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Our Team
Professor Joanne Gray RM, RN, PhD, FACM
Board Chair, HESAProfessor Joanne Gray is a leading midwifery academic and she has been involved in midwifery education in the higher education sector for many years. Joanne’s current role is Head, Graduate School of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Joanne has worked as a midwife in both rural and metropolitan New South Wales and has played a key role in the development and implementation of midwifery curricula, including the first distance education midwifery program for registered nurses (Charles Sturt University, 1990) and the first Bachelor of Midwifery to be offered in NSW (UTS, 2005). Joanne has had a number of academic leadership positions including as Director of Studies and Course Coordinator for the Graduate Diploma and Bachelor of Midwifery programs and as Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Health at UTS.
Joanne has been active in a number of governance roles and recently completed a six year term as Chair of the UTS Academic Board and as a member and then Chair, Midwifery Accreditation Committee with ANMAC. Joanne has also recently completed a term as a health practitioner member of the NSW Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
Joanne is the current President of the Australian College of Midwives.
Ian Frank AM
Board Director, HESAIan Frank is an experienced chief executive with expertise in strategic analysis, operational planning, implementation and management in health education and regulatory environments nationally and internationally. Formerly Chief Executive Officer Australian Medical Council (1991-2017) Ian has 30 years’ experience in the design and delivery of high stakes screening examinations for International Medical Graduates seeking registration in Australia. He has been involved in the development and implementation of major innovations in medical assessment, including computer-adaptive examinations, the application of advanced technology to high fidelity clinical assessment and the development of performance assessment tools, including work-place based assessment.
In relation to educational standards, Ian led the team at the AMC to produce the first accreditation program for basic (university) medical education in Australia and New Zealand and the development accreditation processes for specialist education and a national accreditation system for intern training in Australia. Innovations in medical education have included the establishment of 11 new medical courses in Australia, the development of multiple pathways leading to registration, including graduate entry and MD programs and the provision of Australian medical courses in the USA, Malaysia and India.
Karen Grace
Interim Board Director, HESAKaren Grace is a Registered Nurse and Midwife with forty years’ experience in healthcare. She holds a Master of Health Administration and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Karen has extensive healthcare leadership experience in executive roles, including as interim Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer of the ACT in 2019. She has led the development of new infrastructure, innovative new services, contemporary models of care, and systems innovation across a broad range of settings and is passionate about the significant role nurses and midwives play in the delivery of high-quality healthcare.
STAFF
Kath Baird
Executive Lead
e. kath.baird@hesa.com.au
Dr Lauren Bulfin
Program Director
e. lauren.bulfin@hesa.com.au
Dr Pammie Ellem
Associate Director
e. pammie.ellem@hesa.com.au
Taryn Simpson
Administration Officer
e. taryn.simpson@hesa.com.au
Jigar Shah
Company Secretary
e. jigar.shah@hesa.com.au
Petrina Halloran
NPEC Director
e. petrina.halloran@hesa.com.au