Disability equipment funding, child disability organisation, NZ

The members

Brian Donnelly

Brian is an independent appointee by the Waitemata District Health Board and the current chair of the Management Committee.

Brian worked for over 25 years in senior and executive management roles in the public service of New Zealand and Australia, before more recently focusing his efforts towards the not for profit sector. His primary role now is Executive Director of the NZ Housing Foundation, a charitable organisation providing housing support for the elderly, homeless, and people with disability and mental health housing needs.

Brian has lived and raised a family on the North Shore for the last 25 years and has also been a significant contributor to the community through his sporting interests.

Brian is currently also a Trustee of the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust, Board Member of the Centre for Housing Research in New Zealand, and member of the NZ Social Entrepreneur Fellowship.

Fraser Boddy

Fraser, a representative of CCS Disability Action Auckland, was appointed to the Management Committee of the Wilson Home Trust in May 1999.

Fraser grew up in Dunedin and graduated with a B Comm from Otago University having studied economics and accountancy. He became a Chartered Accountant (now retired) and is a past member of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (MREINZ).

His working life was with the Fletcher Challenge Group where in more recent years he held positions of: Resident Director, Fletcher Challenge Latin America, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Executive Chairman of the Groups retail activities which included American Express NZ, Centurion Finance, Group Rentals, Hertz Rentals, Hertz Lease, Selectrix, Selectrix Finance, Wheel Lease, Wrightcars, and Wrightcars Finance.

He was also a director of Toyota NZ and Liquigas, Fraser, now living in Aucklan d, is an Investment Fiduciary™ providing financial services to charitable and family trusts, institutions and high net worth individuals. Fraser gives his “pro bono” time to helping “achieve a better future for people with disabilities”.

He has been on the National Board of CCS Disability Action, the Executive Committee of CCS Disability Action Auckland and a trustee of the Jubilee Trust.

Lynne Coleman

Dr Lynne Coleman is a WDHB appointee to the Wilson Home Trust.

Lynne has lived on the North Shore from age 7 yrs, was schooled on the North Shore and went to Auckland University. Lynne is married with five children and now lives with her family and parents at Dairy Flat in the Rodney District.

Lynne works as a general practitioner and sports doctor at the Apollo Centre for Health and Wellness in Albany. She has led the Health Team for Commonwealth and most recently the Beijing Olympics. She also sits on the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand, and is a trustee on the Harbour Sport Trust.

Allison Roe MBE

Allison Roe became known for setting world records (marathon and 20k) and for winning the New York and Boston Marathons. She was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame and voted onto the Waitemata District Health Board.
Allison grew up on the North Shore with an interest in holistic health. For many years she passionately raised funds through her Run2Heal series for breast cancer and various health initiatives from Maori Womens health to the preservation of heritage seeds.

Although awarded an academic and sporting scholarship to UCLA, Allison chose to forgo that opportunity in favour of pursuing her athletic dreams from NZ and at the same time pursued a business qualification. She won numerous awards for her athletic prowess including Sportsman of the Year, Nurmi Awards for the best female road racer in the world and the best overall runner (1982), Abebe Bikila award presented at the United Nations in 2002; she also won national titles in cross country, cycling and triathlon.

Allison has worked in the fields of public relations with local and international companies as clients, marketing and manufacturing, environment and in television, first as a presenter for TV3 Sport and then ran her own TV sports production business for nearly a decade based in Takapuna. Allison is a wife, mother and businesswoman whose heart is very much in helping others find the tools to ‘live the life they love’.

Russell Vickery

Russell is a CCS Disability Action Nominee. He has an extensive background in the Not For Profit sector specifically in the Disability area. He has held various roles both in management and governance of a range of different organisations and currently serves on the TalkLink and Ripple Trust boards.

Russell has tertiary qualifications specialising in Disability Studies and has presented at various national and international conferences on a variety of topics related to disability issues. He was also a member of the New Zealand Paraplegic Boat Team on their Egyptian and Samoan trips.

In his early days Russell, along with his brother, spent time in Wilson Home rehabilitating from various operations in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.