Geraldine Lannon appointed as new Victorian Director of ACCPA
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our Chief Executive Officer, Geraldine Lannon, as a Director of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA). Geraldine is filling a casual vacancy as a Victorian Director.
ACCPA sent out the following announcement to its members informing them of Geraldine’s appointment:
NEW ACCPA VICTORIAN DIRECTOR
The ACCPA Board of Directors is delighted to announce the appointment of Geraldine Lannon as a Director of ACCPA, filling a casual vacancy in the position of Victorian Director.
As a Board appointed position, the ACCPA Board undertook a transparent and robust process for the appointment, commencing with an open call for nominations from our members in early February 2023. The position attracted a large number of high calibre candidates and we thank all of the nominees for their interest and efforts.
Geraldine is the Chief Executive Officer of Baptcare, a leading, faith-based, not for profit organisation providing services in residential care, retirement living, home care, disability, seniors’ housing and a number of other areas across Victoria.
Geraldine brings to the ACCPA Board over 26 years’ executive leadership experience in aged care, public health and community services. She has served on a number of boards including a large, not-for-profit aged care provider in Western Australia and the Health Round Table, which provides data analytics to hospitals across Australia and New Zealand. Amongst her broad range of relevant skills, Geraldine’s extensive government relations, digital, change management and strategy development experience particularly recommended her as a worthy addition to the ACCPA Board.
Geraldine holds clinical, management and governance qualifications, having initially qualified as a registered nurse and including a Master of Business Administration and qualifications in safety and quality, project management and emergency management. She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Geraldine has received a Western Australian Health Award for Effectiveness Through Clinical Engagement and has also been a finalist in the Telstra Women’s Business Awards.
The term of appointment for this Director position concludes at ACCPA’s Annual General Meeting in 2025.
We look forward to welcoming Geraldine to the ACCPA Board at our upcoming Strategy Workshop in early April 2023.
Community news
-
Faces of Baptcare | Meet Catherine McCarroll
Meet Catherine McCarroll, Care and Support Services Manager at Baptcare and part of our foster care community. Catherine works with team leaders in our Community Services Victoria space. She supports teams and leads her colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people, families and carers.
-
Foster Care Week 2024 | Spotlight on foster carers Tara and Peter Krakowski
Tara (50 years old) and Peter (58) are the parents of two adult children – a daughter (28 years) and son (31 years) and also currently looking after five kids aged 10, 9, 6, 4 and 3. They have been foster carers for over 12 years, most recently with Baptcare. While our conversation was with Tara, Peter endorsed her responses shared below. They are the ultimate team! “Peter’s such an amazing carer,” said Tara. “He’s very much the other half and we are a team.”
-
Foster Care Week 2024 | Meet Pam and Joe
You hear the tinkling of laughter before you see the couple wheeling in a pram with Baby M inside. You can tell they’re a good team with an easy rapport borne from over 52 years of marriage together and a full life of opening their home (and their hearts) to endless caring. Of making others happy.