Our Board
Ros Knight - Chair
Clinical and Counselling Psychologist
Ros Knight is an Endorsed Clinical and Counselling Psychologist with 30 years’ experience. She runs a Private Practice in Chatswood focused on Adults and Adolescents with a broad range of mental health issues and lives within the Northern Sydney area. She has over seven years’ experience as a Board Director and across her career has provided leadership and sat on many advisory groups within the Psychology Industry and Mental Health sector and has a broad understanding of current issues. She is a Past President of the Australian Psychology Society.
She has contributed to training and research as a Clinic Director of the Psychology Clinic at Macquarie University, including over 13 years, training up to 60 provisional psychologists per year, and forming a network of placement educators across Australia. Currently appointed as practitioner member of the Psychology Council.
She has over eight years’ experience as a Company Director and has completed the AICD training (GAICD), with additional training in NFP Boards. She has been involved with SNHN since its inception in 2015, initially on the Clinical Council and the Mental Health Advisory Group from inception until the end 2018, before being elected to the Board in 2019.
Dr Margaret Bryce
Elected Director - General Practitioner
Dr Margaret Bryce is a GP owner of Bennelong Medical Clinic, a nine-doctor general practice in Gladesville, and herHealth, a multidisciplinary women’s health clinic in Gladesville. She is a member of RACGP and chair of the RACGP specific interest group-Business of General Practice.
Margaret has a been in GP in Inner West and lower North Shore for over 35 years and is committed to the survival of general practice and the importance of trusting relationships between patients and their health care team.
She has worked in a variety of general practice roles, including 10 years in corporate medicine leading a large multidisciplinary team. She has studied and worked in the UK and in Ethiopia in the years following the famine and from has this has developed a strong understanding of the important cooperative role of healthcare in at risk and vulnerable communities.
Margaret is committed to the current and next generation of health care workers and her general practice cooperates with RACCP and universities to help education of medical students, nurses and mentoring of new RACGP graduates. She and her team have a strong focus on innovation and data in general practice and to help practitioners and patients embrace the rapidly changing challenges in healthcare.
Dr Magdalen Campbell
Elected Director – General Practitioner
Dr Magda Campbell is a general practitioner and principal of her own practice at Pennant Hills for 24 years. Magda is also a Fellow of the RACGP with more than 18 years’ experience in the Divisions of General Practice. Magda is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has had training in corporate governance, strategic planning, board financials and media skills.
Magda has held numerous executive roles on the GP Network Northside Board including Chair and Treasurer, which are complemented by 12 years of representative General Practice and Division roles on various Northern Sydney Area Health committees and 12 years working at the Hornsby Hospital as a GP Liaison Officer. Magda was a member of the Northern Sydney Medicare Local Board since January 2012 and held the position of Chair of the Sydney North Health Network board from its inception in 2015 to November 2017.
Magda is Co-Chair of the Clinical Council.
Jane Flemming, OAM OLY
Appointed Director - Marketing and Community health
Jane Flemming has an extensive and high-profile career in elite sport, marketing, sponsorship, media and community health.
With 13 Australian titles, 2 Gold medals, and 2 silver medals to her name, Jane has been a competitor or commentator at eight Olympic Games, five Commonwealth Games, a Youth Olympics and nine World Athletics Championships. Jane was awarded the Order of Australia in 2013 for contribution towards Athletics and the Community; and received the 2019 NSW Government Community Services Award.
Jane is an accomplished sport, media and businessperson with demonstrated national and global sponsorship, management, event, marketing, public relations, media and community health experience. She set up a consultancy firm “Flemming Promotions” in 1990 and has successfully evaluated, negotiated and developed corporate sponsorship strategies and implemented major multi–million-dollar sponsorships on behalf of their clients, some of which are now held up as best practice examples. Jane has developed a diverse network of influential individuals, organisations, and senior executives both in Australia and internationally. An intelligent, goal-oriented, solution driven, passionate and energetic individual, with a record of high achievement and an excellent understanding of sport, community health, media, corporate environments and all levels of government and their interactions.
Grant Cameron
Appointed Director - Medical Informatics, Marketing and Branding
Grant Cameron has extensive international experience in Medical Informatics, working on a range of health IT projects including large fully electronic medical record systems in Australia, South East Asia and in the USA. With a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Graduate Diploma Data Processing, he was an IT trained doctor at the intersection of policy decision making and operational implementation.
In 2000 Grant brought this experience into engaging communities with health IT through his family’s regional radio broadcasting. By focusing on engagement with local communities (the company’s tagline is “we share local stories to grow communities”) the company has thrived in a disrupted media marketplace; growing from 10 stations in 2000 to 49 stations in 2019. During this time, Grant was also on the Board of the industry association for 10 years and significantly involved in industry activities. Grant has now stepped into a non-executive chair role.
Grant remains focused on engaging communities with health IT, noting there remains a great number of challenges in the health and wellness space (access and navigation of an increasingly complex system, aging population, and costs of highly personalized therapies), and there are tremendous advances in technology (including AI driven natural language processing, machine vision and data analysis as well as significant leaps in biological systems) that need to be successfully incorporated.
Grant is Chair of the Business Development Committee.
Sana Issa
Elected Director - GP Pharmacist
Sana Issa is an accomplished pharmacist and business leader with over 35 years of diverse experience across the community pharmacy, general practice, and IT development spaces. Particularly, through her role as IT manager at AMFAC, she developed a keen interest in the manner by which population data can assist with the understanding of various health needs.
Having then owned three community pharmacies for 16 years, Sana has a deep understanding of clinical service delivery within the community pharmacy setting. Throughout her career, Sana has been involved in advisory committees with the National Prescribing Service (NPS), Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) & Wentwest PHN.
In her current role as GP pharmacist, Sana is responsible for clinical governance, quality improvement and risk management. She is passionate about advancing the quality of healthcare delivery and optimising patient outcomes within the primary care setting. Sana has been a driving force advocating for GP-Pharmacist collaboration to enhance patient centered care.
Samantha Challinor
Appointed Director – BBus (Accounting), FCPA, JP, FAICD
Sam brings over 20 years of experience in senior accounting and leadership roles, excelling in financial, risk, information technology, and project management oversight and governance. Her extensive commercial experience spans the technology industry, for-purpose organizations, and public health government sectors.
Notable positions include Interim CEO at Arthritis NSW, Director of Corporate Services at the Agency for Clinical Innovation (NSW Health), Deputy CEO at Sydney North Shore and Beaches Medicare Local, and Chief Accountant at Lexmark International (Australia). As an experienced Board Director and Committee Chair, Sam has proven expertise in governance, financial, and risk management.
She serves as a director of the National Affordable Housing Consortium Group, RSL LifeCare, and the Australian Consumers Association (CHOICE). Additionally, she chairs the Finance, Audit & Risk Committees for these organizations and SNHN.Sam holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from QUT and is a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Her areas of interest include community housing, education, healthcare, aged care, and consumer advocacy.
Dr Jonathan Adams
Elected Director - General Practitioner
Dr Jonathan Adams is a GP and part-owner of Forest Family Practice, a 10 doctor General Practice in Frenchs Forest. He has worked as a full-time GP since 2008, having lived and worked on the Northern Beaches of Sydney for the last decade.
Jon was responsible for the establishment of Northern Beaches Hospital Medical Centre and served as the Clinical Lead for this service from 2018-2024. Jon is a Fellow of the RACGP and remains active as a supervisor in Medical Education.
Sarah Barter
Appointed Director - Consultant: Consumer and Community Engagement BA (Psych), LLB, MPH
Sarah is an experienced Board Director appointed to the SNHN and Karitane Boards and previously to the St Vincent’s Clinic Board. She is also a consumer advisor for NSLHD. Sarah has over 14 years of experience working to improve Australia’s health and aged care sector, including 4 years as an independent consultant. Before that, Sarah worked in management roles for NSW Health and HammondCare and was a sessional academic for Western Sydney University.
Sarah is passionate about partnering with consumers and communities to codesign and deliver better care and services for the population. She is particularly interested in designing strong governance and quality, safety, and risk management systems.
Sarah blends her personal and professional experience to drive the delivery of person-centred care for improving the health, well-being, and quality of life for people of the Northern Sydney region. Growing up on Sydney’s North Shore, Sarah now lives with her two primary school-aged children in leafy Lane Cove. Outside of work, Sarah loves exploring the beautiful bushwalks in the area, yoga, and the beach!
Dr Liz Marles
Elected Director - General Practitioner
Dr LIz Marles is a practising GP and Director of the Hornsby-Brooklyn GP Unit which also delivers the Bungee Bidgel Aboriginal Health Clinic. Her clinical interests are in marginalised populations and chronic and complex disease management. In addition to her clinical work, Liz has a strong interest in health policy and is the Clinical Director for Primary Care at the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare.
She is a past President of the RACGP and has been a member of multiple government committees including the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee and the Medicare Review Advisory Committee. In addition to these roles Liz is an experienced company director and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.