The Collaborative was incorporated as a Charitable Trust on the 27th October 2004. The original trustees were Gillian Abel, Susan Bagshaw, Peter Harman, Lisa Fitzgerald, Alison Locke, Sarah Lee Te Huki, Maria Pasene, Lynda Jeffs, Ria Schroder, Marijke Freeman-Moir, and Tammy Rouse. Fiona McAlevey was appointed, after Sarah, Marijke, Maria and Tammy moved on in 2005. At the beginning of 2007 Fiona from the Mental Health Foundation resigned after making a wonderful contribution. Lynda Jeffs was on the original board, and resigned in order to take on the role of development manager. In 2006 she moved from this position to continue the management of the FRIENDS evaluation project full time. His Honour Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge, agreed to be Patron to the Collaborative in 2005. In 2007 Peter Harman resigned as the Board legal advisor and Janine Ballinger who works as a lawyer at Duncan Cottrill and community parent educator Helen Mann joined the board together with researcher Mark Turner and Youth Tutor Toni-ann O'Connor. In 2008 Lisa Fitzgerald moved on to further her career as a Senior Lecturer at Brisbane University. Also in 2008 we welcomed Cate Kearney from the Alcohol and Drug Association and Bronwyn Dunnachie from the Werry Centre. We were also excited to be joined by an accountant Nyardzo Manenge from Zimbabwe. In 2009 we are honoured to have Professor Ian Town agree to be our second Patron. Professor Town is a respiratory physician who has been Dean of the Christchurch School of Medicine University of Otago and is now deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Canterbury.
In 2009 the Board has restructured. The new chairperson is now Alison Locke with a Governing Board comprised of Bronwyn Dunnachie, Cate Kearney, Janine Ballinger, Nyaradzo Manenge and Daryle Deering. Sue Bagshaw has moved into the position of Director of the Trust and Ria Scchroder and Mark Turner have become joint chair of the Research Committee. This committee has now been established with a mix of researchers both in style and experience. For more details see the reseach page. In addition a training sub-committee has been established.
Dr Sue Bagshaw (BSc (Hons) MB BS FAChSHM Hon FRNZCGP CNZM) is a primary care adolescent and sexual health doctor at 198 Youth Health and is now the Director of the Collaborative. She is also a senior lecturer in Adolescent Health at the University Of Otago Christchurch School Of Medicine. Sue has been involved with research and training in adolescent and sexual health over the last 20 years.
Gillian Abel (MPH) is a research fellow with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Otago. She is currently taking leave from the Board in order to finish her PhD. Click here for more about Gillian or here for more about Gillian's current research projects.
Lisa Fitzgerald (PhD) is also a lecturer at the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago. She has worked in the Department over the last 5 years and has been involved in a longitudinal qualitative research project where her skills in qualitative methodologies were invaluable. She has been one of the lead investigators on many research projects and is an active trustee member for the Collaborative. She now acts in an advisory capacity only from her new position with Brisbane Univeristy.
Dr Ria Schroder (PhD) completed her PhD at the University of Canterbury in 2004 and is an active member ofthe team at the National Addiction Centre as a research fellow. Ria is skilled in both qualitative and quantitative methodology. Ria organises the Collaborative Seminar programme and is chair of the Research Committee.
Alison Locke is woring for the Ministry of Education and was formerly Avonside Girls High School counsellor and Pasifika Dean. Allison has a strong background in health education and provision of health services in schools. Alison contributes to the education and research projects of the Collaborative as her experience and expertise is required. She is now chairperson of the board of trustees.
Mark Turner (PhD) works as a researcher in the area of first episode psychosis for the Canterbury District Health Board. Mark’s background is in quantitative outcome evaluation and recent work has included evaluation of Family Help Trust, which operates child abuse-prevention services for high-risk families in Christchurch. He has recently set up an evaluation company called Clarity reseach.
Janine Ballinger (LLB, BCom) is a senior solicitor at the law firm Duncan Cotterill. She specialises in all areas of commercial and property law as well as asset protection and trusts. She caries out legal work for a wide range of individual, commercial and corporate clients and is a trusted advisor to her clients in those practice areas.
Nyaradzo Manenge is a qualified accountant from Zimbabwe who has much experience in the banking sector in Harere recently moved to New Zealand.
Cate Kearney has now resigned.
Bronwyn Dunnachie is a nurse specialising in mental health and has always worked with young people. She was manager of the Youth Specialty Service of mental health problems in Canterbury and now works for the Werry Centre organising education and training.
Steve Langley joined the Board in 2009. Steve is currently teaching at Kimihia parents college and is also on the national alcohol helpline.
