DR. TIM MAKEHAM

ENT Surgeon, FRACS, GAICD

Chairman

Dr Makeham is an Otolaryngologist working at The Canberra Hospital, Calvary John James Hospital and Canberra Private Hospital. He is an affiliated surgeon with the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre where he is the lead surgeon for Cochlear Implantation at the Canberra Hospital.  The Implant program services both ACT and southern regional New South Wales.

Dr Makeham is the Surgical Supervisor of Otolaryngology training in the ACT and is actively involved in the Training of medical students from the Australian National University.

Professor Paul Smith AM

BMBS FRACS FAOA

Director

• Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, ANU Medical School
• Head of Department, Orthopaedic Surgery, The Canberra Hospital
• Director, Trauma and Orthopaedic Research Unit
• Director, ACT Bone Bank

Professor Smith is an Orthopaedic Surgeon practicing in Canberra. His special interests are in pelvic and acetabular surgery, hip and knee reconstruction and replacement surgery and complex revision joint replacement. His private practice surgery is through the Calvary John James Hospital and the Canberra Specialist Surgical Centre.  Professor Smith was awarded an AM in the 2020 Australia Day Honours.

Dr Liz  Gallagher

BMed BMedSci FRANZCOG

Director

Liz Gallagher is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who is a VMO at several Canberra hospitals and a registrar training supervisor. She is a member of the AMA-ACT Board and AMA Federal Council.  Liz has been involved with Foundation activities for many years, including as a volunteer in the NT and more recently in the Solomon Islands. She also supports the Foundation’s Medical Education program by mentoring final year James Cook University medical students during their clinical placement in Canberra each year.  Liz previously served on the Board between 2011-2013.

Dr Nick Gemmell-Smith

MBBS, BSc, FANZCA

Director

Anaesthetist

Dr Gemmell-Smith commenced work in Canberra in 1991.  He is a clinical anaesthetist in both public and private.  He has been Deputy Director of the Canberra Hospital (TCH) and on the Canberra Hospital Medical Staff Council.  He has represented the ACT as Federal Council of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA).  Over the last 15 years he has undertaken anaesthetic support for paediatric surgical aid missions to Mongolia, Ethiopia and the Palestine, as well as those arranged through the John James Foundation, particularly Paediatric surgery missions to the Solomon Islands.

Dr Vincent Ferraro

MBBS, FRACS, FRCS (Edin), FRCS (Glas)

Director

Dr Ferraro is a retired General Surgeon who worked extensively throughout Canberra and Queanbeyan. Vince is a member of the Finance Audit and Risk Management Committee and has deep expertise in property investing.

Dr Danielle Blake

BMed MMed FRACP, Consultant Paediatrician

Director

Dr Blake has worked as a consultant paediatrician in private practice in Canberra since 2014, establishing her own practice as a Director of Capital Paediatrics in 2019. Danielle actively supports medical education through student placements and in her role as examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in the clinical examinations.

Mr Mark Sullivan, AO

AO ACM BEc FCPA FAIM MAICD

Director

Non-Member Director of the John James Foundation since 2008

Member of the Australian Taxation Office Audit Committee

Previous appointments:

• Managing Director ACTEW Corporation since July 2008
• Member of the ActewAGL Joint Venture Partnerships Board
• Director – Australian Water Association
• Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs
• President of the Repatriation Commission
• Chair of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
• Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services
• Chief Executive of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
• Deputy Secretary of Immigration at the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Mark Sullivan has extensive senior managerial experience in both the private and public service sectors.

Mrs Alexandra Spark

Director

Non-Member Director of the John James Foundation

Sandy brings deep financial, audit, risk management, and governance experience to the Board of Directors. Having retired as a partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 2021, Sandy pursues a career as a non-executive director on numerous Boards across public and private sectors, these include:

• (Cwth) Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Audit and Risk Committee
• (Cwth) Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Audit Committee
• (Cwth) Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Audit and Risk Committee
• (Cwth) Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Audit and Risk Committee
• (ACT) Health Directorate, Audit and Risk Committee
• (ACT) Transport Canberra and City Services, Audit and Risk Committee
• (Cwth) Department of Finance, Contract – Independent management assurer, Commonwealth Consolidated Financial Statements
• Orana Agriculture Pty Ltd (t/a Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund) Board
• Anglicare NSW South, NSW West and ACT, Board
• Water Polo ACT, Board
• Biodiverse Carbon Fund Pty Ltd, Board