Our Board
Palliative Care Tasmania Limited ( PCT ) is led by a Board of seven PCT members. They include health professionals as well as members from community and business backgrounds and bring with them a rich and diverse range of experience and knowledge. The Board is elected at the PCT Annual General Meeting.
You can access the PCT Constitution here.
Our Current PCT Board:
Sally Faulkner
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Sally Faulkner:
Sally has worked in health management for 30 years starting her career in nursing in the 70s.
Her nursing career spanned a variety of clinical settings providing extensive generalist experience including midwifery, intensive care, medical and surgical nursing. Her early clinical roles provided her with opportunities to experience a broad spectrum of health care, in rural and remote setting, acute and subacute throughout most states of Australia. Sally’s ethos is ‘being of service, caring, making a difference in a person’s health journey has always been my objective whether that be as a clinician or a manager.
Prior to returning home to Tasmania in 2019 she held senior management roles as Chief Executive Officer/ Director of Nursing in Victoria and Director of Clinical Services Calvary Health Care Tasmania and General Manager/DON North West Private Hospital.
Sally competed her MBA in 2007 and has continued to study with post graduate qualifications in Leadership, Risk Management and Project Management. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Tim Johns.
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Tim Johns:
Tim is a born and bred, and passionate Tasmanian, growing up on the North West Coast, moving to Hobart in 1985 following a number of years in Darwin and Adelaide. Tim has been working for International Insurance Broking firms for more than 33 years, providing corporate insurance buyers with tailored risk and insurance advisory services.
Tim has broad experience in the public and private sector in Tasmania acting in a variety of client Director and P&L leadership roles. He understands the vital importance of risk identification and the role of risk management in a business context. Tim is well respected in the Tasmanian business community, he is currently Tasmanian State Director of Lockton Companies Australia.
David Kewley
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David Kewley:
Dave is a public practice accountant with over a decade of experience in the accounting/advisory industry and is the managing director of DK Accounting & Advisory. He has an Applied Master of Taxation from UNSW and guest lecturer at the University of Tasmania. Dave is a strong believer in community engagement and has been nominated for multiple Tasmania Young Achiever Awards, as well as being a finalist in the 2019 Volunteering Tasmania awards. Dave likes to remain active and, in his downtime, enjoys training for the occasional half marathon.
Fiona Pringle-Jones
Fiona Pringle-Jones
Fiona is Principal lawyer at Abetz Curtis Lawyers and Advisers. She practices primarily in the areas of Family Law and Wills and Estates.
Outside work, Fiona is a busy mother who enjoys time with her family and friends, cooking and entertaining.
Like most people, Fiona has had close experiences with palliative care, and as a result is interested in all people having access to excellent and respectful treatment in the palliative context
Andrew Glenn
Andrew Glenn:
After working in Western Australia for almost a quarter of a century Andrew moved to Tasmania in 1998. He worked in higher education, first as a researcher and teacher, and then as the senior executive with responsibility for all research and research training at the University of Tasmania.
He has occupied significant roles in the Uniting Church including Chairperson of the Presbytery of Tasmania, a member of the governing body of the Uniting Church nationally, and as the Chairperson of UnitingWorld, the overseas relief and development and relationships agency of the Uniting Church.
Andrew has been a director of over twenty different Boards and is committed to high standards of governance and to respectful and collaborative approaches to problem solving. In addition to playing tennis, swimming and bush walking Andrew loves music and book reading. He is married with two grown up daughters.
Sally Clark
Sally Clark:
Sally is a Clinical Nursing Educator (CNE) for the Tasmanian Health Service (TAS). Although born in the United Kingdom, Sally gained her Nursing qualifications in New Zealand. This began her Nursing journey which led to nursing experience in England, New Zealand, and Australia.
With nearly three decades of experience as a Clinical Nurse at the Whittle Ward, Sally has committed a professional career to assisting the development of Palliative Care within Tasmania. Throughout this journey, she has witnessed the growth and progress that Palliative Care has taken, becoming a discipline. Sally is a strong believer in patient-centered care and that with effective communication and education, families can navigate the complex health system. In her downtime, Sally appreciates reading, walking, gardening, and spending quality time with her grandchildren.
Joseph Crawford
Joseph Crawford
Dr Joey Crawford is an Academic at the University of Tasmania by day, and a serial entrepreneur by night. He is currently Managing Director of carbon negative gin distillery, Negat-ve Distillery, and has been recognised locally, nationally, and internationally for his innovative research and development. He holds a PhD, Bachelor of Business (First Class Honours), and Bachelor of Education (Professional Honours) from the University of Tasmania. Through managerial roles and employment within the private education industry, Joey developed a well-grounded understanding of strategic challenges in management and leadership that has led to ground-breaking educational and leadership development research being implemented locally and across the globe.