Board of Trustees

Chairman - John Coulam

​Profile to come

Anne Wilkinson
Anne has a background of social work and working with families, and is a former CEO of the family support organisation Parent to Parent New Zealand, where she worked for over 25 years.  
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As a parent and advocate Anne has had a long involvement in the disability sector.  She serves on the Enabling Good Lives National and Waikato Leadership Groups, advancing an approach of supporting disabled people, which enables them and their families have control over their lives and how their funding is used.   
Anne is chairperson of the SAMS (Standards and Monitoring) Board.  This is a not for profit providing development and positive change through evaluation, education and research.
Anne is passionate about family support and building leadership, and is excited to have the opportunity to support the work of Catholic Family Support Services as a board member. 

​Greg Schmidt.
Greg is the Diocesan General Manager at the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton and has been a member of the Board since 2004.
 
Greg has had many years of general management and financial experience in the commercial and not for profit sectors.  Greg is a qualified Chartered Accountant and he completed a MBA in 1997.

​Niall Baker
Niall is a Senior Policy Planner. He has over 10 years’ experience as an advisor in the corporate and community planning sphere of local government including Long Term Plans, Annual Plans/Reports, bylaws, policy, community engagement, and iwi relations. 
 
He has an Honours degree in Social Sciences (First Class Honours), and Master’s degree in Environmental Planning. Niall joined the Board in 2018 and is enjoying supporting the good governance of Catholic Family Support Services.