Mr David Clarke, BE (Hons), ME, BBS, MBA ,FNZIM
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David has significant commercial experience, at Director and Managing Director level in Health, IT and Biotechnology and brings strong organisational skills to the Trust. David stepped into the New Zealand health sector in 1991 from a background in engineering, finance, marketing and sales with previous positions in the steel and food industries. David was Chief Executive Officer of Counties Manukau District Health Board, one of the leading clinical and research centres and health providers in New Zealand. In addition to his current role as Director of Cranleigh Merchant Bankers, David is also a director of four privately held companies. David is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Ms Kamiria Gosman (also known as Kim)
Kim Gosman is of Nga Puhi, Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa and Ngati Tautahi 
descent and has lived in the Central North Island Plateau for 31 years, currently residing in Turangi.
Kim resigned in March 2009 as Chief Executive Officer of Tuwharetoa Health Services; a position held for 15 years which included the development, implementation and provision of a range of community health services.
Kim has extensive experience and expertise in a range of disciplines, particularly in Women, Child and Family Health, Maori Health including the introduction of culturally safe practices and organisational management.
Kim partnered with Graeme Fenton General Practitioner of Moerewa as Directors of Rural Health for the North Island within the newly founded Institute of Rural Health. During the three year term Graeme and Kim worked with Doctor Pat Farry, Director of Rural Health South Island and Jean Ross, Nurse Educator and Doctor Martin London of the Centre for Rural Health in Christchurch.
Key achievements during this period were raising the profile of rural health within the Ministry of Health, representation on key committees responsible for the Rural Premium currently available to rural general practices and the document Implementing Primary Health in Rural New Zealand.
Kim has worked as a Nurse Educator at Waikato and was a foundation Tutor at Parumoana Polytechnic now known as Whitireia in Porirua.
Kim is a member of Te Kaunihera O Neehi Maori, was a foundation member and inaugural Vice-President of the College of Nurses Aotearoa for five years and Secretary of the Hutt Valley Branch of the New Zealand Nurses Association.
Kim is committed to supporting and retaining services for the health and well-being of people living and working in rural New Zealand and in particular, general practices in the southern North Island.
Associate Professor Judy Kilpatrick
Ms Judy Kilpatrick is currently 
Head of the School of Nursing at Auckland University's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. Recently retired as chair of the Nursing council after a six-year tenure, she is also a ministerial appointee to the new Prescribers Advisory committee.
Judy serves on several local and national committees dealing with, amongst other things, guidelines for postgraduate education development and funding, as well as evidence-based nursing practice. For her services to nursing education, in 1998 Ms Kilpatrick was awarded the Companion to the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Dr John Adams
Dr Adams is Dean of the Dunedin School of Medicine. He is a University of Otago graduate, subsequently training in psychiatry and working for many years at the Ashburn Clinic in Dunedin where he was appointed Medical Director in 1988. He has had extensive involvement with
the NZMA initially as a Council delegate, then Board member and subsequently NZMA Chairman from 2001 to 2003.
An understanding of, and an interest in, rural health workforce issues were essential components of this role. A long term interest in professionalism and ethics led to him becoming Chair of the NZMA Ethics Committee, and leading the current review of the NZMA Code of Ethics. He is also a member of the RANZCP Ethical Practice Committee. As Dean of the Dunedin School, he has taken a vital interest in the further development of the School’s undergraduate and post graduate rural programmes.
Mrs Sherrill Dackers, M.N.Z.M.
Lives in Opononi, South Hokianga. National President of Rural Women New Zealand, 2004 – 2007, and National Councillor for the Kaurilands Region of Rural Women New Zealand – Pukekawa to Cape Reinga –1999-2004. She spent five years as the Health Convenor during which time she presented the Rural Women New Zealand Rural Health Survey in 2001. Currently Trustee and Chair of the Rural Support Trust – Northland and Chair of the Northland Drought Committee. Also, acts as a layperson on the Nursing Council of New Zealand Competency Review panel. Member of the now defunct Consumer Reference Group for Breastscreen New Zealand and the Cervical Programme and served as a member of the Expert Advisory Committee for the Implementation of the Extension of Breastscreening to the ages 45 to 69 years.
Mr Brian Rousseau
Brian Rousseau is the Chief Executive Officer of Otago District Health Board and Southland District Health Board. Brian joined the New Zealand health services from the South African pharmaceutical industry in 1994. A Bachelor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration graduate, Brian has a special interest in development of sustainable rural healthcare delivery models, with particular emphasis on human resources development and quality systems.
Professor Ross Lawrenson
Ross Lawrenson is the head of the Waikato Clinical School and Professor of Primary Care. Ross spent five years in general practice and was the Medical Superintendent of the Wairoa Hospital before being appointed as the Medical Superintendent of Community Health Services for the Waikato Hospital Board in 1988. He then undertook specialist training in Public Health and managed a diabetes programme that became the subject of his thesis "Screening for Diabetes in Rural New Zealand".
In 1994 he moved back to the UK and became Professor of Primary Health Care and Head of the Postgraduate Medical School at the University of Surrey returning to Hamilton in 2005. He is currently Chair of the National Screening Advisory Committee and Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Guideline Group. He is particularly committed to supporting rural general practice, identifying and developing roles for rural hospitals and providing environments where excellent clinical experience can be gained for the whole range of health professionals.
Ms Ruth Rhodes 
Senior Portfolio Manager in Planning and Funding at Waikato District Health Board Ruth is the Waikato District Health Board’s nominee and took up her position in March 2009. Ruth has extensive experience in health including various nursing roles most laterly in the public health area. She has responsibility for a diverse portfolio of services including oral health, rural health, pharmacy, radiology and laboratory services as well as child health, emergency and after hours services. Her recent national working party involvement have been on the National Pharmacy Group and review of PRIME.
Last Updated 10 March 2010