Board of Directors

Dr Mark Jones, Co Chair (Arorangi)

Qualifications:
DSocSci MSc, BSc (Hons) Nurs., RN, RHV, FCNA(NZ), FACN

Mihimihi:
Kia ora e te whānau
Ko Indian Head te māunga
Ko Chew Brook te awa
No Ingarangi ahau
Kei Coatesville, Aotearoa ahau e noho ana

I am proud to call myself a Kiwi and New Zealand my home! As someone who has spent 30 years dedicated to furthering our profession, from being a junior nurse through to having the honour and privilege of occupying senior leadership positions across our world, I am committed to working to promote the work of the College as we seek to ensure nursing is able to maximize its contribution to our nation's health.

Current Role:
Health policy consultant, partner Pacific Health Testing Associates, President Nurses Christian Fellowship NZ/Te Kotahitanga Tapuhi Karaitiana o Aotearoa

Key Previous Roles:
Head of School of Nursing, Massey University
Professor for Transcultural Health Improvement, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 
Director Global Health Alliance Western Australia Department of Health WA
Chief Nurse New Zealand
Director and CEO Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (UK)
Primary Care Policy Adviser, Royal College of Nursing of the UK

Areas of Expertise:

• Primary Health Care
• Advanced Practice Roles
• Health Promotion
• Health Care Decision Making

Board Portfolio:
Primary Health Care Policy

Dr Kathy Holloway, Board Member
(ARORANGI)

QualificationS:
RN, MHSc, PGCert Online Education, Doctor of Nursing, FCNA(NZ)

Mihimihi:
Tēnā koutou katoa
I graduated from Wellington Polytechnic in 1980 and enjoyed nursing in the UK and Australia for around 14 years prior to returning to New Zealand with my family to begin a career in nursing education. My doctoral work, Developing a Specialist Framework for Nursing in New Zealand has been used by specialty nursing groups nationally to articulate the contribution they can make to addressing health care need. Through my research and national work I continue to focus on articulating the potential of nursing expertise to improve the patient experience, population health outcomes and inform workforce planning models. The College as a thought collective provides a critical nursing voice into this work.

Current Roles:
Director, Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Victoria University of Wellington
Ministerial appointed member of the New Zealand Nursing Council

Key Previous Roles:
Member of the Ministry of Health Expert Advisory Group for the 2015 review and update of the New Zealand Health Strategy

Areas Of Expertise:

• Workforce Analysis and Planning
• Nursing Education
• Online Learning

Board Portfolio:
 

Erin Meads,
Board Member
(ARORANGI)

 Qualifications:

 RN, BN, PG Cert Adv Health Science, PG Dip Adv Nsg

Mihimihi:
I was born and raised in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty and started my nursing career in   Tauranga Hospital after completing my training at Waiariki Institute of Technology,   Rotorua.  I am fortunate enough to have worked in various frontline and leadership   nursing roles throughout NZ and Australia.  I am passionate about supporting the work of the College to ensure the nursing profession is recognized, enabled and supported to fully maximize its critical contribution in the delivery of quality health care in New Zealand.

Current Role:


Key Previous Roles:
Regional Clinical Director Health, Department of Corrections
Nursing Director, Primary Care

Areas of Expertise:

• Primary Health Care
• Youth & Women's Health
• Workforce Development
• Clinical Leadership & Quality

Kate Weston,
Executive Director

Qualifications:
MN (Hons), BA, RGON

MIHIMIHI
Ko Taranaki tōko Maunga
Ko Whanganui tōko Awa
Nō Whanganui Ahau
Kei Papaioea a tōko kāinga ināianei
Ko Kate Weston tōko ingoa

Greetings – I was born and grew up in Whanganui, but had many wonderful times in Taranaki under the mountain with my maternal grandparents and cousins. Both of my parent’s families lived in Taranaki.

My nursing career began in Palmerston North (Papaioea) over 40 years ago in the hospital based Registered General & Obstetric Nursing programme.  I have since worked in Wellington, Hutt Valley, Hawkes Bay, and Auckland. I relocated to Palmerston North in August 2022, having lived in  Albany Auckland for over 26 years. My nursing specialty practice has spanned hospital and community/primary health nursing, focusing on Women’s health and child and youth nursing. I have held nursing leadership and quality management roles. Most recently I been involved in providing professional support and advice for nurses as both a professional nursing adviser and manager at NZNO.

Statement of belief and the value of the college
As a bicultural organisation, The College is committed to equity and honouring commitment to te Tiriti o Waitangi. The College of Nurses is a strong professional voice for nursing– standing for nurses and influencing wherever possible policy on health and health outcome.  In an environment of significant reform, nursing must be promoted as a flexible and responsive workforce. Nursing leadership is critical to the achieving improved health outcomes 

Nurses are pushed to the limits of safe practice more than ever before. Professional indemnity in the current environment is more important than ever.  Complaints and incident occur at any time  - often with several nurses being involved in an episode of patient care

Current Role:
Executive Director

Key Previous Roles:

• Associate Nursing and Professional Services Manager New Zealand Nurses Organization (NZNO)
• Acting Professional Services Manager NZNO
• Professional Nursing Adviser NZNO
• Quality of Service Manager Child Women and Family Services Waitemata DHB
• Nursing Practice Leader – Child Disability Services Waitemata Health Ltd 
• Clinical Secondee – Waitakere Strategy Project

Areas of Expertise:

• Pandemic response
• Women’s health
• Child and youth health
• Clinical Leadership and Quality
• Workforce development
• Policy development
• Industrial relations in the health sector
• Safe staffing (previously  Co-Chair of the Safe Staffing Healthy Workplaces Governance Group)