The Latrobe Health Assembly has welcomed 12 new members as a part of its 2021 membership intake. These community members will play an integral role in acting as a voice for the community as the Latrobe Health Assembly works towards achieving better health outcomes for all living, working and studying in the Latrobe Valley.
The Latrobe Health Assembly, through its diverse membership, brings together community, local health service leaders, health care professionals and relevant government department representatives to identify, develop, test and evaluate potential opportunities for improvements to community health and wellbeing within the Latrobe Valley.
Latrobe Health Assembly Chair, Ms Tanya Rong said “our 12 new members come with a wide variety of skills, health industry knowledge and interests, but they all share one thing in common, a desire and willingness to give their time to developing innovative ways of improving the health and wellbeing of our community.”
Ms Rong said that “as we settle into 2021 the new members will join our existing membership group in exploring new ways of working within our community to shape and design health initiatives and service delivery to better suit the needs of our community”. Ms Rong also said that “it was pleasing to see so many community members step forward to play such an active role in their communities’ health and wellbeing”.
The new members are:
- Eunice Donovan
- Jeanette Vannapraseuth
- Ant Costin
- Marilou Ortega
- Claire Ronaldson
- Danielle Killeen
- Ron Lambert
- Roseana Tira
- Tracie Lund
- Emily Fenech
- Mathew Cooper
- Melissa Ferguson
