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Anne is a caring person who looks forward to getting to know and working with the LSA Participants. She enjoys learning from her colleagues and the participants. She is inspired by the work her colleagues do and enjoys supporting them in their roles.
She has a valuable early background in adult rehabilitation, knowledge that she gained as an occupational therapist. More recently, Anne worked with children with Intellectual disabilities and their families for ten years.
Anne is a mother of two who enjoys camping adventures with her family and friends, especially in the Flinders Ranges. She also enjoys gardening and playing the piano.
Amy says that helping participants get back to living life to the fullest, and watching their journey as they do so, is what she loves most about her role.
Amy brings a background in social work and a person-centred focus to her role. She has experience working in the health sector, most recently in a rehabilitation centre with people who have sustained spinal cord injuries and strokes, as well as amputees.
Amy is an experienced traveller that has visited many corners of the world, but the best thing she knows is right here in Adelaide, she loves the Adelaide Fringe. Amy also enjoys baking and listening to music.
Rebecca is passionate about working with people, understanding what is important to them and assisting people to prosper. She enjoys working at LSA because she believe it is a unique organisation that sees each participate as an individual and her team members are genuinely focused on facilitating people to reach their individual goals.
Rebecca have worked in rehabilitation in Northern Territory, New South Wales and South Australia and spent time volunteering in Tanzania. She has extensive experience in home modification, wheelchair and complex equipment prescription. She has spent much of her career working with people who have a spinal cord injury.
When she is not working she loves spending time with her family & friends, and travelling. Rebecca’s dream travel experience is to scuba dive from the islands of Borneo.
Caitlin has a strong commitment to evidence-based practice and a particular interest in neurological rehabilitation, including traumatic brain injury. In her role, she most loves what she learns every day from her participants – their great diversity of strengths, stories and experiences.
With 10 years’ experience as an occupational therapist, including work as an OT on the Isle of Man, Caitlin has worked across acute, sub-acute, community and service planning roles. She has been involved in the entire participant rehabilitation journey.
When she is not helping our participants, she is mum to a beautiful baby boy and is working towards completion of her Masters of Clinical Rehabilitation at Flinders University.
Mr Ullianich gained extensive experience in disability funding as the Executive Director of Financial Services in the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion, from 2004 until his retirement in 2012.
He was also the Director of Finance and Investment in the Department of Treasury and Finance. Mr Ullianich is the Chair of the State Emergency Relief Fund Committee and was a member of the South Australian Rail Taskforce as the Treasury representative.
He has been a Board member of the AustralAsia Railway Corporation, the South Australian Asset Management Corporation and Southern Group Insurance Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA).
Ms Fox is an experienced Parliamentarian, educator and journalist.
As an MP in the SA Parliament, she held the positions of Deputy Speaker in the House of Assembly and Minister for Transport Services. Her journalism career began in Adelaide, and led to work with UNESCO in France.
On her return to Australia, she worked as a high school language and history teacher. She is currently undertaking postgraduate research at Flinders University.
Ms Fox is an Ambassador for the Australian Miracle Babies Foundation, a Board member of Alliance Française and a life member of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Mr Potter is a highly experienced orthopaedic surgeon with extensive surgical experience in the management of spinal conditions.
He is Head of the Orthopaedic Clinical Services (Administrative) at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and a lead clinician to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital.
After graduating from the University of Adelaide Medical School, he trained as an orthopaedic surgeon in Adelaide and Edinburgh (UK), becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1977 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 1986.
Mr Potter was a founding member of the Orthopaedic Clinical Network and is a past Vice President of the Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of SA.
Ms OLeary is co-founder and consultant with Nova Systems, an engineering and project management company with more than 300 staff across the globe.
She has extensive experience in recruitment, including as SA State Operations Manager for Select Staff and SA General Manager for Manpower.
She is the Chair of the The Hospital Research Foundation and Chair of its HR Committee, and Deputy Chair of the Training and Skills Commission.
Ms OLeary is a member of the Institute of Personal Consultants, has a Professional Certificate in Management from the Adelaide University Graduate School of Management, and has successfully completed the Australian Institute of Company Directors course.
She is a former Board member for Time for Kids and has been a volunteer carer for 10 years.
Mr Williams has more than 25 years’ operational experience in corporate finance and treasury and financial risk management.
He has diverse experience in mergers, acquisitions, divestments and corporate reconstructions.
Mr Williams is a Board Member of Statewide Super, a Director of ASX-listed company AWE Limited, and Chairman of Havilah Resources Limited.
His Board experience includes a broad range of risk management and investment committee responsibilities and he has extensive experience working with and serving on the Boards of large and small listed companies, private companies, not-for-profit organisations and superannuation funds under a range of regulatory regimes.
He has held senior executive roles with Normandy Mining Limited and Qantas Airways Limited.
Ms Branson has her own commercial advisory firm and has practised law for more than 16 years in the area of commercial transactional and advisory law.
She previously practised in a specialist South Australian corporate and commercial law firm for nine years, where she was a partner for more than two years.
Ms Branson has been a Board member of SYC Limited since 2007 and is a member of its Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee and Chair of its Governance Committee. She is a member of the Law Society of South Australia.
Ms Brown is a professional company director who has extensive experience in law and business.
Her current directorships include the South Australian Government Financing Authority Advisory Board and the Medical Insurance Group of Australia, and she is the independent Chair of Statewide Super.
She was previously on the Board of the South Australian Motor Accident Commission and is a former President of the RAA of SA Inc.
Prior to her company director roles, Ms Brown was Chief Executive of Thomson Playford (now Thomson Geer), one of South Australia’s largest commercial law firms, having previously practised as a solicitor for both public and private sector clients in the health and insurance areas.
Kylie loves meeting and getting to know participants and their families. She is passionate in her support for participants to overcome obstacles and head in the direction of their dreams and aspirations.
She is a qualified social worker who has extensive experience in identifying the needs of people she works with, and a belief that people with disability should have the opportunity to participate fully in life.
With years of personal experience, living with a wheelchair user, and 20 years experience as a social worker, working with individuals and families who have experienced traumatic events and sudden life changes Kylie has developed a compassionate and practical approach as a Senior Service Planner.
Kylie enjoys spending time with her family and friends. In her free time she can be found in her garden or learning a new crochet stitch. Kylie is fluent in Danish.
Laleh believes that coming to work is never a chore because she loves what she does. The best part of her job is that she gets to manage the support for a number of awesome participants. Laleh is constantly inspired by her participants, as she sees them overcome barrier after barrier.
She has 12 years of clinical experience as a Speech Pathologist and previously managed the Speech Pathology department at the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre. Her clinical expertise are foremost in inpatient rehab and community settings. Her vast experience helps her support participants through all stages of their rehabilitation journey.
Laleh has a Bachelor degree in Speech Pathology and is currently writing a thesis for a Master of Science Degree (by Research) at Flinders University. Her research included clinical trials at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre investigating an intensive communication program for stroke patients.
Laleh speaks fluent Persian, loves animals and she self-identifies as a gym-junkie. She absolutely adores reading and even hosts a monthly book club.
Elissa enjoys networking and loves the variety of people she meets in her work with the LSA, especially the rapport she builds with participants over their recovery journey.
Elissa is a qualified occupational therapist with experience in a broad range of areas including aged and palliative care, hospital and community rehabilitation. She has worked in these areas in both country and metropolitan regions.
When she is not busy working with LSA participants, Elissa enjoys dancing and meeting new people.
Penny loves watching participants grow in confidence as she is helping them achieve their goals. Building long-term working relationships with participants and their families is what Penny most loves about her work at the LSA. She believes that her role is to support participants as they negotiate their way through the complexities of their recovery and to encourage them to become as independent as possible.
Penny is a trained physiotherapist with more than 20 years’ experience primarily in hospitals and community-based rehabilitation. With a holistic approach to health, Penny recognises the importance of early intervention on long-term recovery and understands rehabilitation from a practical perspective. Penny has a significant understanding of different health systems, having worked in the United States, New Zealand and was a Service Planner in New South Wales at the time their lifetime care scheme was implemented.
Penny is one of seven children and has three of her own, and she loves their large, noisy family gatherings!
Sylvia finds her work with participants inspiring, particularly as she supports and facilitates their journey of rehabilitation and recovery.
Sylvia is a social worker with a background in the aged care sector, and is a strong advocate for the LSA’s person-centred approach to working with participants.
She brings to her Service Planner role an understanding of cultural and ethnic diversity as well as experience working in indigenous communities.
Included in Sylvia’s many talents is her voluntary shift on radio station 5EBI, where she can be heard reading the local news in Mandarin on Sunday at 9.30pm.
Sharon is a skilled and highly experienced occupational therapist who has worked with a broad range of people from young children and their families to the elderly, working in acute, rehabilitation and community settings.
Sharon has worked in clinical advisory roles for government and international not-for-profit organisations and has significant experience working with people with serious disabilities.
She enjoys working with hospital treating teams to see participants successfully return home, as well as watching participants resume activities that are most important to them, whether it be driving, work, school, study or caring for their children.
Prior to her appointment at the LSA, Sharon completed a clinical coordination contract in a rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities in Indonesia.
Karen loves helping LSA participants return to their life– whether it be helping people to regain their role as a parent or returning to work or study.
Karen is a qualified occupational therapist with extensive experience working with people at all stages of their recovery from traumatic brain injury, amputations, spinal cord injury, burns and multi-trauma cases – from initial acute care through to resuming their activities in the community. She has specialist skills with helping people re-enter the workforce and is actively involved in leading weekly children’s programs in the community, in a voluntary capacity.
Karen is mum to four children and her favourite place is on a camping adventure, swimming in a river gorge in the Kimberley in Western Australia.
Tamara was appointed as LSA’s Chief Executive in December 2016 (Acting Chief Executive from August – November 2016) and has been a senior leader at the organisation since its inception.
As a member of LSA’s inaugural leadership team, Tamara has a deep commitment and understanding of the scheme and its importance to participants and the South Australian community.
She is a champion of the scheme’s person-centred approach and ensuring participants and their families receive services, treatment and care that enhance the quality of their lives.
Tamara brings to the role significant experience in the South Australian Government, with a particular focus on financial management, strategy and governance.
She is a Certified Practicing Accountant, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a director of Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia).
Rebecca enjoys sharing a laugh with participants and is constantly amazed at their ability to retain a sense of humour when they are going through challenging times – that is just one of the elements of her job that she loves.
With two decades of experience working in brain injury and care needs assessment, and a thorough understanding of South Australia’s health and disability sectors, Rebecca heads up the Services directorate at the LSA. She is an occupational therapist who says that one of the most important aspects of her work with participants is supporting them as they resume their roles within their family unit.
Rebecca is an avid traveller and says Iceland and South America are so far her favourite destinations.