Anna has worked in the aged care sector for close to 20 years. Her experience includes working in policy and project positions within peak organisations representing both providers and professionals and as an Aged Care Advocate for OPAN’s Queensland Network Member, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia. Anna leads the Advocacy Practice Team in working towards nationally consistency and best practice in the delivery of the National Aged Care Advocacy Program.

Catherine is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience in financial management and reporting in the private sector and not-for-profit organisations. Catherine leads the financial operations to ensure accurate and timely financial information and reporting to support decision making. She also oversees financial controls and governance practices, ensuring compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements, audit, and funding contractual obligations.

Anita is a Certified Practicing Project Director and has over 25 years of experience delivering programs and projects for government, private industry, and not-for-profit organisations. Anita manages the OPAN Education Team, who are responsible for planning and delivering the education strategy, external education, diversity education and other Aged Care Provider education projects. These focus on providing high impact adult learning experiences for targeted external audiences to promote the rights of older people.

Diana leads OPAN’s Marketing, Communications and Engagement team. Manages the organisation’s relationship with key sector stakeholders and allied peaks. Creates and implements OPAN’s Engagement Plan, which aims to increase the profile of the organisation, network members and the work we do. Oversees production on OPAN webinars and other awareness-raising events. Leads the Marketing, Communications, and Education Advisory Group, which works together to ensure consistent messaging and identify initiatives at a national level.

Emily leads the team responsible for improving the quality and consistency of the network’s data as well as its data analytics capabilities. Leads the development and implementation of advocacy outcomes and impact measures to demonstrate the value and impact of our advocacy work. Oversees measures to strengthen OPAN’s cyber security posture. A key member of the Data Governance Steering Committee, Salesforce Community of Practice and Advocacy, Operations and Practice Group.