Board Chair

Sue Scheinpflug

Sue Scheinpflug has more than 20 years of experience as a Chief Executive Officer in the human services and health sectors. She is currently the Chair of Health Translation Queensland and UQ Health Care, a community board member of the Parole Board Queensland, Deputy Chair of CPL – Choice, Passion, Life, and member of the Ipswich Hospital Foundation Board. Sue holds qualifications in education and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Sue joined the West Moreton Health Service Board in 2016 and was the Deputy Chair from 2022.

Board Members

Lyn Birnie

Lyn Birnie is a finance leader with more than 35 years’ experience in senior roles in major mining companies and Queensland Government-owned power generators. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Certified Practising Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business and a Master of Business Administration. 

Mike Bosel

Mike Bosel is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and senior health care executive officer with experience working for not-for-profit, publicly listed, and private companies both in Australia and in the United Kingdom. Over his 30-year career, Mike has overseen the delivery of aged care services (community-based and residential), community mental health services, children and family support services, homelessness outreach initiatives, carer support programs and community health education schemes. Mike holds a Master of Public Health, a Bachelor of Business (Honours) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane South Primary Health Network (PHN). Mike is also a Board member of the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) and member of the Primary Care Committee for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

Darren Brown

Darren Brown has more than 35 years’ experience as a paramedic along with extensive experience in industrial and government relations. He is currently the Queensland Project Officer with the Health Services Union, specialising in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Darren’s previous positions include Queensland Ambulance Service liaison officer to the Office of the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, and as a member on the Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service Board. Darren holds qualifications in paramedicine and training and assessment.

Temira Dewis

Temira Dewis is a Kaantju, Uthalganu and Ayapathu woman from the central and east coast of Cape York in Queensland. Temira is the Director of Strategy at ABSTARR Consulting and Chair of the Southern Kaantju Aboriginal Corporation. Temira has extensive experiences in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations, and the Queensland and Victorian public sectors, enabling change reforms, and embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, perspectives and cultural safety in policy and practices. Temira holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in management, accounting and human resource management, and is currently undertaking a Master of Business Administration, and Master of Public Health.

Professor Jeff Dunn AO

Professor Jeff Dunn AO is the Chief of Mission and Head of Research at the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and is Professor of Social and Behavioural Science and Chair of Cancer Survivorship at the University of Southern Queensland.  Jeff also serves as the President of the Union for International Cancer Control.

Dr Cathryn Hester

Dr Cathryn Hester is a medical specialist and leader in the field of general practice. She is a practice owner and has worked in clinical medicine in the Ipswich region for more than a decade. Cathryn is the Queensland Council Chair and a national director of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Engineering with honours in Medical Engineering.

Professor Gerald Holtmann

Professor Gerald Holtmann is a medical specialist in the field of gastroenterology with extensive academic and organisational leadership experience. Besides his medical qualifications, he has a Master of Business Administration. He is Director of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Queensland and Director of Clinical Innovation for the Health Faculties of The University of Queensland (UQ). He also serves on the board for UQ Health Care.

Adjunct Associate Professor Deanne Minniecon

Adjunct Associate Professor Deanne Minniecon has over 25 years’ experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and education at a community, regional, state and national level. She is currently the National Manager, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement with Diabetes Australia. Deanne has previously worked with Health and Wellbeing Queensland, Brisbane South PHN, Queensland Government, the university sector and the non-government sector. Deanne is currently a member of the Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN Board and holds a Master in Health Science (Health Promotion) and a Graduate Diploma in Health Promotion.

Stephen Robertson

Stephen Robertson is the Director for Marketing, Stakeholder Engagement and Strategy at Planet Ark Power, a Brisbane-based power electronics and renewable energy technology company. In 2012, he completed a 20-year career as a Member of the Queensland Parliament and was a senior Minister in successive state governments between 1999 and 2012. Over the course of 13 years of ministerial service, Stephen held the portfolios of Health, Energy, Water, Mines, Natural Resources, Trade and Emergency Services. He has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Griffith University.