Patty Kinnersly
Board Chair
Patty Kinnersly is a leading health, welfare and education professional with extensive governance experience. For the past eight years, she has been the Chief Executive Officer of Our Watch, Australia’s national leader in the primary prevention of violence against women and their children.
Before joining Our Watch in 2015, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Women’s Health Grampians for nine years and held roles on the boards of Rural Northwest Health Victoria, Child and Family Services Ballarat, and Ballarat Health Services. Patty is Vice President of the Carlton Football Club Board and a member of the Women’s Correctional Services Advisory Committee.
As a local resident, Patty also brings valuable knowledge of our region and a genuine connection to the people and communities we serve.