Our committee and volunteers
Our committee members all generously volunteer their time to help out with particular skills and lots of enthusiasm.
Cameron Wilson
Founder and Board Member
Besides being our Head Trainer, Cam served as Committee President for several years. He brings lived experience to his current Committee role, as Consumer Advocate.
Cam has battled bipolar depression since his late teens, and has long relied on exercise to maintain his own mental health. Cam is a (Tennis Australia) certified Cardio Tennis coach, and an internationally published freelance journalist. He holds a BA in Communications.
In recent years (2012 & 2020), Cam has also endured two brain tumour surgeries, a brain-stem stroke, re-learned how to walk and talk, and now has a permanently paralysed face. But he’s back on court, running cardio tennis classes – we’re starting to think he could be hit with a cricket bat and still be the last man standing….
Craig Healey
President
Craig, our President, rejoined the committee in July 2022 having previously served as Vice President for several years pre-COVID, also undertaking several operational roles during that time. He is a business and technology consultant with qualifications in Law, Business, Technology and Psychology. Craig is a keen ocean swimmer, cyclist and walker with significant mental health lived experience as a parent/carer.
Carpe diem! (seize the day).
Monica Bain
Secretary
Monica has worked as an Operations specialist in the Finance industry for over 10 years bringing experience in process, program and event coordination. With the demands of a young family and career, Monica has found exercise to be the most powerful tool for maintaining mental wellbeing and self-care and sees the value that Mood Active can bring to support others achieve this in their lives.
Jason Bain
Treasurer
Jason joined as the Treasurer in March 2024. He is a partner at Ernst and Young specialising in assurance of financial institutions. Jason has a Bachelor degree in Finance and a Master degree in Accounting. Jason is passionate about fitness of all types and its correlation with mental health and wellbeing. Jason enjoys a combination of the collaborative benefits of sharing in group exercise and sport as well as the meditative release from individual exercise.
Jason is a member of Chartered Accountant Australia New Zealand (CAANZ) and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (CPA).
Lana Schwartz
Board Member
Lana is a registered psychologist with a background in Sport and Performance Psychology. With over 20 years of experience, Lana has worked as a psychologist for elite sporting groups providing facilitation, training and individual support to organisations including Cricket NSW, Basketball Australia and the Australian Tenpin Bowling team.
She joined Mood Active in December 2020 and is involved in strategy setting and providing supervision for our coaches
Susannah Ward
Board Member
Dr Susannah Ward is a Physician of Rehabilitation Medicine working in the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie region. She has degrees in medical science with honours and medicine and surgery with honours and specialised in rehabilitation medicine with the fellowship Basmajian Prize in 2018. She has a special interest in wellbeing and lifestyle health and has telehealth clinics and clinics at Atune Health Centre Cardiff and The Wellness Place Blacksmiths. She is passionate about holistic health and believes wellness to be available for all people despite living with disease, disability stress and adversity.
She was a director of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2016-2018 and member of The Australian Institute of Company Directors and completed the AICD intensive Director Training course in 2017. She is a member of the RACP, AMA, RMSANZ, DEA and ICDA.
