BreastScreen Victoria is governed by a ministerial-appointed Board of Management (BoM).
Dr Angela Williams (Chair)
MBBS MForensMed MBA MPH/MHM GAICD PRI NRMA LLB GDLP AFRACMA FFFLM(UK) FFCFM(RCPA)
Dr Angela Williams brings over 25 years clinical practice as a senior forensic physician caring for community at some of the most vulnerable times of their lives, and extensive leadership and board governance experience across healthcare, welfare, justice, emergency services and sporting industries. She has chaired several quality and safety, people and culture and clinical governance committees bringing an improvement perspective, and unwavering care for staff.
Angela is currently the Executive Director Medical Services at Gippsland Southern Health Service, a volunteer lawyer working with Peninsula Community Legal Aid, and a Board member with Eastern Health and Melbourne Football Club. She holds several other board roles, and is a sessional member for the Review and Regulation Panel of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
Debra Cerasa (Deputy Chair)
FACN; RN; RM; ICU Cert; M of Edn, Mngt & Ldrship; B of H Sci Nsg; Grad Dip Ad Ed & Trg; Dip Bus Mngt; Cert HR Mngt; Cert Fin Mngt; GAICD
Debra Cerasa is an Executive and Non-Executive Director with experience across a range of health, community and peak organisations in the public and not-for-profit sectors. Her leadership roles include metropolitan, rural and international appointments where she has demonstrated an innovative, transformational approach to implementing purposeful change. Debra’s roles have progressed a social justice agenda that focuses on enhancing community resilience and well-being among vulnerable groups. Over the last 20 years, Debra has been appointed to several board roles and participated in numerous committees including clinical governance, and risk, investment, and audit. Debra is currently CEO of Amplify Alliance.
Katrina Enos (Treasurer)
BSc (Social Sciences), GAICD
Katrina Enos has over 17 years of experience in banking, finance and governance and as a non-executive director. Currently, she serves as the Executive Chief Controls Officer at the National Australia Bank. Katrina has a diverse background in not-for-profit organisations within the disability sector and corporate entities. She has been on the Board of Down Syndrome Australia since 2017 and is also a former Board member of Down Syndrome Victoria and the Cerebral Palsy Support Network.
Rita Butera (CEO)
AssDWelf, GradDip (Org Dev); GAICD
Rita has over 30 years’ experience in the human services sector, working across government and non-government organisations. Positions have included health promotion at VicHealth, Director Research and Planning at BeyondBlue, and eight years as CEO at Women’s Health Victoria, leading initiatives in health promotion, sexual and reproductive health, peer support for women with cancer and gender equity. Prior to joining BreastScreen Victoria, she was CEO of Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre, overseeing Victoria’s only 24/7 crisis response service and specialist trauma counselling through 1800RESPECT.
Louise Glanville
BSocWk, Barts, LLB, GradCertHlthLaw, MA(Res)
Louise is an influential leader in Australian public policy, social justice and law reform as an experienced Chair, CEO, Deputy Secretary and Commissioner across legal, social and government sectors. For 25 years, she has led policy development, service delivery, major reform and systematic change at federal, state and local levels through working with individuals and communities.
Currently as NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner, she is leading efforts with others to improve the quality and safety of NDIS support and services for a better quality of life for Australians with significant or permanent disability.
Louise is the former CEO of Victoria Legal Aid and Deputy CEO of the National Disability Insurance Agency, she has also held chair roles for National Legal Aid, State Government’s Metropolitan Development Advisory Panel and Victorian Assisted Reproductive Treatment Authority.
Dr Jocelyn Lippey
B.Med, FRACS
Jocelyn is the deputy head of the breast surgical unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. She also works as a breast surgeon at BreastScreen Victoria and privately at St. Vincent’s, East Melbourne. She is a current recipient of a Herbert and Gloria Keys RACS Scholarship and a previous recipient of an NBCF Practitioners Grant for her PhD in which she developed and evaluated a risk communication tool for risk-stratified breast screening. For seven years, Jocelyn coordinated a unit of study for the University of Sydney’s Masters of Breast Surgery; she also sat on the Scientific Advisory Committee for Breast Cancer Trials (BCT).
Jocelyn is a passionate researcher with interests in DCIS, risk communication, breast screening and patient-reported outcome measures.
Vicky Peters
Grad Dip Career Ed and Dev, MAICD
Vicky Peters, a Dja Dja Wurrung, Yorta Yorta woman, is an experienced leader in health, higher education, and Indigenous services, with a strong focus on achieving health and wellbeing outcomes for First Nations people in Victoria and Australia. She is currently Director First Nations Health at Eastern Health. Prior to this, Vicky was the Director of Indigenous Engagement at Swinburne University, responsible for developing initiatives focused on Indigenous employment, philanthropy, and procurement. She also built a reputation as a trusted mentor and strategic advisor, with a proven track record in Indigenous student recruitment, policy development, and service coordination across both the education and health sectors.
