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Mission: To make health a top priority for everyone in Northern Ireland.

HPA Board members

Board meeting
The next meeting of the HPA Board will be held at 3.30pm on Thursday 10 November 2006 in the Health Promotion Agency.

Introduction
The work of the HPA is managed by a Board made up of 10 members who are appointed by the Minister for Health through the DHSSPS. Each member brings a particular business or health related expertise to the HPA through their role as Board member, and together the Board provides an independent perspective on issues of strategy and performance.

The Board meets four times a year to discuss strategy, monitor the performance of the HPA and assist in the development of priorities and policies. Board members act in a personal rather than a representative capacity and non-executive members, apart from the Chair, give their services without remuneration.

Ms Alice Quinn  - Chair of HPA

Ms Alice Quinn (Chair)
Ms Quinn is Chair of the Health Promotion Agency. She joined the HPA after a high profile career in retailing with Marks and Spencer both in the UK and mainland Europe spanning almost 30 years. She is Chair of Proteus (an intermediary funding body for administering and managing European peace funding), an independent member for the Project Board of the Prosecution Service, a board member of Enterprise Ulster and a member of the International Women’s Forum.

Dr Brian Gaffney - HPA Chief Executive

Dr Brian Gaffney
Dr Gaffney is Chief Executive of the HPA. He worked as a GP and then as a consultant in Public Health Medicine. He has broad experience of the health service from primary care to strategic management.

Mr Anthony Harbinson - HPA Board member

Mr Anthony Harbinson
Mr Harbinson joined the Northern Ireland Civil Service in December 2001 after 15 years in the Health Service. He was Director of Finance with the Mater Health and Social Services Trust and before that was Director of Finance for the Eastern Multifund and the Eastern Area Ambulance Service Trust. Since 1995 he has been a member of Threshold (NI), a charitable organisation specialising in working with young people who suffer from mental illness.

Mrs Valerie Owens - HPA Board member Mrs Valerie Owens
Mrs Owens lives in Belfast and is Practice Development Manager with the Probation Board for which she has worked for the past 30 years. She has worked in inner city neighbourhoods and has been involved in intermediate treatment programmes with young offenders.
Mrs Janet Leckey Mrs Janet Leckey
Mrs Leckey has been a research fellow in educational development at the University of Ulster. In 1997 she was appointed a lay panel member in the Family Proceedings and Youth Courts. She is actively involved with CRUSE Bereavement Care, chairing different sub-groups within the organisation and working as a counsellor.
Mrs Tina Gallagher Mrs Tina Gallagher
She has been employed from August 2003 as Director of the Inland Revenue in Northern Ireland with responsibilities for delivery of Tax, Tax Credit and Child Benefit Business. Prior to this she held the post of Deputy Director with the Inland Revenue.

Mr Tom Moore Mr Tom Moore
Since 1992 he has been employed as Education and Training Officer, providing programmes of training and Health and Safety Coordination with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He is currently a member of the Southern Investing for Health Partnership and Chairperson of the Newry and Mourne Local Strategy Partnership.

Mrs Mary MacDonnell Mrs Mary MacDonnell
She currently works for Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust in Lisburn Health Centre as Primary Care Manager, Services for Older People. She was previously employed as a Senior Social Worker in Downshire Hospital, Downpatrick, and in Stewartstown Road Health Centre, Belfast.

Professor Stewart McNulty Professor Stewart McNulty
From 1992 until his retirement in 2001 he was employed by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as the Department’s Chief Veterinary Research Officer and Professor of Veterinary Science in Queen’s University (joint appointment). He had responsibility for the work of the Department's Veterinary Sciences Division and carried out teaching and management duties in Queen’s University.
Dr Colin Sullivan Dr Colin Sullivan
He has been the Director of NICARE within the Central Services Agency of the Health and Personal Social Services for the last five years. NICARE is the international development unit for the Northern Ireland Health and Social Services and Dr Sullivan has worked on healthcare issues in over 30 countries worldwide. Prior to joining NICARE he worked in the Belfast City Hospital and the Northern Health and Social Services Board. Before moving into health service management he practised as an optometrist.


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