The Board is elected by the AFAO membership to assume responsibility for the governance of AFAO and to oversee the organisation's activities.Click on the Board member's name to see a profile.

Dr. Graham Brown - President

Linda Selvey - Vice President

James Wilson - Secretary

Trish Langdon - Treasurer

Nic Parkhill - Ordinary Member

Jenny Kelsall - The Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL)

Colin Ross - ANA

Kane Matthews - Scarlet Alliance

Robert Mitchell - NAPWA

Don Baxter - Executive Director (ex officio)

TBA - Staff Representative

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Last updated 18 January 2010

Graham Brown (President)

Educational qualifications: Bachelor of Business (Marketing) (Hon), Postgraduate Diploma (Health Promotion), PhD Experience: Graham’s personal and professional passion for the community response to HIV has spanned more than 15 years in the community, social research and public health policy sectors. Previously Education Manager at the WA AIDS Council, Graham joined the WA Centre for Health Promotion Research at Curtin University in 2003, where he is now a co-director and senior lecturer. Graham is involved in a number of HIV-related policy and research committees at state and national levels, and undertakes health promotion training, research and evaluation in collaboration with a range of community based and government organisations. Graham has been living with HIV since 1996 and is an active advocate for the key role people with HIV and affected communities play within the HIV partnership response.

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Trish Langdon (Treasurer)

Western Australian AIDS Council

Educational Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce (UWA), Bachelor of Social Work (UWA), Grad Dip Pub Health (UWA)

Experience: Trish is the current Executive Director of the WA AIDS Council and has previously served as the Chairperson of the Council. She worked in the AIDS sector in NSW in the early nineties and has worked in disability services and the public hospital system in WA in direct service delivery and managerial positions.

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Robert Mitchell

National Association of People living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA)

Experience: Robert hails from Hobart and has a long association with the Tasmanian Council on AIDS, Hepatitis and Related Diseases (TasCAHRD,) having held various positions including that of Treasurer. Robert’s long-standing commitment to his work with PLWHA in Tasmania led him to NAPWA as a voting representative for the State, until he eventually joined the NAPWA Board in November 2006. In the past year he has guided NAPWA using a combination of diplomatic leadership with a collaborative approach, harnessing the unmatched depth of knowledge of those around him and maintaining a commitment to inclusiveness for all people living with HIV/AIDS.

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Nic Parkhill

ACON CEO

Nic has over 15 years experience in the public and community health sectors. For the last three years, he has headed up both the health promotion and operational divisions of ACON. Prior to that, Nic worked in a variety of senior management and policy development roles for NSW Health and the NSW Cabinet Office, many with a specific focus on alcohol and other drugs. He also has a background in campaign management and public relations.  

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Kane Matthews

Kane is based in Sydney, NSW and has over 15 years experience in the sex industry including street work, brothel work, escort work & home-based work. Kane is a volunteer with Scarlet Alliance and in 2008 conducted the National Needs Assessment of Sex Workers Living with HIV. This is the only published report of its kind in Australia, and the only research on Australian HIV positive sex workers in the last 15 years. Kane is also an active member of Positive Life NSW (living with HIV since 2003), and the Sex Workers Union (an Organisational Member of Scarlet Alliance).

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