ACSA National Board

Board Mission

The ACSA Board is accountable for: Setting the strategic direction for the organisation Articulating that through a strategic plan Ensuring sufficient and appropriate resources are available to implement the organisation's business and meet the strategic objectives Establishing processes that provide for excellence in organisational governance Ensuring that Aged & Community Services Australia is effectively represented, by Board members or appointees, in significant meetings with relevant groups.

Board Values

The ACSA Board values accountability, simplicity, transparency and integrity. At a practical level, this means the Board operates in a manner which involves: Mutual respect Honesty Robust debate Hard work.

Current Board Members

Rob Hankins - President

Rob Hankins is the Chief Executive of ECH Inc, a charitable organization and one of the largest aged care service providers in South Australia.

His organisation offers older South Australians places to live and receive services that are integrated throughout the city and some regional areas.  There are dozens of scattered sites where residents live in homes or units designed with older peoples' needs in mind.  ECH provides an array of services to these residents as their needs dictate.  At the point at which they can no longer live independently, ECH also provides 7 locations where Low and High Care services are available in specially designed buildings.

Rob graduated with Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Administration. He was born and raised in South Africa, immigrating to Australia via the USA in 1979.  He has been involved in acute care hospital management in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and South Africa, and in the early 1990s spent several years managing a charitable organization providing acute care, independent living units and high care on the same campus.

He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has served on several state industry association boards and committees. He is currently the chairman of ACS SA&NT.

Valerie Lyons

Valerie Lyons is the Chief Executive Officer of Villa Maria, one of Victoria's oldest and largest community organisations committed to providing innovative, high quality service options in the disability, education and senior services sectors. Serving more than 5,000 people across the state, Villa Maria offers over 60 programs through 40 metropolitan and regional locations, including residential aged care and community care options.

With more than a decade of leadership in the aged and community services field and 25 years experience in the health and finance industries, Valerie has proven to be a strong and committed advocate for effective policy and sector change. Valerie holds qualifications in finance and post graduate management, is studying for her MBA and is a member of the Australian Institute of Corporate Directors (MAICD), a Fellow of both the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (FCPA) and the Institute of Corporate Managers Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS).

Valerie is current President of Aged and Community Care Victoria, a Board Director of Aged & Community Services Australia and a Board Director of HESTA Superannuation.

Ray Glickman - Vice-President

Ray Glickman has held the position of CEO at Amana Living for  some  six years following a career in local government where he was most recently the CEO of the City of Fremantle.

Ray is an award-winning leader.  In 2002, he led the City of Fremantle to win the Alcoa Leadership Award as WA’s leading best practice Council, and in recent years he has led Amana Living to National Awards – ACSA’s National Organisation Award for Excellence and ACAA’s National Employer of Choice Award.

Ray has Masters degrees in Business, Applied Social Studies and Psychology & Philosophy. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Ray is the President of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of Aged & Community Services WA, a National Director of Aged & Community Services Australia, Deputy Chairman of Therapy Focus Inc and the former Chairman of the WA Maritime Museum Advisory Committee.

Ray has made presentations at numerous conferences around Australia in recent years, and is the co-author of ’50 Ways to Achieve Staff Cover’.

Jill Savell

Jill is the Statewide Director of Southern Cross Care (Tas.) Inc. a leading Aged Care Provider of residential and community care services which is also one of the State's largest employers. The Community Care Division delivers a range of package care to clients living in their own homes including an in home diversional therapy service to those living with dementia.

Her career in Aged Care spans 30 years and includes experience as Nurse Educator and Director of Nursing. Jill believes the move to community care 10 years ago has been the most challenging and rewarding part of her career. Her rounded experience is soundly backed by tertiary qualifications which include a Master of Education, Health Economics, Management and Aged and Social Planning. Jill is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.

Jill is currently the Vice President of Aged and Community Services Tasmania and a member of the Aged and Community Services Australia Community Care Committee.

Chris Rigby

Chris Rigby has recently been appointed as the General Manager of Scalabrini Villages. Prior to joining Scalabrini he had been the Managing Director of Catholic Healthcare Limited since its inception in 1994.  He was also Managing Director of Hawkesbury District Health Service Limited.

Prior to Catholic Healthcare, Chris established the John Plunkett Centre for Medical Ethics at St Vincent's Darlinghurst and the Australian Catholic Health Care Association in Canberra.

Chris began his career in health care as a lecturer in Bioethics at the Australian Catholic University.

Marcus Riley

Marcus Riley has been involved with the retirement and aged care industry since 1997, highlighted by his appointment as CEO of the Queensland Hibernian Friendly Society in October 2009. Prior to this appointment he served as General Manager of the Hibernian Society for several years following a formative progression throughout his professional career in a variety of Management and Director roles.

Particular achievements in Marcus' career include receiving Better Practise in Aged Care Award 2008 (the first Queensland organisation to receive this Award since 1997); successfully implemented strategic transformation of Hibernian Society from benefit fund-based organisastion to leading retirement living and aged care organisation whilst retaining mission-centered activities as the core of the Society's activities; elected as a Director of the Queensland Hibernian Friendly Society in 2001 - the youngest ever in the Society's 115 year industry.

Peter Wright

Peter originally trained as a chartered accountant and worked for two major international accounting firms being KPMG and Coopers & Lybrand. He holds three degrees including an MBA.

Peter has worked or been involved in various community services including disability, counselling, community development as well as aged care.

He has also represented Anglicare Australia in liaising with the Federal Government including for example lobbying and policy formulation.

Peter has sat on numerous community boards across a diverse array of organisations including the SA Crohns & Colitis Association and SCOSA (Spastic Centres of South Australia). He is currently the Chair of ACS SA / NT.

Peter and his wife are active in overseas community development and operate their own charitable entity working with various communities in need in Zambia, Africa. This has encompassed community development, working with the International Justice Mission re child abuse, helping orphans and people with HIV / Aids, micro-finance, helping street kids, liaising with the Republic’s Government and providing children’s education.