Anglicare Tasmania Board

James has held a wide variety of senior professional and board positions across a range of sectors in not-for-profit organisations, government, university and private companies including recently as the Chairman of Tourism Northern Tasmania and the Launceston Airport CACG, a board director of the Launceston Church Grammar School and Cycling Tasmania, and has been a Trustee of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania and a past board director of St Giles and Launceston City Mission.

In his roles as a director James has a particular interest in strategy, risk and community engagement. His primary background is in agricultural science. He is a graduate of the Australian Rural Leadership Program (MDB) and has been part of community development programs in the USA and India with the UN. James is an ordained Anglican Minister and is part of the All Saints Network in Launceston.

Tim is a Senior Director with the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management and was previously lead Partner for KPMG Tasmania’s Advisory Division and Chief Operating Officer for MyState Limited.

Tim has extensive senior global consulting and corporate leadership experience working with KPMG, PWCC, IBM, NAB, MyState and Rio Tinto in Australia, Switzerland, United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and India on large scale organisational wide projects covering operational strategy development and implementation, commercial performance, technology and operations performance optimisation, customer experience and organisational change.

Tim holds an MBA from the AGSM, MA (Industrial Relations & Management) and BA (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Tim sits on the Board of St Michaels Collegiate School, as well as its Finance Committee and Governance & Risk Committee.

In his free time Tim enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, cycling and travelling.

Linda Stitz is a Registered Nurse with extensive experience. She has worked in both Private and Public sectors, holding positions as a Clinical Nurse, Nurse Unit Manager of a Medical/Surgical Ward and Nurse Unit Manager of an Operating Theatre Suite. Currently she is working as a Registered Nurse in a Post Anaesthetic Care Unit.

Originally qualified as a Hospital General Trained Nurse, Linda has since undertaken further education in Midwifery Nursing as well as attaining a Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) with a specialty in Primary Health Care through the University of Tasmania.

Linda and her husband, who works on the family farm in rural North West Tasmania have 2 daughters who are both currently studying at university. When not working, Linda enjoys bushwalking, beachcombing and reading. She is also an active member of the Burnie Anglican Church, serving as a Parish Councillor as well as on various rosters.

Kaela is a Senior Associate with Dobson Mitchell and Allport Lawyers.  Kaela’s current practice areas include commercial litigation (which covers workplace relations, civil disputes and minor criminal matters) as well as estate planning (preparing wills, enduring guardians, powers of attorneys and estate planning advice).

Kaela is a member of both the Southern Young Lawyers and Tasmanian Women Lawyers committees. Kaela is also a member of the National association of Women in Construction (Tasmanian chapter).

Denise is a retired health care professional who has worked across a variety of clinical and senior management roles in the National Health Service in the UK. Her experience covers a range of acute clinical specialities including elderly medicine and cancer services with a particular interest in service development, continuous improvement and change management.

After moving to Tasmania in 2004, Denise worked in organisational development for an Aged Care provider and as project manager in the Department of Health & Human services. Most recently she was employed by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Ageing as the Assistant Director of Health and previously Director of the Office of Aged Care Quality and Compliance.

Denise has served on a number of boards including the Governance and Clinical Risk subcommittee of an aged care provider and as Treasurer for an animal charity. She is privileged to serve as Warden, Treasurer and Chair of the Parish Council for the Anglican Parish of the Huon where she is a regular attendee.

Scott is a senior executive with the Department of Health following a career managing corporate functions – including strategic infrastructure, governance, policy, planning, human resources, finance, risk, procurement, compliance and legal services – across for-profit, not-for-profit and government sectors.

He has delivered a number of significant and complex commercial outcomes to the benefit of the Tasmanian community, including the completion of the Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment Stage 1, the completion of the parliament square project and the procurement of a new commercial operator for the Hobart Private Hospital.

Scott is currently a director of Surf Life Saving Tasmania, having previously sat on the board between 1999–2008. He is a past director of Christian Schools Tasmania from 2014–2023, having chaired the board between 2017–2023 as well as sitting on the Finance and Risk Committee and chairing the Executive Remuneration Committee.

He is married to Kristina. They have three adult children.

John McQuillan is the Rector of Wellspring Anglican Church, overseeing the diverse activities of a local church, including ministry to children and youth, the elderly and those in the community in need of support.

Prior to ordained ministry, John worked in customer facing roles in retail and in administration at the Magistrates Court of Victoria.

John serves as the Deputy Registrar of the Anglican Church in Tasmania and is a member of the Diocesan Council and Property Board. He sits on the Board of The Hutchins School and chairs its Policy and Planning Committee.

John holds a Bachelor of Business and Laws from the University of Tasmania, a Master of Divinity from Ridley Melbourne and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Theology from Oxford University. John is currently completing an MBA (Leadership) at Central Queensland University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

John is married to Kim and they have two young daughters.

Isabel is a Policy and Project Officer with Community Corrections, where she assists with the delivery of research, policy and projects across many areas of correctional practice. Previously, she was employed as a Probation Officer, working with individuals who were sentenced to community-based orders, primarily with community service hours, by the Magistrates and Supreme Court.

Prior to this, Isabel completed a Bachelor of Justice Studies (with Honours) at the University of Tasmania, where she acted as Secretary of the Just Desserts Drug Court Incentives Group, a not-for-profit group that supports the Court Mandated Diversion (CMD) Program by supplying tangible incentives, such as vouchers, to reward participants for their short and long-term successes in the program.

Isabel is part of the All Saints Anglican Network in Launceston, where she also serves on the Network Council.

Rowena is a legal practitioner with over 30 years experience in the law. She has previous governance experience.
Rowena is appointed as a board member by the Bishop of Tasmania.