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.
Chloe Shorten is a national advocate for the rights of children and young people, Ms Shorten has been committed to improving the lives of women, children and people with disabilities through her 30-year involvement with not-for-profit organisations, particularly those in research.
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 Gordon has had a long career in human resources (HR) management in the agricultural and finance sectors.
Irene has been involved with Alfred Health since 2008 as a carer and advocate for her late husband until 2016.
Kim’s professional background is in Deaf awareness and interpreter training and creative arts.
Terry’s professional background is in electrical engineering. He has been a patient at The Alfred since 2014.
Mr Norris is a consultant and experienced company director. He is a recognised leader in funding and payment models, policy development and review, performance assessment and reporting, and complex data analysis and analytics.
Amtur has been a patient at The Alfred since 2012 and in 2017 underwent a double lung transplant.
Kriss has been a patient of the Alfred since 2014. Due to her degenerative neurological illness, she is a regular patient of the following clinics – Functional Gut Disorder/Gastroenterology, PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy aka feeding tube), Neurology, Respiratory, Sleep and Syncope.
Mathew’s professional background is in materials engineering working predominately in Senior Management, information Technology, R&D, Business Strategy and Risk Management.
Astrid is an academic, interviewer and writer. She teaches in the Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University and is undertaking a PhD at the University of Melbourne.
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.