Our Team

MPHN Leadership Team

Narelle Mills  
Acting Chief Executive Officer

Narelle has almost 30 years’ experience in primary health program development and implementation with interests in health system integration, aged and palliative care, chronic disease management and quality improvement. Prior to her appointment as Acting Chief Executive Officer, Narelle held several senior leadership roles at the organisation, including Executive Integration and Partnerships and Senior Manager Commissioning. Most of Narelle’s career has been in various program management roles for previous iterations of MPHN and she holds an Honours Degree in Applied Science, Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management and is currently finishing an MBA.

Julie Redway  
Executive Commissioning and Operations

Julie is responsible for leading the execution of MPHN strategies with a focus on results and outcomes for health service providers and consumers. Having started her career in medical science, Julie transitioned into the primary care environment in 1993. Julie holds a Bachelor’s in medical science, Masters in health service management and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Melissa Neal
Senior Advisor - Policy, Strategy and Innovation

Melissa has spent most of her life working and living in regional and rural areas and understands the challenges faced by these communities. During her 20 year career Melissa has worked in the primary health and community services sector with experience in the areas of governance, leadership, strategic management, human resources and industrial relations.

Anita McRae
Senior Manager Priority Populations

Anita’s primary health care career started in mental health grass roots support work and community development, moving into leadership roles for the past 9 years. Anita is passionate about people being able to access high quality, person centred, trauma informed care in the community. Anita has the privilege of representing Murrumbidgee PHN and the broader PHN network on a number of committees and advisory groups.

 

Andrew Heap  
Senior Manager Primary Care Engagement

Andrew has spent the last ten years in the field of primary care engagement and has a particular interest in current and emerging digital health solutions and continual quality improvement. Andrew has experience in acute and primary health sectors in metropolitan and rural settings and holds qualifications in medical science (Pathology) and music.

Kristy Hawkins
Senior Manager Corporate Services

Kristy is an experienced human resources generalist with 15 years’ experience working in primary healthcare and holds a Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management/ Accounting). She is passionately interested in people and developing a strong workplace culture with a focus on staff wellbeing. 

Janelle Dufty
Senior Manager Commissioning

Janelle has worked for MPHN for eight years. Interested in how minds work, Janelle completed postgraduate studies in psychology in 2013. While mental health and suicide prevention are areas of interest, Janelle also has an affinity for data and how it relates to decision making.

Jason Bennie
Chief Data Officer

Jason has an extensive background in public health research and expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and health promotion. Jason has a PhD in Behavioural Epidemiology from Deakin University. He has over 15 years of experience in managing large-scale public health projects from conception to execution to evaluation.