Directors

I have lived in and around Inverell most of my life.

Throughout the years I have been involved in different clubs and groups – Schools, Quota, Toastmasters and now I concentrate on the Inverell Chamber of Commerce & Industry as part of the Promotions Committee and OOR Ltd as a director.

Being part of the local business sector enables me to remain community minded and family orientated as I have a passion for our local town and its services we provide.

I was born and raised in Inverell and also chose to raise my four children here.  I owned a small business for 12 years, worked at Inverell Shire Council for five years, I managed the Inverell Art Gallery for 10 years and  also help with the running of our sheep and cattle farm.  I believe a good health service is vital to the well-being of the community.  I have served as a director of OOR since 2010 and am currently vice-chair.

I moved to Inverell from Sydney in 1991, after the flood. We decided to bring our two children up in a country environment and Inverell was the choice. It was an appealing destination then and has now, in my opinion, become one of the most attractive country towns I have seen. I now work for Swimming NSW and travel extensively servicing 60 swimming clubs in the New England and Western areas.

My love of the Inverell community and everything else living here offers has meant I have stayed even though my children have moved on.

The love I have always had for teaching swimming led me to run a swim school in Inverell for 16 years.

I was presented Life Membership of the Inverell Swimming Club

Several students have made their way to the Australian National Championships. Living in the country doesn't have to stop here!

My interest in being a director of OOR came from a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce.  It seemed to me a way to give to my time as a volunteer to the community in a completely different direction and I have been a director for (I have no idea) years.

With a wealth of nursing knowledge and widespread admiration from her peers locally and abroad, retired nurse Faye Dunshea is an integral director of OOR Ltd.

With 32 years of nursing to her credit, Faye joined the board in 2016 and offers a great knowledge of the health service, its operations and explanations of equipment needs and uses.

Diversity has been of Faye’s fine attributes during her career with positions in the West Wing, Operating Theatre, East Wing, Emergency Department and as Nurse Educator and in Infection Control/Staff Health.

Norann  lived in New York’s Hudson Valley until moving to the Australian bush in 2002 with her husband, Chris, and their two sons (their third son was born in Inverell Hospital in 2007).  

She loves raising her sons on the land and feeding them off it.

She keeps backyard chooks, makes a wicked wild hare ragout, and loves to give back to the local Inverell community which has made her so welcome.

Norann lives at the Danthonia Bruderhof Community where she raises her sons, works with teenagers, and contributes to the Bruderhof’s online platforms.

Norann joined the OOR team as a director in 2016 in order to continue Danthonia’s longstanding support of this positive, community-focused charity.

Danthonia’s substantial contributions, support and generosity over the years has been greatly appreciated by the health service and OOR