Members of the Board

	OHS professional Mike Walsh BOHS OHS Consultant Leightons Contractors Mike has more than 25 years OHS experience. Before joining Asciano Mike worked in construction, manufacturing and mining holding corporate safety roles with Leighton’s Contractors, international management consultancies Evans & Peck and Sinclair Knight Mertz (SKM), Roche Mining, Thiess, and Walter Construction Group

	OHS professional Angela Seidel MEnvMgt, MHRM, MBA, MAppMgt(Public Health), MOHS, PGDipHlthSc(OSH), Cert Hlth Ec, GDipEd(Sec), BEc. CPMSIA Chief Risk Officer, Goodman Fielder Angela worked in the resource sector for 12 years with Rio Tinto in both iron ore and coal in roles ranging from emergency services, business, analytical to OHS. Five years ago she moved to Goodman Fielder with responsibility for 11 countries across Australasia as their Chief Risk Officer.

	OHS academic Professor David Cliff BSc(Hons), PhD, GDipEnvStud, GDipOutdoor Ed, GDip BusAdmin CPMSIA, CChem, MRACI, MEIANZ, MCombustion Institute, MAusIMM, Member of Mine Managers Assocation of Australia. Professor of Occupational Health and Safety in Mining and Director, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre, Sustainable Minerals Institute University of Queensland David is the Director of the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre at The University of Queensland. He has been with MISHC over ten years. Prior to this he was at SIMTARS for eleven years including three as Manager Mining Research and eighteen months as Manager Occupational Hygiene, Environment and Chemistry. David has provided expert assistance in the areas of health and safety to the mining industry for over twenty years with particular expertise in occupational health and safety performance measurement, occupational health and safety management systems, emergency preparedness, gas analysis, spontaneous combustion, fires and explosions and in the investigation of mining incidents.

	OHS academic Leo Ruschena MSc(Occ Hyg),MIER,BEng, BEcon, GDipOrgBehaviour CFSIA Senior Lecturer, OHS, RMIT University Leo is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational Health & Safety at RMIT University where his main postgraduate and undergraduate lecturing activities cover risk management, ergonomics, general OHS hazards and controls, and workplace relations. He has extensive OHS and HR experience in the utility and mining industries, and within a government OHS regulator. He has a particular interest in the strategic involvement of health & safety to improve organisational effectiveness.

	OHS academic Associate Professor Timothy Driscoll BSc(Med), MBBS, MOHS, PhD FAFOEM, FAFPHM Post graduate Coordinator, Research; Joint Academic Coordinator, Master of Public Health; Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney Tim Driscoll is Associate Professor in epidemiology and occupational medicine in the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney. Tim also chairs the Education Committee of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

	Education academic Professor Bruce King Emeritus Professor, University of South Australia BA, DipT, DipEd, DipEd, MA(Research) Member International Council for Distance Education; Member, Australian College of Educators Bruce has held positions as Director of the Flexible Learning Centre and Director Distance Education at the University South Australia. He has also held senior appointments within TAFE NSW and been a board member of three multimedia companies. He developed an international reputation by pioneering distance education as a field of study, numerous international conferences and consultancies, his membership of the editorial boards of three international journals and the international advisory board of the Centre for Research in Adult and Distance Learning at the Open University of Hong Kong. He was the Australian member of the UNESCO Committee of Experts on Distance Education in Moscow and represented the Government in Japan and Thailand on online learning issues.

	Representative Safety Institute of Australia Professor Mike Capra BSc, MSc, PhD FSIA, Vice-President SIA OHS Education Chapter University of Queensland Mike has held teaching and research positions at eight universities in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has taught in areas of biology, physiology, toxicology, research methods, and occupational and environmental health. Mike has been involved in projects in many countries, including Mozambique, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia.

	Representative Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia Dr Margaret Cook BOT(Hons), GDipOHS, MHealth Sci, PhD FSIA, CPE Senior Lecturer, OHS Education, University of Queensland Margaret has been actively involved in occupational health and safety research and practice for over 20 years. She has been employed in a range of academic positions at both UQ and Queensland University of Technology, and has developed and delivered both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. During this time Margaret has consulted extensively to a range of organisations from government departments to manufacturing and retail companies. Margaret currently holds three ministerial appointments, including expert representation on the Manufacturing Industry Sector Standing Committee

	Representative Australian Institute of Occupational Hygiene Dr Sue Reed BSc, MEngSc, MSc(OccHyg), PhD CIH, COH, FAIOH, FSIA, MAA Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Natural Sciences, University Western Sydney; Director Reed OHE Sue as over 30 years experience as a researcher and practitioner in the field of occupational hygiene. While employed at University of Western Sydney and now as adjunct Associate Professor Sue has led a number of research projects and authored or co-authored over 40 book chapters, papers and conference presentations. Sue is now the principal occupational hygienist at Reed OHE Pty Ltd.

	Representative Australian New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine Dr David Goddard Senior Lecturer Monash Centre for Occupational & Environmental Health (MonCOEH) David has worked in occupational medicine since 1973 and now teaches medical undergraduates in occupational medicine and postgraduate students in toxicology. He also holds a part time role as Education Project Officer of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

	Employer Chris Sutherland BEng (Hons) FIE (Aust) Managing Director, Programmed Group Chris was appointed Managing Director of Programmed in December 2007 and commenced in the position on 21 January 2008. Previously, Mr Sutherland had been the Chief Executive of Integrated Group Limited (which merged with Programmed in June 2007) since February 2006 and prior to this appointment was Executive Director, Asset Services for WorleyParsons. He is an experienced executive who has held senior management positions in various engineering, maintenance and contracting businesses with operations in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (UWA) and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2001.

	Union representative Dr Deborah Vallance MBBS ,B Med Sci(Hons), MPH Deborah is the National OHS Coordinator for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. She is a non practising medical practitioner. She has worked in a variety of roles in the field of occupational health and safety including clinical medicine, labour union health and safety officer, government and research.

	Regulator Meagan Browne BSc, MAppSc(Org Dynamics), MAppSci(Toxicology), GCert Industrial Hygiene Science, DipEd, Director Operations Support, WorkSafe Victoria In this role, Meagan oversees operational policy and procedure, training and capability development, systems administration and a variety of advice, monitoring and review functions to support WorkSafe’s inspectorate. Meagan has been with WorkSafe for over 15 years in various roles including as a dangerous goods inspector. Meagan is currently the chair of the National reference group developing training for inspectors to support implementation of harmonised WHS legislation. She has worked in manufacturing, food processing, hospitality and education.