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Presenters: Ms Angela ClarkeAngela is a Gunditjmara woman and is the Deputy Director (Community Programs)of the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit at The University of Melbourne. Angelahas for many years worked in Aboriginal health and received the Inaugural VictorianPublic Health Award for Excellence in 1997 and commendations from the PublicServices Commissioner for improving access at the Royal Children’s Hospital forAboriginal families and managing diversity in the workplace by developing culturaltraining resources for staff where Angela worked for many years. Angela has servedher community as a board member of several Aboriginal organisations including theVictorian Aboriginal Health Service and the Koorie Heritage Trust.Mr John WillisJohn has held a range of roles in the human services field including mental health,disability and youth services both in the UK and Australia. John also has experiencein policy development for the Department of Humans Services in Victoria in a varietyof program areas. John has had experience working in the Northern Territory workingin local government managing a remote Aboriginal community organisation and morerecently has worked in the area of hospital policy reform regarding Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander patient care both at a policy implementation level within hospitalsand on national research project.Ms Lyn McInnesBorn in Wynyard, Tasmania, Lyn is a Palawa woman Plangermairreener of Ben Lomand/Portland/ Wathaurong country and is the mother of three sons and grandmother offive. Lyn holds a Bachelor Degree in Applied Sciences majoring in Health Promotion.She has worked in the field of Aboriginal Health for 28 years and has been involved inAboriginal Affairs since the late seventies.Lyn is the Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer in the Department of Aboriginal Health,Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health, with 27 years service in the program which is community driven in amainstream, best practice setting. Lyn is involved in various other committees on a local, state and nationallevel. Lyn is an elder, long term Chairperson of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative Geelong.She is Chairperson of the Elders group and is a Victorian Native Title member. Lyn is a recipient of theAustralian Centenary Medal in recognition of her achievements in Aboriginal health in Geelong. She wore thetraditional possum skin cloak in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. Lyn is a currentexecutive member and past Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of VACCHO.51