Louise Cornish (she/her)
CEO
“It is a privilege to lead our team as we advocate for families and friends while we strive to achieve our strategic priorities, mission and values.
“As a grassroots social worker, my passion has always been to work in an organisation that is dedicated to working with key partners to achieve meaningful mental health policy reform. I am looking forward to continuing the great work the team does each day to improve the experiences for families and friends”.
“What I most enjoy my role as CEO is working with a passionate and like-minded team and board at MHFFTas and witnessing the amazing impact that the lived experience of families and friends has on mental health AOD services.
Vicki Kember (she/her)
OPERATIONS MANAGER
“I manage the daily operations of the organisation”.
“What I most enjoy about my role is working for an organisation that has such a positive impact on families and friends, and the wider community. Our Team is so passionate and values-driven! And I love admin.
Meg Rimmer (she/her)
PROMOTIONS OFFICER
Ella Bellamy (she/her)
Policy Officer
As the Reform Policy Officer, Ella works to ensure that the voices of families and friends impacted by mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) issues are heard, supported, and included in policy and service development. Ella supports our advocacy and policy work, coordinates engagement and training opportunities, and supports our family and friend representative program.
With a background in psychology, counselling, group facilitation and lived experience supporting a family member with mental illness, Ella is passionate about policy development in this space and working towards real, lasting change driven by lived experience.
Outside of work she enjoys gardening and spending time in nature.
