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WAIS Board

As of December 2023

Dr Neale Fong – Chair

  • CEO Bethesda Health Care
  • Chair WA Country Health Service
  • President Australasian College of Health Service Management

Gary Dreibergs

  • Former Deputy Commissioner WA Police
  • Head of Strategic Partnerships Genvis
  • Board Member Venues West and WA PCYC

Darren Foster

  • Public policy consultant, independent director and member of the Mental Health Tribunal
  • Experience in Commonwealth, State and local governments, including serving as Director General of the Western Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet

Kaylene Gulich PSM

  • CEO Western Australian Treasury Corporation

Elise Rechichi OAM

  • Head of Performance Strategy, Paralympics Australia
  • Olympic Champion (2008), dual Olympian (2008 & 2012), WAIS Scholarship holder (2003-2013)
  • Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors

Fabian Ross

  • Non-executive director across various industries
  • Hockey WA Chief Executive Officer

Peta Slocombe 

  • CEO Performance Story
  • Global Executive roles across mining, health tech, mental health
  • Psychologist

Erin Gauntlett

  • Deputy Director General Management and Coordination at the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
  • Experience leading large teams to deliver reforms across government with key focus on public sector governance and strategy, and accountability frameworks.

Athlete Advisory Committee

Sally Hunter – Co-Chair

  • Author, Born to Swim, Published by Wakefield Press in 2014 
  • Development Swimming Coach 2016 – Current 
  • Olympian (008, 2012) 
  • Commonwealth Games Gold and Silver Medallist (2006 and 2014) 

Dr Tommaso D’Orsogna OLY MD – Co-Chair

  • Radiology Registrar, WA Health 
  • Olympic bronze medallist (2012, London) 
  • 2x Commonwealth games gold medallist (2010, Delhi; 2014, Glasgow) 

Alex Rossi 

  • Currently completing Honours in Human Sciences 
  • 3 x World Championship representative 
  • World Championship medallist 

Christian Starkie 

  • Studying Secondary Education (Edith Cowan University) 
  • Hockey One – Perth Thundersticks (2022-2025) 
  • Youth Olympian 

Cruz Hogan 

  • WAIS Sport Physiologist 
  • PhD in Sport & Exercise Physiology (University of Western Australia) 
  • World Athletics Championship Representative (Oregon, USA) 
  • 5 x Open National and Oceania Championship Medallist 

Genevieve Hart 

  • Studying Bachelor of Secondary Education 
  • 2 x World Championship medallist 
  • 3 x U23 National champion (pair, four, eight) 
  • Rowing Australia Athlete Committee Member 

Kristina Krstic 

  • Chiropractor  
  • Currently studying Master of Physiotherapy at Notre Dame 
  • 3 x Trans Tasman Representative 
  • Commonwealth Games medallist 

Luke Egger 

  • Currently studying Bachelor of Law & Bachelor of Commerce (Curtin University) 
  • Australian Senior Men’s Canoe Sprint Team 
  • JNR and U23 World Championship Team Captain 
  • 4 x National Canoe Sprint Champion 

Luke Zaccaria 

  • Construction worker (concreter) 
  • Champion of the inaugural WAIS paracycling program 
  • 2 x World Championship Representative 
  • Paralympic Athlete 2024 (Tandem Pilot) 

Nina Kennedy OLY 

  • Bachelor of Behavioural Science, Notre Dame
  • Olympic medallist 
  • World Championship medallist 
  • Commonwealth Games medallist 

Rhiannon Clarke PLY 

  • Currently Studying a combined Bachelor and Master of Biological Science, Majoring in Wildlife Conservation (University of Western Australia) 
  • Two time Paralympian 
  • World Para Athletics medallist 
  • Oceania record holder