Three new board faces

THE new year has brought three new faces to the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation.

Robyn Boundy, Danae Jones and Joanne Parisi have been announced as the newest members of the board.

Ms Boundy is a long-time member of the foundation, through her membership of the Mareeba Friends of the Foundation.

She also served on the district executive of the patient quality and safety committee and chairs the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service hub of the Community

Consultative Committee.

“I feel very privileged to join the board of an organisation like the foundation that assists with providing specialised equipment for new services to be established in our region,” Ms Boundy said.

Ms Jones is a fourth-generation Cairns local who comes from a public relations and marketing background.

She said enhancing health was very important as the region continued to grow.

“The Cairns Hospital is a critical piece of infrastructureand the level of service and capacity to deliver is imperative to support our growing population,” Ms Jones said.

Ms Parisi is a practice leader in the MacDonnells Law statewide Dispute Resolution and Litigation Team and is excited to bring her legal background to the Foundation.

“I hope to help the Foundation exceed its very admirable goals into the future of providing first class health care facilities to the Far North,” Ms Parisi said.

They will join chairman Dr Ken Chapman and fellow board members Pat Bailey, Professor John McBride, Adj Professor Eddy Strivens, John Andrejic, Steve Russell and Jodi Peters. Dr Chapman said he was excited to welcome the new board members.