Barb is the Manager of Growth & Innovation (TAS) at EACH and Deputy Chair of Speak Out Association Tasmania, former CEO with nearly two decades of experience in the community service sector with a particular focus on suicide prevention, mental health and wellbeing, youth and disability support.

Barb recently completed an Undergraduate Certificate in Mental Health and is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion at Monash University. With Diploma’s in Management and PR & Marketing and a long list of public speaking gigs, she loves to advocate and share her knowledge and experience of non-clinical programs, community-driven initiatives and her own lived experience.

This is Barb’s fourth year as co-chair and member of the Program Advisory Committee, she is looking forward to the conference as it’s a great way to connect, collaborate, learn and work together to discover new innovations that can help shape a better future for people living in rural and regional areas.