for Ladder, a joint initiative |
