Nadja Jones Director Expand Nadja is a psychologist who is currently in private practice working primarily with the Indigenous community and children and families. Nadja completed her honours degree in 1991, she then ventured into a maximum-security prison and then onto Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Qld Ltd in a professional capacity. From this point, Nadja has held many varied roles, including a return to working in custodial settings for Sisters Inside/Women’s Legal Service, then on to the UK where she worked for Rubicon, a specialised residential facility working with young people with high needs and challenging behaviours. Nadja brings a broad knowledge base from both a local and international perspective. Nadja considers part of her role to be an advocate and voice for those in need. She strives to bring an understanding of the issues faced by marginalised and minority populations to the broader community. Nadja thoroughly enjoys the therapeutic endeavour associated with her day job, along with advisory roles. Nadja Jones joined the Board in September 2016.
David McVeigh Director Expand David is a Chartered Accountant and CFA Charter holder and has held roles across multiple accounting firms. David was born in Toowoomba and is passionate about assisting the Toowoomba and South West Queensland community. David joined the board in April 2023.
Anne Meagher Director Expand Anne is a chartered accountant, registered liquidator, bankruptcy trustee, and a director of a national firm of accountants called SV Partners. She has worked in the accounting and insolvency field for 24 years. Anne has been working in the Toowoomba community for over 10 years and enjoys being able to contribute to the community by offering advice to people in financial and emotional distress. Anne brings an accounting and finance knowledge base with an emphasis on restructure / turnaround. She enjoys working with people to find solutions or better outcomes to the current financial positions they find themselves in. She has often recommended the services of Lifeline to her clients and through her involvement on the Board she hopes to be able to give back to the organisation which has supported so many of her clients. Anne joined the Board in February 2023.
Adrienne Leonard Director Expand Adrienne is a Certified Practising Accountant who has worked for both Private, Government and Not For Profit organisations in Toowoomba over the last 20 years. Adrienne is passionate about the Darling Downs & South West community and welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the region as a Lifeline Board member. Adrienne joined the board in February 2023.
Glenda Humes Director Expand Glenda Humes is a Gunditjmara and Jawoyn woman. She is a passionate advocate for First Nations people across all the issues that impact them. With emphasis on the Law and health and Australian Military history particularly the Greece campaign in the Second World War and Korea. Glenda has been a strong advocate for good health outcomes for our people for over 40 years. She has been involved in Aboriginal Health, serving on Boards at the local, state and National level and has a worker. She has worked as an Aboriginal Health worker, health policy officer, deputy CEO of the National Community Controlled Health Organisation, former Deputy Chairperson of NACCHO and a former CEO of the South West Aboriginal Medical Service in Bunbury. Glenda was a founding member of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans Association and was awarded a Centenary Medal. Glenda has a long history of working specifically in Aboriginal affairs at the State Government level and the Federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Glenda’s interest in Australian Military history is a direct result of her father’s war service in Greece and Crete in 1941 and 1942. With family she has visited Crete on three occasions, and followed in her father’s footsteps, meeting families who supported and protected him and the battle field of 42nd Street near the village of Tsiklaria. Glenda is currently living in Toowoomba and is raising four teenage grandchildren. Glenda has been volunteering in the community since retiring with stints at the hospital, the Breast clinic and is an elder on the Murri Court and the Which Way Indigenous youth group. She reads to children at school and is very active in the community during NAIDOC. Glenda has a LLB and a MA in Indigenous Social Policy and joined the Board in April 2023.
Joy Mingay Director Expand As the owner and operator of Classic Recruitment in Toowoomba, Joy has more than 25 years of experience in recruitment. With a deep understanding of employment from the ground up, she proudly specialises in employment and human resource management for small business. Prior to purchasing Classic Recruitment Joy was Business Development Manager for the University of Southern Queensland for more than eight years. In this role she was responsible for the university's event management, all commercial sponsorship and the management of the USQ Corporate Club. Joy's previous work experience includes a fascinating few years in the Australian Consular Office in Papua New Guinea. Joy is passionate about her community and opportunities for its growth across many sectors. She has always given a great deal of her time and effort and has served on numerous community committees, boards and advisory groups over a number of years. Joy joined the Board in April 2023.
Annette Brömdal Director Expand With origins from Sweden, Finland and Algeria, Annette (Netta) Brömdal is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) and leads the Sexuality and Gender Research Program housed in the UniSQ Centre for Health Research. Prior to their academic position at UniSQ, Netta worked at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (now UN WOMEN) and coordinated projects and initiatives preventing trafficking in women in Thailand by addressing normative dimensions of demand. Netta’s health and rights promotion research focuses on bodies, gender, and sexuality through co-designing and working in partnerships with LGBTQIA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community stakeholders. As an inter/nationally recognised expert, Brömdal’s research contributes to an important evidence-base utilised by multi-stakeholders to alleviate injustices for diverse LGBTQIA+ communities across societal settings. Netta is leading a number of funded/non-funded, local/national/international research projects in partnership with LGBTQIA+ Brotherboy communities and government stakeholders, including with scholars at world-renowned institutions. Fort the last 20 years their research has specifically centred around promoting the health and rights of diverse LGBTQIA+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community-members in healthcare, educational, ageing and carceral settings through innovative methodological approaches, and in 2022 they led the research project Safe Connections Toowoomba: Connecting and Supporting LGBTQIA+ Communities.