Members Appointed to the Community Redesign Expert Advisory Group
26 Mar 2025
The Department of Health has appointed an Expert Advisory Group to inform the redesign of community-based mental health and wellbeing services in Victoria.
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Community Redesign project aims to improve the way we deliver level 5 community-based services for people of all ages with moderate to severe mental illness who have more intensive treatment, care and support needs.
The Expert Advisory Group includes six peak and industrial body representatives, and eight sector experts appointed via an expression of interest process. The members are:
Nominated roles
Vrinda Edan – Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council
Joanna Tilkeridis – Tandem Carers
Karen McAlear – Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Phillipa Thomas – Mental Health Victoria
Kimberley Gallaher – Health and Community Services Union
Jade Chandler – Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
Service level roles
Anita Conlon – Wellways
Emer Diviney – Association of Participating Service Users at Self Help Addiction Resource Centre
Lisa Gill – Peninsula Health
Paul Denborough – Alfred Health
Kirsty Barger – Western Health
Anoop Raveendran Nair Lalitha – Ballarat Health
Belinda McCullough – Mind Australia
Nicholas Teo – EACH
The group will provide strategic guidance on service design and planning. It will also offer expert insight into risks and implications for communities, services, and stakeholders.
