Community Advisory Committee
The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is a committee of the Alfred Health Board, which provides a link between Alfred Health and the community.
Ms Miriam Suss OAM
Ms Suss is a social worker by profession who has served as the Director of Social Work and Community Development Services at Jewish Care.
Kevin Boyce
Kevin Boyce was a business owner until he sustained a significant injury almost 20 years ago. He has lived experience with the Alfred Trauma Service and is now an advocate for people living with disability and visual impairment.
Ms Carol Gordon
Ms Gordon has had a long career in human resources (HR) management in the agricultural and finance sectors.
Mr John Hawker
Mr Hawker is the Owner and Director of his own management consultancy business. He has previously held senior executive roles in large national and international retail and wholesale organisations.
Irene Havryluk-Davies
Irene has been involved with Alfred Health since 2008 as a carer and advocate for her late husband until 2016.
Ms Chloe Shorten
Ms Shorten has been an executive in the engineering, resources and technology industries, advising boards on media, investor, government and community relations. She has commercial expertise in reputational risk management.
Judith Carruthers
Judith’s professional background is in management consulting and executive search across commerce, retail and industrial market sectors. She has worked across many different geographical regions, particularly in Asia.
Mrs Kay Currie
Kay trained as a psychologist and has qualifications in Public Health with a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology from Monash University.
Mr Stuart Martin
Mr Martin is employed as Student Welfare Officer at Victoria University.
Mr Barry Westhorpe
Recognised as a successful and trusted advisor and mentor, Mr Westhorpe brings a great deal of hands on experience to our organisation.
Established in 2000, the aim of the Committee is to bring community members and consumers into decision-making processes at Alfred Health. Members help to develop services that are responsive to the needs of our diverse patient catchment population. The CAC also oversees the development and implementation of the Community Participation Plan.
The Committee is comprised of up to 10 community members and two Alfred Health Board members and meets at least six times a year.
How to become a member
The best way to become a member of the Committee is to join the Alfred Health Consumer Register as a volunteer. We advertise for new committee members approximately every three years. For more information, call the Manager of Patient Experience and Community Participation Program on 03 9076 2409 or email communityparticipation@alfred.org.au.