Staff and Trustee Profiles
Trisha Benge, Centre Director/OT
Role
Centre Director/OT
Qualifications
NZROT
General Information
I trained as an Occupational Therapist and graduated in 1982. Since then I have been involved in working with children at Tokanui Hospital, Child Development Centre: Waikato Hospital, Conductive Education Unit: Hamilton and McKenzie Centre. I began at McKenzie Centre in July 1997 and worked as an OT until I took the position as Centre Director in August 2006.
I have had 3 trips to Ireland, the Mid West area, to train early intervention teams in using the transdisciplinary approach to early intervention.
In 2012 I completed a Graduate Diploma in Not for Profit Management at Unitec.
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Staff
- Trisha Benge, Centre Director/OT Centre Director/OT
- Estelle Pretorius, Speech Language Therapist Speech Language Therapist
- Ruth Michels, Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Technology Specialist
- Anita Wilson, Speech Language Therapist Speech Language Therapist
- Helen Gempton, Business Manager Business Manager
- Claire Hintz, Occupational Therapist Occupational Therapist
- Sandra Harris, Administration Support Administration Support
- Teresa Blake, Early Intervention Teacher Early Intervention Teacher
- Sue Scott, Physiotherapist Physiotherapist
- Lillian Martin, Office Coordinator Office Coordinator
- Richard Edghill, Pyschologist Pyschologist
- Marcia Ranganui Charlton, Social Worker Social Worker
- Suzanne Kok, Early Intervention Teacher Early Intervention Teacher
- Stephanie Wacker, Early Intervention Teacher Early Intervention Teacher
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Trustees
- Ken Williamson CStJ; QSM; CFInstD; JP Chair Person
- Dr David Newman Medical Representative
- Julie Treweek Education Representative
- Kalev Crossland Community Representative
- Nan Jensen Community Representative
- Maree Haddon Community Representative
- Fran Crowther Parent Representative
- Renee Wood Community Representative
- Simon Rickman Community Representative
- Candace Allan Parent Representative
- ESWs