Our People

Executive Board Members

Executive Chair	Bonney Corbin
Deputy Chair	Romy Listo
Treasurer	Denele Crozier
Secretary	Megan Elias

Board Members

Angela Brown (SA)	Jo Flannagan (Tas)
Holly Brennan (Qld)	Heidi La Paglia (Tas)
Emma Iwinska (Qld)	Eva Perroni (WA)
Dianne Hill (Vic)	Gemma Black (WA)
Northern Territory (Vacancy)

Staff

Administration Officer	Kim Blattner
Senior Project Officer	Sienna Aguilar

Bonney Corbin, Chair

Bonney Corbin (she/they) has been Chair of AWHN since 2020, following Marilyn Beaumont’s long term leadership in the role.

Bonney is an urban and regional planner with postgraduate qualifications in public policy and conflict resolution. She has worked at the intersections of women’s rights, gender-based violence and determinants of health for the past 20 years’ in Australia, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the South Pacific. Bonney works at MSI Australia as their Head of Policy and Research and sits on a number of health sector boards and committees. Bonney’s previous board appointments include the Planning Institute of Australia, Genomic Alliance Australia, Children by Choice and Working Women’s Centres.

Dr Romy Listo, Deputy Chair and Public Officer

Romy Listo (she/they) is passionate about gender and health justice and feminist organisations. For the last eight years she has worked across women’s and gendered health issues in research, policy and advocacy and health promotion. Romy has a PhD in gender studies from the University of Queensland, where her research explored the role of energy in women’s organising and empowerment in urban and peri-urban South Africa. She is based in the ACT and is currently Senior Health Promotion and Research Officer at Women’s Health Matters.

Denele Crozier AM, Treasurer

Denele Crozier is the CEO of Women’s Health NSW the peak body for 21 community Women’s Health Centres in NSW.

Denele has a 39-year history of working in and for community NGO charities specialised in understanding, advocating and promoting women’s health needs from a social model of health care and an understanding of the effects of gender on health outcomes aiming to improve health and welfare services, law, public policy and practice.

Denele is on a variety of Boards and Councils including the Women’s Legal Service NSW, NSW FGM Education Program Advisory Committee.

In 2017 Denele was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia.

Megan Elias, Secretary

Megan Elias (she/her) is a women’s and sexual health professional with a background in health promotion, comprehensive relationships and sexuality education, and sexual violence prevention. She has worked across government, peak body, and community NGO roles for the last 10 years, with a growing focus on structural change.

Megan grew up in regional NSW and is passionate about listening to, and lifting, the voices of regional and rural women and communities. She loves opportunities to work alongside others who share a strong commitment to gender equity, social and health justice, and positive change.

Angela Brown, Board Member, South Australia

Angela Brown is the Midwifery Program Director at the University of South Australia. Alongside her academic position, she is a member of The South Australian Perinatal Subcommittee, Board Director for the Australian College of Midwives, the midwifery representative for RANZCOG’s Women’s Health Committee and member of SA Health’s Rural Support Service Maternity Services Committee. Angela is regularly invited to represent midwifery on State and National committees or working groups. These roles have enabled her to maintain current competency, develop strong leadership, advocacy and collaboration skills and have afforded opportunities to contribute to the midwifery profession and perinatal policy and guideline development at a State, National and International level. She uses these roles to advance women’s health in South Australia, Australia and Internationally. Angela also has an MBA and a strong interest in leadership and management, change management, finance, operations and human resource management.

Dianne Hill, Board Member, Victoria

Dianne Hill has over 30 years senior leadership experience in Australia and the United Kingdom in women’s health, community development, housing and homelessness, and aged and community care in government and the not for profit sector including strategic planning, public policy and program development and delivery.

In September 2019, Dianne was appointed CEO of Women’s Health Victoria.

With a strong commitment to women’s health rights, gender equality and social justice Dianne is passionate about using leadership opportunities to influence structural and social change and have a positive impact on the lives of women and girls.

Emma Iwinska, Board Member, Queensland

Emma is the CEO at Women’s Health Queensland and the President of Ending Violence Against Women Queensland (EVAWQ). Emma is passionate about empowering women and creating structural change to promote equity for all.

Emma has worked in health for more than 25 years where she has supported a diversity of women in wide ranging environments. Emma holds formal qualifications both in health and in higher education. Alongside her health management skills, Emma has a decade of experience teaching in higher education and embraces a philosophy of lifelong learning.

Emma loves working collaboratively and purposefully to create positive change and listening to the experts in women’s lives – women!

Eva Perroni, Board Member, Western Australia

Eva Perroni (she/her) is the Manager for Women’s Health and Gender Equity and the Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing, an independent, representative peak body for women’s specialist domestic and family violence, community-based women’s health and sexual assault services in Western Australia.

With a background in policy research and advocacy, Eva’s work and experience has involved developing strategic policy frameworks and advocacy strategies to identify and take action on key priority areas for gender equality reform, including women’s economic security, women’s health, women’s food security and women’s experiences of poverty and disadvantage.

She is passionate about connecting and advocating with diverse women in their communities, organisations, and movements and applying those experiences and knowledge to drive progressive policy and social change around women’s material and social conditions across Australia and the world.

Gemma Black, Board Member, Western Australia

Gemma Black (she/her) is passionate about women’s health and reproductive rights, having facilitated a successful five year campaign to introduce Safe Access Zones in Western Australia (WA). She is currently the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at Sexual Health Quarters in Perth, working state-wide.

Prior to joining Sexual Health Quarters, Gemma had the privilege of working in the union movement and federal politics for over a decade. Her passion for equity, social justice and intersectional feminism was encouraged and developed with support from strong women in the labour movement.

Heidi La Paglia, Board Member, Tasmania

Heidi La Paglia (she/her) is a proud Autistic, feminist activist from Hobart, Tasmania. Heidi has worked at Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) for a number of years and currently manages WWDA’s policy and project work. Heidi represents WWDA on a number advisory groups with sector stakeholders. Among other issues, Heidi has a strong interest in ensuring that efforts to support the safety and reproductive rights of women and non-binary people are inclusive of people with disability.

Heidi previously completed Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Philosophy and Arts Honours degrees at the University of Tasmania. In this time, Heidi became heavily invested in feminist and disability rights through the student union movement and has never since looked back.

Holly Brennan OAM, Board Member, Queensland

Holly Brennan OAM has worked in women’s health, prevention of violence against women and children, sexual and reproductive health, child protection, sexuality and respectful relationships education and health promotion for over 25 years.

She is currently CEO of the Centre Against Domestic Abuse (CADA) in Moreton Bay region.

Previously, Holly was Manager of Children by Choice, Daniel Morecombe Foundation CEO, the Community Council’s Coordinator for a Primary Health Network (PHN) and the Director of Education and Community Services at Family Planning Queensland.

Jo Flanagan, Board Member, Tasmania

Jo Flanagan is the CEO of Women’s Health Tasmania, a women’s health promotion service which delivers services across Tasmania.

In addition to a background working in women’s services, Jo managed Tasmania’s largest social policy unit for 15 years and has worked extensively in social policy, advocacy and research on a range of social issues affecting Tasmanians.

Jo is on a number of Boards and Committees including the Australian Women’s Health Network, the Tasmanian Foetal Alcohol Syndrome State Coordinating Group, the Tasmanian Government’s Family Violence Consultative Group, and she is co-Chair of the Tasmanian Sexual and Reproductive Health Collaborative Group.

Kim Blattner, Administration Officer

Kim Blattner has been the Administration Officer for AWHN since 2017, based at the Women’s Health NSW office.

Kim has worked for Women’s Health NSW in the position of administration officer for 5 years. She has previously worked for Nature Conservation Council of NSW. Kim comes with a variety of administration skills including data, IT and operational systems and couples this with a commitment to social justice and equity.

In her spare time Kim loves to go treasure hunting in op shops in the Hawksbury where she lives.

Sienna Aguilar, Senior Project Officer

Sienna (pronounced “Shenna”) Aguilar (she/her), was born in the Philippines, grew up on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Land in the ACT/NSW, and is currently based on the Lands of the Gubbi Gubbi/Kabi Kabi people in South East Queensland.

Her professional background is in applied social research, gender equity and the primary prevention of gender-based violence, and facilitating conversations with groups committed to systems change. Most recently Sienna was Senior Community Engagement Officer at Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, a community legal centre in NSW working alongside health and community services, multicultural services, and domestic and family (DFV) services to support migrant and refugee communities.