Gerald (Gerry) Taylor Board Director Since: 24/06/2020 Committees: Member of the Finance, Risk & Audit Committee & Clinical Governance Committee Port Lincoln has been Gerry’s ‘home to come back to’. His mother was born in Port Lincoln and moved to Adelaide in her teen years, and this is where Gerry was born. School holidays were mostly spent in Port Lincoln visiting relatives and enjoying fishing and its environment. Following National Service, winning one of those ‘lotteries’ with a year in Vietnam he returned to High school to complete his Matriculation as one of the first mature aged students to re-enter High school. Having a heart for social justice this led Gerry into Social Work and moving to Port Lincoln in 1974. Most of Gerry’s working life has been involved with human services, 20 years in social work followed by 18 years as the Executive Officer with West Coast Homecare during its formative years and into a well-established organisation. Gerry has also served on the Port Lincoln Hospital Board. After several years in retirement Gerry felt the need to give back to the community using his experiences gained working in human services in particular not-for-profit organisations. This led to Gerry joining West Coast Home Care as a Board Director. Meagan Franklin Board Director Since: 14/12/2021 Resigned: 23/10/2024 Committees: Member of the Finance, Risk & Audit Committee Meagan is passionate about ensuring regional Australia has access to the same level of services and opportunities as our city counterparts. This passion extends to all areas of life, recreation, education and essential services. Born and raised on the family farm near Paskeville on the Yorke Peninsula, her earliest memories of administration were typing up her dad’s weekly president reports and seeing if she could type as quick as he could dictate. She was a natural mathematician at school and an eager school leader, so it was a natural progression to study Commerce at Adelaide University in her Tertiary years. She was very fortunate to find employment with an outstanding regional business as their accountant, Cowell Electric, in 1999 when she moved to Cowell with her husband, Matthew, when he decided to return to the family farm. During her time at Cowell Electric, she completed her Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) status, held the position of Company Secretary for over 10 years, Chief Financial Officer for 8 years and was fortunate to have completed many professional development courses such as Melbourne Business School Leadership Development course, CPA Advance CFO course, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) course. 10
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