Steering Committee

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The Steering Committee oversees the development of the Raising Children Network (RCN). It informs the strategy for the site, incorporating RCN values and goals. The committee is made up of experts and leaders from across Australia in the fields of family and community care, child development and academic research.

Professor Frank Oberklaid (Chair)
Director, Centre for Community Child Health
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne

Ms Jill Buckley Smith
HeathInsite Editorial Team
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing

Ms Pam Cahir
National Director
Early Childhood Australia

Professor Alan Hayes
Director
Australian Institute of Family Studies

Associate Professor Sandra Jones
Director, Centre for Health Behaviour and Communication Research
University of Wollongong

Phillip Moufarrige
Branch Manager
Children’s Programs Branch
Commonwealth Department of Families, Communities and Indigenous Affairs

Veronica Johns
Project Manager, Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)

Professor Graham Vimpani
Head Discipline, Paediatrics and Child Health
University of Newcastle

Ms Rae Walter
Executive Director
Ngala Family Resource Centre

Associate Professor June Wangmann
School of Education, Early Childhood
University of Western Sydney