DEIRDRE HANNA
 Founding President and Executive Director of Children’s Services and Spiritual Care.
Deirdre started work establishing Hopewell Hospice in 1993 while serving as an Anglican Hospital Chaplain, and ministering to the dying, the spiritually poor, the vulnerable, the sick and to children. Three years later she was inspired to add a children’s hospice program, thus was the birth of Paradise Kids. She was helped in this through receiving the Churchill Fellowship Award in 1995 to study “Spiritual Care of Cancer Patients”, which enabled her to travel widely and study facilities and programs in the UK and North America, including a conference on “Children and Death”.

She holds a Bachelor of Theology (B Th) Certificate in Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Counselling; enrolled Doctoral Student, University of Creation Spirituality; Multi-Disciplinary Certificate in Hospice Care, St Christopher’s London; Certificate in Mindfulness Meditation, Massachusetts Medical School Mind Body Stress Reduction Clinic; Certificate in Spiritual Retreat Leading and Direction. Diploma of Nutrition and Dietetics; Diploma in Swedish Massage.  

Zonta Gold Coaster of the Year (for the founding of Hopewell) Winston Churchill Memorial Fellow 1995 (Spiritual Care for Cancer Patients) The City of Gold Coast Women at Work wonderful 20th Century Gold Coast Women Award, for founding Hopewell and Paradise Kids, Member of  the Gold Coast District Health Ethics Committee, member of the Churchill Fellows Association. It is through Deirdre’s passion for and exploration of many areas of spirituality and health that she has acquired the skills to lead THE HOPEWELL CENTRE into a new era of care and compassion.

REV. DR IAN MAVOR, OAM

Founding Director, Chair and Executive Director

Ian holds Bachelors degrees in Arts, Education and Divinity (BA, BEd, BD) from the University of Queensland.  Diplomas in Physical Education and Religious Education (Dip.PhysEd, Dip.RE).  Doctorate in Education (EdD) from Teachers College, Columbia University, and Union Theological Seminary, New York, Fellow of the Australian College of Education (FACE) Order of Australia Medal 2002 (OAM) Minister of the Uniting Church, past General Manager Lifeline Gold Coast, member of the District Health Council, member of the Regional Communities consultative Forum for Gold Coast City, member of the Palliative Care Association Gold Coast.  Dr Mavor is currently the Executive Director of Health Services for Hopewell Hospice and plays a key role in courses offered by Clare College of Transformative Education.

DR PETER LEWIS Vice President
Peter Lewis is a retired General Practitioner who has worked as a surgeon in Bangladesh and The Solomon Islands and has over 20 years service in the Gold Coast region.

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS:

Mrs Betty Beverley

Retired Company Director, manufacturing industry

Ms Jan Bradnam

  

Company Director and Treasurer

Ms Lata Milner

  

Solicitor

Ms Ann Robilotta

  

Registered Nurse and
Owner/Developer of three Gold Coast Aged Care Facilities

Mr Peter Watkins

Networks Relationship Manager

 SENIOR STAFF:

PAMELA CHALIP
Paradise Kids Counsellor

Pamela is a counselor and group leader at Paradise Kids, a service that provides grief, loss and illness support for children, teens and their families. Pamela is a trained counsellor and primary school teacher with a Masters in Educational Psychology and a Doctorate of Counselling. An experienced manager and trainer with international experience, Pamela has been working with Paradise Kids since 2000.

 

PATRICK LYNCH

Supervision and Counselling Manager

Patrick is the counselling supervision co-ordinator for Hopewell Hospice and Paradise Kids.  With degrees in social work and physiotherapy, he has over 15 years experience working in the areas of death, dying, grief and loss, and has been with THE HOPEWELL CENTRE since 1999.

 

MIREILLE ALLAN

Initial and On-going Support Co-ordinator & Counsellor
Mireille is a trained grief and loss counsellor, and an experienced manager. She has worked for Paradise Kids since 2001 as a session leader, adult facilitator, special events organiser and administrative co-ordinator. Mireille has also worked as a volunteer counsellor at Hopewell Hospice.

 

CATH MADDOX

With training in nursing and complementary therapies, as well as post-graduate studies in grief and bereavement, Cath's new role is Bereavement Coordinator organising the Bereavement Care program, psycho-social histories of residents on admission, counselling of clients, resident satisfaction questionnaires and starting up a meditation program. The Volunteer Coordinators role is now the responsibility of DEIRDRE GILLEN.

LEE-ANN MURTAGH

Clinical Nurse Co-ordinator
Lee-Ann manages all the nursing positions at Hopewell as well as clinical record updating. Her role is varied and involves obligatory training in CPR, Manual Handling, Fire & Emergency, Zero Tolerance as well as Infection Control. Lee-Ann has also developed a visual presentation of Hopewell Hospice which includes all the benefits of living in this home-style environment.

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ANN TYSON

 

Administration Hopewell

Ann's responsibilities includes all the financial control for the Hospice as well as managing all the statistics required to continually monitor Hopewell. Ann is very involved also with preparing and maintaining Hopewell's rosters.