SHARC Board of Governance

Psychiatrist. Qualifications: MB BS FRANZCP, Accredited Member of the Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (FRANZCP).

21 years in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Work in private practice psychiatry consults for The Hader Clinic Private Hospital, which treats severe addiction disorders and co-morbidity.

Worked at Alice Springs Hospital Alcohol and Other Drugs service inpatients and outpatients, and one day a week in Central Australian Mental Health Service as Director of Training.

I have worked in services with strong support and training programs for utilising lived experience. I have also worked in Alice Springs for 9 years, so I am very familiar with cross-cultural work, especially with First Nations people in Australia.

Live in Alice Springs mostly. Married with 2 adult children. Likes football, music, and poetry.

Bella Anderson is a Registered Nurse (Mental Health) with postgraduate qualifications in Mental Health and Alcohol and other Drug approaches. She has held a range of professional positions in clinical/direct support services, management, education, and community advocacy work and has served on an International AOD Board and a Union Committee of Management. She brings rich professional and personal expertise to the Board, underpinned by her long-term lived experience of recovery and change.

A dynamic and results-oriented senior leader with over twenty years of experience (USA and Australia) in social services, health, and community support, specialising in program management, trauma-informed leadership, and operational excellence. Demonstrated success in leading major strategic initiatives that address complex social challenges, particularly within homelessness and supportive housing sectors. Known for building and nurturing stakeholder relationships, leading high-performing teams, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to drive transformative outcomes.

Extensive experience working with senior State Government officials to determine policy, programs, and funding. Chair of the Southern Homelessness Services Network and Member of the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) Board of Directors.

Qualifications include a Master of Social Work (MSW), Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, Bachelor of Science in Social Work, Sociology, and Counselling from Charter Oak State College, New Britain, and an Associate of Science in Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselling from Manchester Community College.

Since 2015, I have had a rewarding and successful career with Sacred Heart Mission Victoria. I am now seeking a new challenge as Board Director in a not-for-profit organisation where I can leverage my skills and experience. I am committed to continuing to make a sustainable positive impact on social justice and inclusion and caring for the lives of those most in need.

Robert grew up in the “east end” of Glasgow and was surrounded by addictions of all kinds for more than 20 years. In addition to his lived experience of addiction and its effects on relationships and loved ones, he brings with him experience in leadership, governance, finance, technology, transformation, and strategy. Experience gained across fifteen years of people leadership, development, and growth. 
 
He is passionate about growth, learning, and opportunity. Astrophysics and cosmology are particular passions of his. 
 
Robert is General Manager for Services Establishment at Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Early Years Education, leading the work to scale their new Early Years Education footprint. He is also a Board Member of a local disability service provider where he lends his expertise to the Governance Subcommittee and Finance and Risk Subcommittee. 
 
As part of his continued and constant education, Robert has studied Leadership, Strategy, Design Thinking, Innovation, and Finance courses at Oxford University, Swinburn University of Technology, and RMIT. 

Nikki McCoy a lived experience recovery advocate who has been working in the Drug and Alcohol and trauma field for 18 years.  She strongly believes that by sharing stories of recovery assist with destigmatising people who struggle and suffer from these issues.  Nikki has been in recovery for 20 years and used her experience to help many incarcerated people to enter recovery themselves. Nikki believes that her lived experience in recovery and sharing her story in prisons has assisted many inmates to, for the first time, begin to believe that their own recovery is possible.  Nikki has served on SHARC Board previously, and has over 30 years of governance experience. Nikki also has extensive experience running government programs with budgets over$60 million.

BA Linguistics, Dip Ed, Masters of Counselling, EMDR Accredited Trauma Practitioner, Grad Dip Creative Arts Therapy, Grad Cert AOD, Cert IV TAE, Accredited Supervisor, Member ACA, EMDRAA, Associate Member AANZPA