Dr. Andrew P. L. Clift

President

Andrew has worked throughout ten countries in various clinical and public health capacities for a number of State and National Governments, non-government organisations and United Nations agencies. He has extensive experience in rural, remote and international medicine, hospital and project management, including more than five years working in with orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children. Andrew continues to provide clinical and administrative services to Aboriginal Communities in remote northern Australia whilst making regular trips to Cambodia. Andrew speaks and reads several languages including Spanish, Thai and Indonesian.

Dr. Vinay S. Rane

Board Member

Vinay is a forensic and police doctor based in Melbourne, Australia. He has provided medical and legal advice to public and private sector organisations. Dr Rane possesses a strong commitment to public health matters having been positioned in some of Australia's most isolated outposts working with Indigenous groups in addition to having studied and worked internationally. He is a Foundation Member of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians in London and a Fellow of the Australian College of Legal Medicine. In 2007 the Governor of Victoria presented Dr Rane with the Churchill Fellowship to examine assaults in disadvantaged populations. He has received awards from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia for research interests which include social equality and justice, and quality and safety in health care.

Dawn Cornish

Board Member & In-Country Director

Dawn, The Children's Sanctuary Country Director, has a background in management and nursing. She completed her BA Nursing Science with James Cook University in 2000 and has since commenced an MA in International and Community Development. She has lived and worked in various developing countries, and has experience working with AIDS orphans in Asia. Dawn has been involved in the management and marketing of an international publishing company and the creation of one of Australia's leading medical recruitment agencies and its management. She has now dedicated her time to the establishment and on-site oversight of The Children's Sanctuary, Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Lyn Lea

Board Member

Lyn Lea is a retired primary and secondary teacher who taught Australian and Asian students, particularly in the area of Graphic Design. She has had extended experience in non-Government organisations in the field of breastfeeding, attending conferences in Australia, Asia (UNICEF sponsored), USA and New Zealand. Lyn was a Board Member of the Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia and a voluntary NMAA Breastfeeding Counsellor for 24 years. She was editor of the journal for NMAA Counsellors, Newsletter editor for NMAA members world-wide and Editorial Committee Co-ordinator, all on a voluntary basis. Lyn has assisted in her local communities, setting up family-orientated facilites and was one of the founders of the Ballarat Family Services Centre and a Committee member for 10 years. Her interest in the wellbeing of children and families has been a dominant part of her life and her four daughters and five grandchildren are a great pleasure to her and her husband.

Brian Haill

Board Member (non-office bearing)

Mr. Brian Haill is a former journalist in the print and electronic media, including his last position as the Chief of Staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Melbourne Newsroom. Since retiring Brian’s has become heavily involved in wide range of humanitarian projects both at home and abroad (in Malawi, South Africa and Papua New Guinea) through The Australian AIDS Fund Incorporated, a Melbourne based AIDS care charity of which he is the Founder and President. Brian has been a vital ally to The Children’s Sanctuary from its’ inception, and brings an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and experience to the organisation.