Sarah-Jane lives in Nelson with her family. Sarah-Jane’s professional background is in corporate law and she now holds a number of governance roles.
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Kim is of Te Arawa (Bay of Plenty) and Ngai Tahu (Otago/Stewart Island) decent. Whakatū was middle ground for her parents. As a child she had many trips that involved either geysers or Mutton-birds.
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Dr Graham Loveridge has worked in General Practice in Nelson since 1985, following working at Nelson Hospital and overseas. Graham is the co-owner of Harley Street Medical.
Graham has an interest in men's health, alongside work in General Practice, and sees men to perform vasectomies.
He is a strong believer that a vigorous General Practice sector with a skilled and motivated workforce of doctors, nurses and administrators provides appropriate, prompt and patient centred care to patients and their whanau.
Graham was born in Golden Bay and has family roots in the wider Nelson district.
Graham was appointed to the Board to represent Providers. He also took over the position of Clinical Director in April 2020.
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Debbie trained and worked as a Doctor in the North of England before moving with her husband and young family to Aotearoa in 2008.
She has been a partner in a general practice in the Victory area of Nelson since 2010. She is a forensic medical examiner and has a special interest in refugee medicine, youth and women's health. She is a fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of GPs.
Debbie is passionate about equity in healthcare and believes that the most important factor in providing quality general practice is the development of relationships. She feels it is a privilege to work as a GP and to be able to help people through all aspects of their life journey.
Debbie's interests outside of work revolve around her family, there is never a dull moment with three teenagers and a dog at home! She enjoys tramping and running in the hills around beautiful Nelson Tasman.
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Born in Otautahi (Christchurch) and raised in Whakatū (Nelson) by his parents of English and Māori heritage, Blair Carpenter has worked in the social and community health sectors for over 20 years. Spanning a number of groups such as Youth, Aged care, Kaupapa Māori and Disability Services both locally and internationally. Blair's primary career was Counselling, where he studied at Otago Polytechnic and later gained a Bachelor of Applied Social Sciences at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. As his career progressed, he specialised in Mental Health and Addictions, working in AOD youth rehabilitation in Auckland and completed post-graduate studies in Health Sciences at the National Addiction Centre (Otago University). A shift into working for a local Māori health organisation began his journey of reconnecting with his whakapapa and completing a number of short courses relating to Te Tiriti and Te Ao Māori.
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Gordon Shaw (CMInstD) is a New Zealand based professional director and business advisor with over 20 years’ management and governance experience in the commercial, transport, vehicle retail, vehicle regulatory, and Government sectors both in New Zealand and overseas.
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Brenda has many years’ experience in the health and education sectors, with not-for-profits, NGOs, as well senior leadership roles in the public health sector. She is an independent consultant, with particular interest and involvement in improving equity and access to good quality health care and support in primary and community as well as hospital settings across Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider western pacific region.
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