Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Nick Croker

  • CRC Board Director
  • Assistant Director, Department of Health and Aged Care

Ryan Dempsey

  • CRC Board Director, Chair
  • Managing Director & Co-Founder at Strive Community Care

Ian Farmer

  • CRC Board Director/Secretary
  • Fellow, Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand;
  • Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors;
  • Volunteer Lifeline Crisis Telephone Counsellor and Board member;
  • Director at PIAC Ltd and Sydney Drug Education & Counselling Centre

April Long

  • CRC Board Director
  • CEO SMART Recovery Australia

Dr Ruth McCausland

  • CRC Board Director
  • Associate Professor and Director of Yuwaya Ngarra-li, UNSW

Alex Sittczenko

  • CRC Board Director

Dr Sarah-Jane Spencer

  • CRC Board Director
  • Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Conjoint Senior Lecturer UNSW, Services and
  • Programs | Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network