EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Jeff Lubbock

Specialist qualifications: Diploma in Environmental Management, BSc Community Health, MSc Occupational Health & Safety Management

23 years experience in Occupational Health.

Joined the Executive team as the National Secretary and Treasurer in September 2022.

Currently the Senior Health Officer (Occupational Health) for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

Previously worked in the UK as a uniformed officer providing OH advice to military managers and service personnel at Exec level. Currently working at the OH coalface providing health monitoring; also responsible for the development of OH policy and guidelines for the RNZAF.

Specific roles or projects in support of the Exec:

Day to day financial management and administration in support of the NZOHNA administrative role. Making sure our invested money works for the association and providing oversight and governance for expenditure.

Areas of specialist interest:

- Respiratory protection and Fit Testing, Commit2Fit qualified.

- Occupational Hygiene and Tier one delivery of workplace assessment.

- Education and sharing of best practice.

Anna Reeve

I am based in Dunedin.

I started working as the National Administrator in December 2019. This is a part time role and I also have another Administration job that I spend twenty hours a week doing on site.

I have decades of experience, too many to mention ;-) in accounts/banking/administration.

Working for NZOHNA has been a very interesting role and I have enjoyed engaging with Exec and members alike.

It has been great working with the Exec team who are full of passion and drive to do their very best for NZOHNA members and OH in general.

Nikki Edge

Specialist qualifications

RN, BN(1994), PGDipHSci(endorsed for Occupational Health & Safety)2000

Joined the executive team and role

2018 representing Canterbury, West Coast and Nelson/Marlborough Branch then since 2019 the NZOHNA Representative on the HASANZ Governance Group

Years occupational health experience

I studied the two Otago Health & Safety papers in 1997 and have been working in Occupational Health since 1998

Short bio

I work for Leading Edge Health & Safety Ltd (2004) working across a variety of industry, manufacturing and office environments

Any specific roles or projects in support of the Exec

NZOHNA Representative on the HASANZ Governance Group and Coordinator of the Workforce Development Project

Areas of specialist interest

·      Health Hazard Risk Assessment and associated mitigations

·      Illness and discomfort/pain/injury prevention and rehabilitation

·      Continued learning opportunities within Occupational Health

·      Working with the diverse range of H & S disciplines

.      Increasing the capability and capacity of Occupational Health Nurses

Catherine (Cate) Hampton

I have 21 years occupational health experience.

My specialist qualifications are - PG Diploma in Rehabilitation, PG Diploma in Health Sciences (endorsed in Occupational Health)

I joined as the Executive member for Waikato/Bay of Plenty in August 2023.

Currently employed by Stevenson Aggregates Ltd / Stevenson Concrete Ltd. (Fulton Hogan - parent company).

Graduating in 1993, initially working in Community Mental Health, then 7 years in Case Management with ACC before finally landing in Occupational Health for the last 21 years.

Specific roles or projects in support of the Exec:

Still gaining an understanding of the various projects/roles the Executive team are involved with and understanding how it all works.

Looking forward to supporting the Waikato & BOP regions and becoming a contributing member of the committee.

Areas of specialist interest:

Accredited Employer Programme (AEP), Rehabilitation & Pro-active intervention Specialist.

Recent employment has led to a steep learning curve with regard to Respiratory protection & currently working toward Commit2Fit competency.

Jane OKane

I have been in Occupational Health for 23 years. My specialist qualifications are NZRGON, BN, MMgt (OHS).

I am currently working in three different roles.

- Relief as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Occupational Health, delivering Occupation Health services for Hawkes Bay Soldiers Memorial Hospital staff, having previously worked four days per week in that role.

- Working with Dr Moazzam Zaidi (Specialist Occupational Physician) providing Occupational Health services in Hawkes Bay.

- As the Safety Manager, Occurence Investigator and CEO of Bay Heliwork Ltd, ensuring the company meets all of the health and safety requirements set out by CAA and Worksafe.

Specific roles or projects in support of the Exec include:

- Assisting with the organisation of the 2023 National Conference

- Supporting the President and team as able.

Areas of specialist interest include:

- Rehabilitation

- Fit Testing

- Spirometry

- Pre-employment screening

- Health Promotion

- Education

Phillipa Dobson-Brown

Registered Nurse, Occupational Health Nurse, Dermoscopist

Phillipa is the current NZOHNA Executive member for the Southern Group. She is the Director/OHN for Southern Wellness Services Ltd, based in Riverton Southland.

Phillipa holds a Post Grad Certificate in Occupational Health Nursing from University of South Australia, Certificate in Advanced Dermatoscopy and has worked towards a Diploma in Career Guidance through NMIT.

Over the past decade Phillipa has focused on improving the health and wellbeing of employees in a variety of organisations in Australia and New Zealand. This includes health monitoring, pre-employment health assessments, biological monitoring, rehabilitation, and workplace health education. She also works with Skin Aware Ltd, to provide workplace skin cancer screening assessments and education. 

Christine Brosnahan

Specialist qualifications:

Diploma in Health Studies (Nursing)

Bachelor of HSc in nursing

Post Grad Dip in HSc (Occ Health)

Joined the executive team and role as a Canterbury exec member Aug 21

10 Years occupational health experience

I own and manage Timaru Occupational Health Services and Ashburton Workplace Health. We have a team of 4 nurses in Timaru and 1 in Ashburton. I work clinically with all aspects of the services we offer and manage the nurses and business.

Any specific roles or projects:

in support of the Exec I have recently joined the HASANZ competency committee as part of my exec role.

Areas of specialist interest:

Education and sharing knowledge and experience and recently become an assessor and hoping to become a mentor for NZOHNA.

Phoebe Bates

Joined the Executive team in August 2024.

Eight years occupational health experience.

Phoebe is the current NZOHNA Executive member for the Auckland Group. She is the Clinical Operations Manager (RN/OHN) of Southern Cross Wellness Partners, based in North Auckland.

Since graduationa as an RN in 2015, Phoebe has focused on improving the health and wellbeing of clients acress New Zealand as an OHN. In the last two years, she has tranitioned into Clinical Operations for Southern Cross Wellness Partners' nursing team. She has a passion for developing quality nursing services in the workplace health space.

Amanda Callinicos

Joined the executive team in June 2025 as executive representative for Te Matua a maui Hawkes Bay

2 1/2 years in Occ Health in Hawkes Bay Hospital

I qualified as a comprehensive nurse from WTI (Waikato Technical Institute) in 1988. I have worked in General-Medicine, Burns, Infectious Diseases, Paediatrics, Practice Nursing, District Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Industrial Occ Health and Post Natal. Covid caccinating started my latest journey into occupational health this time around. It was not something I had considered as my dream job however I do love it. Especially as I feel it is a privilege to be able to support our staff and I am learning a lot of new skills.

Being on the executive team I feel will broaden my knowledge of occupational health and allow me to support occupational nurses in my local area and beyond.

Areas of specialist interest are Education/training.

Andrea Adams

Specialist qualifications: BN- working towards GradDipOHS (2/3rds done)

Joined the Executive team and role - June 2025 Exec member with Years occupational helath experience - 14+

Having been a primary care nurse for many a year, I stepped in to NZ Police as a Primary care nurse only to learn and transition into the world of occupational health as a nurse, and manager. From just myself to a team of 23, the breadth and scope of occupational health continues to grow within Police and has a huge national impact.

Specific roles or projects in support of the Exec - Becoming familiar with the organisation!

Areas of specialist interest - Preemployment medical assessments for safety critical roles, D&A testing, designing occupational health vaccination programs.

Jessica is the founder and Managing Director of Working for Health Limited. Wearing the hats of both Occupational Health Nurse and Health and Safety Consultant, she brings a multidimensional approach to health and safety management, with a commitment to ‘health’ not being safety’s poor cousin.

As well as the Bachelor of Nursing degree, Jessica has completed a Graduate Diploma in OSH through Massey and has gone on to complete some papers towards a Master degree with an Occupational Hygiene focus.