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.

Pamela Jape has been a resident of Darwin for over 30 years. She graduated Queensland University and began her career as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand before joining the Jape Group. In her role as Managing Director, Pamela oversees the operations in Australia and Timor Leste, particularly in finance, human resources, information systems, legal and strategic planning. Pamela has also been involved in various board memberships over the years. In particular, she served on the board of the Alola Foundation which is an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of East Timorese women and their families.

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.

Professor Briceno is a Medical Practitioner and Senior Health Executive with nearly 20 years of experience dedicated to improving health outcomes across the Northern Territory, with a particular focus on rural, remote, and Aboriginal health equity. Throughout his career, Marco has held senior leadership positions including Chief Executive Officer of NT Health, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief Health Officer, Chief Medical Advisor and Medical Director, leading strategic planning, service redesign, clinical governance, and workforce innovation on a broad scale. With a clinical background as a Senior Rural Generalist Surgeon and Director of Medical Service, Marco possesses deep firsthand knowledge of the complexities of delivering integrated healthcare in remote and culturally diverse settings.

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 codesigned 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.