Board and Membership
Albany Community Hospice has a Board of Management that is made up of dedicated community members with various skills that are required to ensure that we maintain a high level of governance. To achieve this and to support the Board of Management, subcommittees have been developed to manage a vast range of issues related to the operations of the Hospice.
Board of Management
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Jane Mouritz moved to Albany from Hyden in 2015.
Jane was involved in the Hyden community for 37 years. She has served in local government, and also as an appointed member to a number of State and national advisory committees, including the Regional Communities Program, Stronger Families and Communities Initiative, the National Advisory Committee for Ageing, Internet Advisory Panel and the WA Telecentres Advisory Board.
Since residing in Albany, Jane has completed a commerce degree, majoring in management. Jane is employed as a casual lecturer in business and leadership at Great Southern TAFE and as Associates Coordinator for the Great Southern Universities Centre.
Jane was Chairperson of Albany Community Hospice from 2016 to 2021, and after a two-year break is looking forward to supporting Hospice again as a Board member.
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Ian was born and raised in Melbourne but has been resident in regional WA for over 15 years. He is a business graduate from RMIT and cut his corporate teeth in Local Government before establishing his own company focusing on market research and strategic development. An extensive trip around Australia resulted in the family settling in Albany in 2005
He commenced his current role as CEO of Pivot Support Services seven years ago and now has become a passionate advocate for reform of our justice system. Under Ian’s leadership Pivot has undergone significant restructure and is now in a position to provide innovative evidenced based services to the community.
He has viewed the operations of Hospice from afar with a growing level of interest and understanding. He looks forward to contributing through his role as a Board member.
He is a passionate Richmond AFL supporter, is still involved in masters football and is a member of the Albany Golf Club
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Jean Patino – Currently Jean is working as an Accountant with Lincolns in Albany.
Jean has been working in the accounting industry since 2012. He has experience servicing clients in a diverse range of business structures from companies and trusts to sole traders and across many industries including construction, medical and retail. He is currently expanding his expertise into the agricultural industry.
Jean has a Bachelor of Business (majoring in Accounting and Finance) and is currently working towards his CPA.
Originally from Colombia, Jean moved to Australia in 2007 and made Albany his home in 2023. Jean is fluent in Spanish and English.
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Trish moved to Albany in 2006 with her partner Eva to enjoy the Great Southern lifestyle after living in Perth for most of her life. She now lives on a small acreage near town sharing the property with three horses, one dog, two chickens, numerous wild ducks, parrots and other native animals. In 2008 Trish’s parents joined her in the Great Southern and more recently her daughter, son-in-law and grandson have moved to Denmark from Victoria.
Trish started her career in information technology, working exclusively in this area for 19 years. She then went to university to study Sociology and Anthropology with a minor in Justice Studies. After leaving university she worked part-time with Richmond Fellowship developing and implementing step-up/step-down mental health accommodation services as well as tutoring at Edith Cowan University and the University of Western Australia in sociology, anthropology and information technology. During this time Trish also worked for the Disabilities Services Commission in the area of policy development and assessment.
Since moving to Albany has worked with the Department of Planning as a Planning Officer, while completing her law degree focusing on climate change law and the Small Business Development Commission as a Small Business Development Consultant. In 2009 Trish completed her law degree and has worked as a Mental Health Advocate, a manager of two community legal centres and most recently as a Capacity and Accreditation Coordinator for the Community Legal Centre Association WA. Trish was admitted as a lawyer in the Supreme Court in 2016 and has worked in the areas of Governance for legal centres, cooperatives and not-for-profit organisations since then.
She has particular interest in health organisations and client’s rights and has been a Board member of Amity Health since 2012. Joining the Board of the Albany Hospice is an extension of this interest because of the valuable work that the Hospice does for their clients and the clients families.
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Lutz is a registered Counselling Psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS).
Lutz immigrated to Australia from Germany in 1993. He lived in former West Berlin, where he worked for seven years in a therapeutic community for the mentally ill and with drug addicted offenders in a locked ward.
Since his arrival in Australia, Lutz has worked in a number of non-government counselling organisations as a counsellor, supervisor and manager. He was also a lecturer in counselling at the University of Notre Dame Australia.
For the last 15 years, Lutz and his wife Sally have run their own counselling practice in Albany. Lutz has also worked in the Albany prison as part of the treatment team for violent offenders and as a contact counsellor for Headspace and the Cancer Council. Lutz is experienced in working with trauma and grief issues. He loves his work and has a particular interest in working with couples experiencing conflict.
Lutz loves his garden. He grows his own vegetables and has established a beautiful orchard. Lutz enjoys playing table tennis and has recently taken up Tai Chi.
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Karen is originally from the UK and migrated to Australia with her family in 1997. Karen initially settled in Perth and moved to the Great Southern in 2012.
Karen started her career in the pharmaceutical industry as a microbiology scientist, but over the years, has developed experience in quality management and technical writing, and during the past 20 years has continued her career in both professions. She is an experienced quality assurance manager and has practiced managing quality systems and information management systems across a wide range of industries. She is currently working as the QA Manager for a manufacturing business in Albany.
When living in Perth, Karen was involved as a volunteer in the community as a volunteer fire fighter and a leader in the SES for many years where she was very involved in the recruitment and management of SES volunteers. Karen is currently a volunteer with the Red Cross Emergency Services.
Karen is very excited to be part of the Hospice family and looks forward to participating in the work of the Board.
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Helen joined the Board of the Albany Community Hospice in December 2023 and brings with her an interest in governance and organisational structure as well as experience in the management of grant funding and contract management.
Helen trained with the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2017 as part of her six-year commitment to the Board of South Coast Natural Resource Management. Prior to her Board position, Helen was employed as manager of the team engaged in Contract Management, Monitoring and Evaluation and Geospatial Databasing. While she readily admits her knowledge of Geospatial Databasing was nil, she said working with the team to facilitate the best outcomes was both interesting and enlightening.
While on the Board of South Coast NRM Helen took on the role of Chair of the South Coast Environment Fund, a Deductable Gift Recipient Fund (DGR) established to allow tax deductable financial donations toward environmental projects, one of which included the protection of Honey Possums, which although not endangered themselves, act as an indicator species to determine a decrease in more vulnerable fauna populations.
In 2020, Helen put her governance skills to use when taking on the role of President of the Albany Sub-Branch of the Returned Services League for three years. With a dedicated team of volunteers, the Sub-Branch was brought back from the brink of collapse to being a financially viable and a more community minded organisation.
Helen is currently part of a development team working towards creating a not-for-profit organisation working in the field of veterans’ welfare and is looking forward to supporting Hospice staff and volunteers as a member of a proactive and conscientious Board.
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Mark currently works as a GP in Albany.
Mark is committed to promoting health, wellbeing, and disease prevention through evidence-based medicine delivered to all patients with dignity and respect.
Mark is one of Hospice’s credentialed GPs and is an active member of our Medical Advisory Committee and sees firsthand the care provided at Hospice.
Mark graduated from University in South Africa in 1989 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Albany has been Mark’s home since 2010.
Committees
Finance and Risk Management Committee
Medical Advisory Committee
Medical Credentialing Committee
Butterflies OP Shop Committee
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Sally arrived in Western Australia in 1978 as a classical cellist, deciding after a few years playing with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to make Denmark her permanent home base. A career change in the 1980s took her first into political research work and then into lecturing in philosophy at Murdoch University. She subsequently obtained a doctorate and is author of the book Partial Reason which explores contemporary aspects of ethical theory.
In 2005, Sally was elected to the Legislative Council of the WA Parliament and began a 20-year career representing the South West region. During that time, she served for eight years as Chair of the Standing Committee on Legislation and four years as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People. In her final parliamentary term she chaired the two-year inquiry carried out by the Select Committee into Child Development Services and was a member of the 2024 Ministerial Expert Panel on Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy.
Sally was introduced to Albany Community Hospice while serving on the Joint Select Committee on End of Life Choices which reported in August 2018. She was subsequently appointed by the Minister for Health first as a member of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation Leadership Team and then, in 2024, as a member of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Statutory Review Panel.
Having retired from Parliament in May 2025, Sally welcomed the invitation to join the Albany Community Hospice Board and is relishing the chance to be part of the team guiding the future of our local hospice services. She is also serving as a board member at Denmark Senior High School as well as volunteering as a mentor with EdConnect in the local area.
Membership
Membership Fees
Hospice Volunteer $20
Individual $50
Albany Community Hospice membership is for anyone with a willingness to help others, an interest to know more, and the desire for a compassionate community that supports quality palliative care.
If you would like to become a member of Hospice, please complete the application form.
Download the form below, print and complete the pdf, please return to Albany Community Hospice either by:
Email: admin@albanyhospice.org.au or
Post: PO Box 5210, Albany WA 6332
Membership fees are not tax deductible.
Membership fees can be paid either in person at the Hospice or by direct deposit
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