Our Board
Meet our Board Members
Our Board members offer leadership, oversight, and insight, helping shape our direction and ensuring we stay true to our purpose.
Chris Glasson
Chairperson (SA)
Chris is the inaugural Chair of Huntington’s Australia and was formerly the Secretary and Treasurer of Huntington’s SA & NT. He has a broad range of people and business skills, with experience in coaching, leading change, and managing transitions through senior roles in Human Resources, Organisational Transformation, and Business Executive.
Chris played an instrumental role in the merger planning and implementation and continues to help guide the organisation as it moves forward to fulfil its constitutional purpose. He also comes from a Huntington’s family.
Chris played an instrumental role in the merger planning and implementation and continues to help guide the organisation as it moves forward to fulfil its constitutional purpose. He also comes from a Huntington’s family.
Martyn Jenkins
Treasurer (WA)
Martyn is the Treasurer of HA, formerly a board director of Huntington’s WA. Martyn is a highly experienced finance professional, working in accounting and finance roles across a wide range of industries, countries and diverse corporate structures, from small privately-owned businesses to large multinational listed groups and has been involved in several mergers and acquisitions over his professional career.
He has strong technical financial, IT and business skills with an impressive track record of more than 15 years of hands-on financial and strategic management. Martyn brings financial & commercial acumen, governance and risk management, integrity, independence and commitment.
He has strong technical financial, IT and business skills with an impressive track record of more than 15 years of hands-on financial and strategic management. Martyn brings financial & commercial acumen, governance and risk management, integrity, independence and commitment.
Dr Elizabeth Thompson
Secretary (SA)
Liz is the Secretary of HA and was formerly the Chair of Huntington’s SA & NT. She is a medical doctor who specialised in clinical genetics. She has spent over 20 years seeing people with Huntington’sand their relatives in the predictive test clinic. From this work, she has a good understanding of the condition and how itimpacts families.
Liz has a good understanding of the health system and how it works (or doesn’t work) and how the system can work for or against individuals and their families with a condition like Huntington’s disease. She is an experienced director and has been on other boards including Bone Growth Foundation and Walford Anglican School.
Liz has a good understanding of the health system and how it works (or doesn’t work) and how the system can work for or against individuals and their families with a condition like Huntington’s disease. She is an experienced director and has been on other boards including Bone Growth Foundation and Walford Anglican School.
Kaila Stevens
Board member (WA)
Kaila was formerly a director at Huntington’s WA and is a senior project officer in the health sector, working across various health programs, focusing on stakeholder engagement and relationship building with a broad range of groups with competing interests. She brings strong skills in technology/ICT systems and ways of working that improve efficiency and enable success for organisations that are spread out geographically.
She has a strong interest in genetic diseases and is passionate about improving the population’s health literacy and capacity to advocate for their own health and related needs, as well as advocating for changes in the system to better support people’s health needs. Kaila sees the benefits of support and education related to health and quality of life.
She has a strong interest in genetic diseases and is passionate about improving the population’s health literacy and capacity to advocate for their own health and related needs, as well as advocating for changes in the system to better support people’s health needs. Kaila sees the benefits of support and education related to health and quality of life.
Stephen Garrard
Board member (NSW)
Stephen has an extensive background in economic development and marketing in the not-for-profit and community sectors. He was formerly a director of Huntington’s NSW/ACT and the deputy chair for the NSW division of Economic Development Australia.
Stephen has over 10 years’ experience spearheading community and business-related initiatives for local government. Stephen collaborates with a wide network of business associations, state and federal government agencies to facilitate the success of many business and community activities.
Stephen has over 10 years’ experience spearheading community and business-related initiatives for local government. Stephen collaborates with a wide network of business associations, state and federal government agencies to facilitate the success of many business and community activities.
Lyn Tankey
Board member (QLD)
Lyn brings over 25 years of HR and leadership experience across diverse industries and international settings, including Australia, the UK, USA, the Middle East, and Russia. She is skilled in fostering positive workplace cultures, conflict resolution, and organisational strategy, with expertise in enterprise agreement negotiation, workplace investigations, performance management, and organisational restructuring.
With a collaborative approach and a proven ability to navigate complex industrial landscapes, Lyn is committed to supporting Huntington’s Australia and driving meaningful change.
With a collaborative approach and a proven ability to navigate complex industrial landscapes, Lyn is committed to supporting Huntington’s Australia and driving meaningful change.
Shane Kelly
Board member (QLD)
Shane has broad experience in business leadership and driving transformational change, both in Australia and overseas, with a strong track record of delivering significant improvements in customer value and experience. He spent 21 years at Telstra in leadership roles across operations, customer service, sales, contact centres, advocacy, and transformation.
Shane previously served on the Board of Huntington’s Queensland and was instrumental in the merger planning and implementation. As someone from a Huntington’s family, he also brings personal insight into the needs and challenges faced by the HD community.
Shane previously served on the Board of Huntington’s Queensland and was instrumental in the merger planning and implementation. As someone from a Huntington’s family, he also brings personal insight into the needs and challenges faced by the HD community.
Geoffrey Wieczorski
Board member (TAS)
A retired healthcare professional, Geoffrey’s career across the acute health sector influenced positive leadership and meaningful change in best practice governance. He was particularly passionate about improving integrated service delivery and fostering safer patient outcomes through best practice and quality systems reviews.
Geoffrey is also a volunteer with the Menzies Institute which focuses on community engagement with researchers, consumers, and lived experience groups to support research, policy, and patient advocacy. Geoffrey brings passion, collaboration and vast sector experience to helping HA deliver a quality service to the HD community.
Geoffrey is also a volunteer with the Menzies Institute which focuses on community engagement with researchers, consumers, and lived experience groups to support research, policy, and patient advocacy. Geoffrey brings passion, collaboration and vast sector experience to helping HA deliver a quality service to the HD community.