Colleen Fitzpatrick is a member of CMA with ‘expertise in ministry with the ageing’. She also represents Ministry with the Ageing on the LCA Local Mission leadership team. She is currently on the board of LHI Retirement Services (Glynde SA), and has been part of the LCA group responding to the Royal Commission into Sexual Abuse of Children in Institutions, and the Domestic Violence Campaign working group.

Matt Johns is a member of CMA who also has ‘aged care industry experience’. Matt is the CEO of Trinity Place, Pasadena (SA), which provides Retirement Village and Serviced Apartment accommodation.

Wendy Rocks is a consultant to the CMA. Wendy has held positions over 25 years in varying levels of aged care, including management, and has a background in nursing and midwifery. She is currently Managing Director for Lutheran Aged Care in Albury NSW and Chair of the Riverina ACS Regional Network.

Dr Clare Seligmann is a member of CMA ‘with aged care industry experience’. She is a General Practitioner with particular interest and expertise in Aged Care and Palliative care. She is also the Chairperson of the Lutheran Community Care Queensland Council and a Board member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Queensland.

Geoff Thiel is also a member of CMA with ‘knowledge and experience of working with ageing people in a congregational setting’. Geoff comes from an accounting background. He has worked at RM Williams as their Chief Operations Officer and is currently serving on the Board, and as the Finance Chairman, of LHI Retirement Services. Geoff is the Chief Operating Officer of LHI Retirement Services at Glynde, SA.

Angela Uhrhane is a member of CMA with ‘expertise in ministry with the ageing’. Angela has a nursing background. She became interested in Parish Nursing and has volunteered as a parish nurse in Wodonga, and at St John’s Lutheran Church in Perth, until the end on 2016. She currently serves as pastoral care nurse at Lutheran Aged Care, Albury, NSW.

Cheryl has served in the church as a secretary as her first position at Woolloongabba after leaving St Peters College. Then after marriage and two children and farming life, she moved to Victoria where she worked in ministry in church camps in Victoria, then holistic ministry in Auckland NZ, and from there moved to Bundaberg where she was a chaplain in aged care. God then called Cheryl and her husband to Ringwood in Victoria, where she did the office work and ministry for the residents in the retirement village. Then it was another stint in camping for a couple years but now Cheryl has finally retired in Victoria. She and her husband are members of St Johns in Geelong. Cheryl volunteers as a chaplain in times of emergency – counselling and chatting with people who are grieving or need to talk – with the SES and VVC emergency ministries.

Dr Tania Nelson is the LCA Executive Officer - Local Mission. She provides executive support to the Committee for Ministry with the Ageing. Tania is a teacher by background and former Head of the School of Theological Studies at Australian Lutheran College. She is delighted to be serving in the area of Local Mission and assisting in Ministry with the Ageing.

Lucinda Osborne is the Local Mission Administration Officer and minute secretary for CMA. Lucinda is a qualified insurance advisor and also has a broad background in roles involving compliance, communications, projects, management and administration. She lives in the western suburbs of Adelaide and is excited about taking on this new opportunity to serve the church, and particularly, the work of the Ministry with the Ageing.