Our Board

Our Board

We have an engaged and knowledgeable voluntary Board of Directors that meets regularly throughout the year to provide governance and strategic direction through our Chief Executive Officer.

In accordance with the Rules of Sexual Health Victoria Inc, our AGM must be held within five months after the end of each financial year.

Carolyn Morris (Chair)

MBA, Australian Graduate School of Management, CA, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, BCom, University of Melbourne

Experience & expertise

Appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in 2018.

Carolyn is the Chief Executive Officer of YMCA Victoria. Since joining, Carolyn has strategically overseen the organisation’s 150 locations across Camps, Recreation, Children’s Programs, Youth Services, Kingswim and Action Sport. Carolyn has 18 years of experience leading organisations spanning childcare, aged care and retail banking, with a reputation for transforming customer experience, world-class employee engagement results and exponential growth. Carolyn was previously a Chief Financial Officer for five years in Australia and the USA. In 2017, Carolyn chose to dedicate her life to social justice issues. Carolyn is currently the Chair of the YMCA Worldwide Network of CEOs and has previously volunteered as a Director and Treasurer of Fitted for Work and RMIT social ventures.

Special responsibilities

Board Chair (appointed 2022)

Member of Finance & Audit Committee

Benedict Chiu

MMgt (IT), GAICD

Experience & expertise

Appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in 2024.

Benedict (Ben) Chiu is the Director of services for the Australian Research Data Commons.

He’s responsible for orchestrating the strategic direction of national digital research infrastructure to accelerate Australian research and innovation for global impact and ensure researchers can create competitive advantage through data. A product of the late 90s DotCom boom, Ben brings over two decades of strategic, technical and leadership expertise and delivers transformation across data, digital technology and cybersecurity capabilities. He’s worked across for-purpose, public and private sectors, and has seen firsthand the impact technology has on all levels of society. Previous senior roles include CIO for an environment NGO, and architecture roles in the Victorian State Government and in agribusiness. Ben is also a member of the CSIRO Data61’s National Artificial Intelligence Centre Responsible AI Think Tank, with a focus on creating and embedding responsible AI principles and practices, to unlock the opportunities offered by AI for the benefit of all Australians.

He is a non-executive advisory board member for La Trobe Business School, a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and regularly presents at industry conferences on cybersecurity, data analytics, ethics and technology governance.

Special responsibilities

Member of Quality and Risk Committee

Ann Maree Keenan

Bachelor of Nursing; Grad Dip Advanced Nursing (La Trobe University), Master Enterprise (University Melbourne), GAID, Williamson Community Leadership Fellow, MACN

Experience & expertise

Appointed to the Board as non-executive Director in 2020.

Ann Maree is a registered nurse with clinical experience across a range of specialties. She has an extensive background in professional leadership and health service operations including over 15 years as a health service executive and within the department of health. She is passionate about the role of nurses and midwives in health care and in advancing the health system safety and quality agenda.

Ann Maree is a Fellow of the Williamsons Community Leadership program and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2020 Ann Maree was named in the Victorian Institute of Public Administration Australia top 50 public sector women as recognition of her leadership, inspiration and contribution to the public service.

Ann Maree serves on a number of other boards.

Ann Maree’s special interests include governance, leadership, quality and consumer experience.

Special responsibilities

Chair, Quality and Risk Committee

Karen Percy

BA (Journalism), University of South Australia, Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Fellow and Senior Fellow, Dart Centre for Trauma and Journalism, Columbia University Fellow, Reuters Institute for Journalism, Oxford University

Experience & expertise

Appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in 2024.

Karen has spent decades as a journalist, reporting from all around Australia as well as working as the ABC's correspondent based in Bangkok and as a freelancer in Moscow.

She has a deep knowledge of risk, dealing with crises, and navigating multiple stakeholder groups.

Karen has an interest in trauma-informed practice after being exposed to vicarious trauma throughout her career.

In 2018 and 2019, she was a fellow and then senior fellow for the international journalists program of the Dart Centre for Trauma and Journalism, at Columbia University in New York City.

These days she freelances in journalism and has her own consulting business covering media/communications and trauma.

Karen advocates for media freedom and ethical, public-interest journalism and was formerly on the boards of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, and the Walkley Foundation. She is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Whistleblower Justice Fund and the Australian Intercultural Society. Karen is committed to equity and diversity.

Special responsibilities

Member of Finance & Audit Committee

Dr Anna Wilkinson

BNursing, Griffith University, MPH, University of Melbourne, PhD, Monash University

Experience & expertise

Appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in 2017.

Anna is a Research Fellow with the Burnet Institute working in the Disease Elimination Program, specifically the EC Partnership which focuses on eliminating hepatitis C. She completed her PhD in 2016 at the Burnet Institute and Monash University, which examined the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections. Anna has an extensive clinical background, including work in rural and remote Australia and the UK. She is passionate about public health and using quantitative data to inform policy.

Special responsibilities

Member of Quality and Risk Committee

Ricki Vinci

CA, Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, Grad Dip Psych, University of Melbourne, Grad Dip Accg, Monash University, Grad Dip Med Sci & BAppSci (MLS), RMIT

Experience & expertise

Appointed to the Board as a non-executive director in 2023.

Ricki is the Director of Corporate Services at the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer (ACPCC). Ricki is an experienced Chartered Accountant, Financial Manager and Company Secretary, with leadership experience in governance, strategy development, risk management and compliance, business development and IT. Prior to joining the ACPCC, Ricki was CFO and Company Secretary at CatholicCare Victoria Housing and Safe Steps. Before that, her career spanned the private and public hospital sector, consulting with a professional services firm, including general management, strategic development, finance and accounting roles at Cohealth, The Women’s Hospital, Mayne Health and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In 2015, Ricki chose to pursue her passion to make a difference in social justice by working in the not-for-profit sector to give back and make a difference.

Special responsibilities

Chair of Finance and Audit Committee, Company Secretary