Board and governance Cancer Council NT

A lifelong Territorian and former Member for Nightcliff of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Natasha has served as the Northern Territory’s longest-serving Health Minister (2016–2023) and as Chief Minister (2022–2023). Across these leadership roles, she championed reform and investment in cancer care, mental health, primary healthcare and health workforce retention and development, always with a focus on equity and access for all Territorians, no matter where they live. As Health Minister, Natasha was instrumental in delivering the Northern Territory’s first PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scanner and Cyclotron—a milestone achievement that revolutionised cancer diagnostics in the NT. Her commitment to health equity and person centric care continues in her current role as CEO of Somerville Community Services, where she leads a team dedicated to supporting Territorians living with disability.

Prof Carson arrived in the Northern Territory in 1979 and served as a specialist General Surgeon in Darwin from 1990 to until retirement from clinical practice in July 2020. His clinical and research interests covered a wide range of surgery, but in more recent years concentrated on Territorians with Breast, Endocrine and Thoracic Cancers. He has undertaken multiple roles both in the Territory and nationally including Director of the Division of Surgery and then the Department of General Surgery at the Royal Darwin Hospital for 1991-2005 and Associate Professor of Surgery at the Flinders NT Medical Program from 2002 and ongoing. He was the Chair of the Northern Territory Cancer Care Network 2015-2020 and has been a member of Cancer Australia - Indigenous Cancer Leadership Group and co-chair of the Medical Oncology subcommittee in the Commonwealth’s MBS review process.

Mr Derek Campbell moved from Townsville to Darwin in 2016 to take up a partner position with KPMG. Derek has more than 20 years’ experience in tax, audit, assurance and advisory services. Derek’s young family have felt the impact of cancer when their than 3-year-old was diagnosed with cancer. This meant he had to leave his home in North Queensland with no notice and cope with the challenges of supporting a child and his family through this treatment and recovery phase. His experience with that and his knowledge of the impact of cancer led him to wanting to make a contribution of his skills to the Cancer Council NT.

Mr Matt Skoss is a long-term resident of Alice Springs, starting his career teaching mathematics at Alice Springs High School in 1987. Matt currently works for the Mathematical Association of NSW (0.6), on a Community of Practice project with regional teachers, and for Centralian Senior College (0.2), supporting teachers with online learning. He also shares his enthusiasm for mathematics with teachers in workshops locally and interstate. As a person who had very timely intervention for an aggressive prostate cancer in 2018, Matt is open about his journey, and passionate about provoking Aussie blokes to take action and avoid complacency. He is also keen to continue attracting resources to regional areas to support patients and their families contending with all forms of cancers.

Amanda Hart is a Bagala woman from the Jawoyn people of the Katherine region in the Northern Territory. Amanda is a registered psychologist and has extensive experience in working with remote and regional communities across the Northern Territory. She is a founding member of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association. Amanda co-designed the award winning trauma-informed culturally responsive post-disaster recovery model, which places cultural knowledge and understandings at its core. Amanda sits on a range of clinical and cultural advisory bodies in the NT and nationally, and is currently the Director, First Nations Health and Wellbeing Division, NT Health.

Pamela is the Managing Director Jape Group Australia and a director of CPA Australia.