Trustees
Lope Ginnen, LLB, Trustee and Chairperson
Lope is a barrister specialising in family law. She has been lawyer for child since 2000 and is regularly appointed by the Manukau, Waitakere and Auckland Family Courts as lawyer for child and counsel to assist. She balances her family law practice with corporate governance work. She recently finished terms on the boards of Housing New Zealand Corporation, Hobsonville Land Company and Counties Manukau District Health Board. She currently chairs the Audit Risk and Finance Committee of Ngati Whatua o Orakei Corporate Board and is on the board of Eastcliffe Retirement Resort. Lope is of Samoan and New Zealand Pakeha descent. She and her husband Johnny have 2 children and she has an adult stepdaughter in England.
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Judy Bailey, ONZM, Dip Journ, Trustee.
Judy is now a writer and broadcaster, but most well-known for her past role as a television news reader. Judy has also for many years been actively involved in voluntary charity work including: Patron of North Shore Hospice, Patron of the Friends of Women’s Refuge, Patron of the National Collective of Women’s Refuges, Patron of Seasons; a grief support organisation for children and young people, Patron of The Grief Centre; a national organisation dealing with grief and loss and Patron of the Muscular Dystrophy Association of New Zealand. She dedicates much of her time, and skills in journalism and fundraising to Brainwave as a Trustee, Presenter and Advisor.
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Anthea Springford, BA, MBA (Dist.), Trustee & Treasurer
Anthea spent many years as an investment banker with CS First Boston in Wellington and Auckland. She has spent the last 14 years at home with her three children. During that time she has been active in a number of voluntary organisations in Auckland and Hong Kong including the Auckland and New Zealand Multiple Birth associations, UNICEF, Hong Kong International School Parent Advisory Group and Hong Kong Island Stingrays. Anthea is also a narrator for the Royal Foundation of the Blind. Anthea brings a strong background in business and organisational issues in her voluntary work as a Trustee & our Treasurer.
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Dr. Simon Rowley, M.B.C.H.B., F.R.A.C.P., Trustee
Simon Rowley is a neonatal paediatrician at National Womens Hospital as well as working with children of all ages in private practice in Auckland. Simon’s concern for the health and wellbeing of our children has led him to become a presenter for Brainwave Trust as well as a Trustee. His clinical experience, depth of medical knowledge and relaxed friendly manner make him a popular speaker to medically oriented groups as well as at conferences, seminars and talks to parents and caregivers.
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Sue Younger, MA (Hons), Dip. Tchg, Dip Prof. Eth., Trustee
Sue Younger is a freelance documentary maker. She has directed a number of social documentaries on a wide range of topics. She has a particular interest in health and has made many programmes about children and family issues, including autism, pre-natal testing, recurrent miscarriage and premature babies. Sue has lectured in a documentary making and professional writing course at AUT and has recently completed a Diploma in Professional Ethics at The University of Auckland. Prior to her career in television Sue was a secondary school English teacher. She sits on the media committee of Brainwave, creating educational resources and looking for opportunities to promote the Brainwave messages into mainstream media.
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Casey Plunket, BCA, LLB (Hons), LLM, Trustee
Casey Plunket is a partner at Chapman Tripp Barristers & Solicitors Auckland. He specialises in taxation law. He joined Chapman Tripp in 2004 after working as a tax partner for 13 years at another New Zealand law firm.
Casey is also a member of the International Fiscal Association and a frequent presenter at Law Society and other seminars on taxation. He is the convenor of the New Zealand Law Society Tax Committee, and a member of the Government’s Rewrite Advisory Panel. Casey lectures in taxation at the University of Auckland and University of Sydney and is a co-author of “Income Tax in New Zealand” (Brookers, 2004). He took on the role of Trustee for The Brainwave Trust in 2008.
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Nathan Mikaere-Wallis, MEd (Endorsed in Counselling), Whakapiki i te Reo M?ori
At the end of 2009 Nathan was appointed as a Trustee of Brainwave. He is currently a lecturer at the Christchurch College of Education, lecturing in human development, brain development, language and communication and risk and resilience. He is also a key Brainwave Presenter for the South Island.
Nathan has a background of working with children in counselling settings relating to domestic violence, sexual abuse and childhood trauma. Involved in his background working with and for the local iwi (Ngai Tahu), Nathan has established and managed educational contracts in Christchurch including Parents As First Teachers and Te Waka Huruhurumanu a Ngai Tahu indigenous early learning centre. Being a foster parent has also been a focus and added to Nathan’s understandings of working with children.
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