Programme Team

The CCN Programme Office Team coordinates the activity of the CCN, providing day-to-day operational support to alliance groups and supporting alliance partnerships.

Led by the Executive Director, the small team of employees includes programme coordination, project facilitation/management, resource management, administration, reporting and communications.

The CCN Programme Office Team is based in Christchurch and hosted by Pegasus Health who also manage our corporate functions, such as payroll and HR.

Kim Sinclair-Morris
Executive Director

Kim has oversight of CCN's programme of work ensuring it is aligned and contributing to the wider strategic direction set out by the Leadership Team.

Linda Wensley
Programme Manager

Linda works closely with CCN facilitators to manage work plans and quarterly reporting. She also leads improvement and change for CCN activity, particularly in relation to these functions.

Koral Fitzgerald
Senior Project Facilitator/ Programme Management

Koral facilitates the Population Health and Access SLA and supports all work areas to work through co-design processes. Koral supports the Programme Manager with work planning and reporting, as leads on team wellbeing.

Jane Cartwright
Independent Advisor

Jane has many roles within CCN, including Chair of the Alliance Support Team and Facilitator of the Māori Caucus. Jane acts as an Independent Chair for groups as required.

Ngaire Button
Hauora Māori and Equity Lead

Ngaire provides leadership and advice across the CCN to prioritise equity, enhance cultural development and responsiveness, and address equitable access and health outcomes for Māori.

Elly Edwards
Media & Communications Manager

Elly provides advice to CCN's Leadership and programme teams around communications and media planning and requirements, ensuring activity is aligned with the strategic implementation plan.

Natasha Capon
Communications Coordinator

Natasha supports CCN groups with communications activity including creating patient stories and videos and carrying out some graphic design. She leads the bi-monthly CCN newsletter.

Marie Mitchell
Project Coordinator

Marie coordinates the activity of the programme office as well as facilitating the Child and Youth Workstream and supporting other key work including developing events and workshops.

Hiedee Harris
Project Lead, Te Tumu Waiora Canterbury

Hiedee leads Canterbury's roll out of Te Tumu Waiora - a model which puts mental health and wellbeing at the heart of general practice.

Victoria Leov
Senior Project Facilitator

Victoria facilitates the Urgent Care SLA including work around system flow (navigation) and winter planning.

Julia Mead
Project Facilitator

Julia is facilitator in the rural space, facilitating the Ashburton Service Level Alliance and the Rural Health Workstream.

Rebecca Muir
Shared Care Planning Programme Lead and Product Manager

Leads the functionality and implementation of shared care planning across the Canterbury health system and regionally across the South Island.

Deborah Callahan
Integrated Services Programme Manager

Deborah manages the community respiratory nurses, physiotherapists and physicians who lead service development and deliver education and clinical guidance to general practice teams.

Rose Laing
Clinical Lead Shared Care

Rose provides a clinical perspective and advice across the programme office. She is the Clinical Lead for shared care plans and also works as a GP.

Deb Gillon
Nurse Practitioner, Community Older Persons

Deb is a Nurse Practitioner, Community Older Persons. She also works for the Centre for Postgrad Nursing Studies.