Our governance

Dr Tony Bayliss has been practising as a GP in the Ipswich area since 2012, having opened his own practice in 2015. Tony has served on the Darling Downs and West Moreton Board since November 2017 and as Chair since 2019. He was appointed the Chair of the PHN Co-operative in 2024. Tony brings real-world skills and experience in clinical matters, corporate and clinical governance, finance and strategy and retains a passion for improving the health of the Darling Downs and West Moreton communities. He is an active member of the RACGP and the West Moreton Local Medical Association.

Professor Lauren Ball is a Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing at the University of Queensland. Lauren brings more than 15 years' experience as a clinician and researcher in primary care as a qualified dietitian, exercise physiologist and primary health care researcher. Beyond this, Lauren is a thought leader and strategist who is actively influencing positive change across primary care, community care, hospital services, allied health, health promotion and wellbeing and health policy.

Elizabeth Adams is currently the CEO Goolburri Aboriginal Health. She is a proud Aboriginal woman of the Mardigan people from Southwest Queensland with more than 30 years’ experience in primary healthcare. Elizabeth's career began in nursing, where she discovered her spark for improving health outcomes for people in the community. In the years since, she has driven innovative improvements across the local health sector, resulting in the development of highly effective place-based health and social care solutions.

Dr Vladislav (Vlad) Matic is a GP with more than 25 years of remote, rural, regional, and urban General Practice experience. Vlad is passionate about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, chronic and complex disease management, data, and clinical governance. In addition to contributing to GP and primary care Boards over the past 20 years, Vlad has also been very involved in the teaching of medical students and GP Registrars.

Cheryl Dalton is the CEO of SBcare, a "Profit for Purpose" Aged and Disability Care organisation, operating in the Darling Downs and South Burnett.

She brings to the Board a wealth of skills and experience, from private enterprise in agribusiness through to not for profit and government Board experience as well as high-level strategic management and governance skills. She is a supporter of the use of technology for quality outcomes, with a strong desire to see quality healthcare for our communities and to contribute to enhance the delivery of on the ground, community appropriate primary care.

Cheryl has extensive Board experience, with present roles on professional Boards including the Queensland Board National Disability Services, Governance Transformation Committee for Lutheran Church Australia Queensland and the Queensland Resource Operating Plan Panel, Department of Natural Resources and Mines. Former Board positions include voluntary NFP Boards and professional roles on Boards including twelve years on Darling Downs Hospital and Health Board member and former Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, member of the Finance, Audit and Risk Committees as well as taking a lead role in the development of Work Health and Safety governance for the Board. She has also served for several years on the Lutheran Church Australia Queensland District Board.

Parallel to this work, Cheryl has served as a regional Councillor for the South Burnett Regional Council area for sixteen years.

Megan O'Shannessy is the Chief Executive Officer of Rural Medical Education Australia, a local not-for-profit rural health education company that delivers the Griffith University Rural Medical program on the Darling Downs and Maranoa. She is a Registered Nurse and Midwife with extensive clinical and leadership experience in rural health across the Darling Downs region. Megan is a member of the Medical Board of Australia Queensland Board and President of Protea Place. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Griffith University School of Medicine, has a Master of Public Health, a Bachelor of Nursing, midwife and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Deanne Minniecon is an Aboriginal (Goreng Goreng) and Torres Strait Islander (Erub) woman with just under 30 years’ experience working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and education. Deanne holds a Master of Health Science (Health Promotion) and is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health, School of Exercise & Nutrition Sciences at Queensland University of Technology. Deanne is also on the Board of West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.

David Cosgrave is a Toowoomba-based lawyer with extensive Australian and international legal, business, and management experience. David has served in a variety of executive level and Board roles across investment banking, telemedicine, health care, education, information technology and security. He has previously worked at the former Northern Sydney Area Health Service (NSAHS), Crosby Asset Management, CSIRO, the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) and his own businesses. David joined the Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN Board in November 2018 and brings to the role his experience in corporate governance, risk management, solving problems and strategic thinking.

Dr Rachael Gray is a GP with over 27 years of experience, serving rural and regional communities, including Northern New South Wales, Dirranbandi, Roma and Toowoomba. She brings clinical, governance, and business expertise to the PHN Board to contribute to the PHN's mission of building healthier communities through a connected, responsive and sustainable primary health care system.

Rachael is committed to improving access to quality primary healthcare, and in addition to her medical expertise, she brings valuable leadership and governance experience to the PHN Board. She has previously served as a board member of GP Connections and represented GPs on the Toowoomba St Vincent's Hospital Medical Advisory Committee. Rachael is the owner of a successful private general practice with 14 GPs and 14 staff members in Toowoomba, and is passionate about supporting sustainable and viable models of care that benefit both patients and practitioners.