Founding Members

Founding Members of GANA

We would like to thank and acknowledge the founding members for their work to achieve our shared mission: to enable access to gerontological nursing knowledge and skills and a community of specialist nurses to support the delivery of high quality, evidence based and holistic care in Australia to older population groups and their families/carers across care settings. The strength of the organization is in its members, and the power of community is key to creating support and change.


Accordingly, here we acknowledge the founding members who commenced GANA in 2022:


Adelle Winning 

Afia Achiaa Sarpong 

Alera Bowden 

Alison Blakey 

Alison New 

Allyson Waird 

Amanda Cook 

Amanda Crombie 

Amanda Fox 

Amy Montgomery 

Andrea Rivers-Thompson 

Anita De Bellis 

Anna Simons 

Anne Hoolahan 

Annie Hepworth 

Apil Gurung 

Ayele Semachew Kasa 

Barbara Caulfield 

Barbara Smith 

Belinda Harvey 

Benjamin Mu-Hsing Ho 

Bernadette Pringle 

Beth Warwick 

Beverley Meldrum 

Brendan McCormack 

Bronwyn Arthur 

Bronwyn Doyle 

Carol Douglas 

Caroline Gibson 

Caroline Thomson 

Catherine Bateman 

Catherine Moore 

Charmaine Zulu 

Cheryl Edwards     

Christelle Gibson 

Christina Aggar 

Christine Stirling 

Chrysta Bridge 

Clare Stephenson 

Coral Wilkinson 

Courtney Hayes 

Daniel Carlyle 

Davina Porock 

Debra Deasey 

Deirdre Whitty 

Dilip Giri 

Joyce Muge-Sugutt 

Elfriede Ashcroft 

Elizabeth Bellotti White 

Ellie Cooper 

Fiona Hellier 

Frederick Graham 

Gordana Dermody 

Gurpartap Dhaliwal           

Hazel Bucher 

Helen Holloway 

Janelle White

Jed Montayre 

Jenni Mustey 

Jennifer Grieve 

Jennifer Townsley 

Jessie Elliott 

Jo Gibson 

Jo Kelly 

Joan Ostaszkiewicz 

Joanne Hope 

Jodi Rawlinson 

John Nadjarian 

Jolan Stokes 

Jonita Lewis 

Josephine Bonney 

Karen Economou 

Karen Hales 

Karen Strickland 

Karen Venaglia 

Kasia Bail 

Katherine Jackman 

Katherine Jaques 

Kathy Carter 

Katrina Crump 

Kaye Mann 

Kaye Rolls 

Kelli Flowers 

Kelly Friend 

Kelly Marriott-Statham 

Kerrin Beecher 

Khera Pamela Kim 

Kirsty Campbell 

Kristene Powell 

Kylie Mortlock 

Larissa McIntyre 

Laura Hants 

Laura White 

Linda Barry 

Linda Schnitker 

Linda Willington 



Lisa Clinnick 

Lisa Devlin 

Lisa Hendry 

Lisa Garland 

Louise Carbone 

Louise Roberts 

Lyn Armit 

Lynley Buckley 

Lynn Chenoweth 

Lynne Day 

Macey Barratt 

Mandana Mayahi-Neysi 

Margaret Gatling 

Margaret Perkins 

Marguerite Bramble 

Marianne  Cummins 

Mark Ryan 

Marleina Fahey 

Megan Herweynen 

Melanie Sherriff 

Melissa McDonald 

Melissa Perry 

Melissa Sinfield 

Mercy Kurinyepa 

Michelle Baldwin 

Michelle Hutton 

Miriam Coyle 

Monica Arango 

Monica Taylor 

Morag Keegan 

Naomy Mulwa 

Nerida Adams 

Nerissa Askelin 

Nicki Ryan 

Nicole Tate 

Nigel McGothigan 

Pam Nichols 

Patricia Channell 

Penelope Becker 

Perri Waddell  

Peta Drury 

Priya Priya 

Rachel Halse 

Rachel McKittrick 

Rathini Sonnadara 

Rebecca Southgate 

Rebekkah Middleton 

Regina Clara Gutiérrez 


Rita Chang

Robyn Wilson 

Rod Wyber 

Rodney Jilek 

Rosanne Fleming 

Rosemary Saunders          

Ross Clifton 

Sachini Thennakoon 

Samantha Moses 

Sandi Harris 

Sandra Teressa Glaister 

Sarah Jensen 

Seng Giap Marcus Ang 

Sharon Drescher 

Sharon FitzPatrick 

Sharonne Pearce 

Sherridan Yates 

Shimmy Davis 

Silvia Holl 

Stephanie Munk 

Sue Hogan 

Sue Walker 

Sunny Bridger  

Susan Andrusiow 

Susan Brownlowe 

Susan Finlay 

Susan Slatyer 

Suzie Cooper 

Sylvia Kakinda 

Sylvia Nilsson 

Tammie Breneger 

Tamra Macleod 

Tania Hammond 

Tanya Abramzon 

Tracey Doran-Robertson 

Tracey Moroney 

Tracey Newman    

Tricia O'Connor 

Troy Elliott 

Valerie Wilson 

Vanathy David 

Vanessa Crawis 

Vanessa Watkins 

Victoria Traynor  

Virginia Edwards 

Vivian Masukwedza 

Wendy Quintanilla 

Yung-hui Chen

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