Angela Evans
Previous Director or related experience of Boards, Committees:
- Current: Director, Australian Podiatry Association (APodA) Board
- APodA nominations committee
- Ambassador for APodA 2021 National conference
- APodA Professional Credentialing committee
- Director, Board of AnglicareSA
- Chair of Advancement and Philanthropy Committee, AnglicareSA
- Previous: St Mark’s Residential University College Board; Chair of nominations committee
- Chair of The Magdalene Centre committee of management, AnglicareSA
- Deputy Chair of Adelaide Anglican St Peter’s Cathedral
- Director of Marion Podiatry 1990-2018
- APodA National conference committee 1998, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, Chair 2019
- Sports Medicine Australia SA council 1998-2003; Treasurer 2001-2003
- Diabetes Australia Health care education committee 1996-2012; MESC 2013-16
- APodA NSW council 1987-1989
- APodA SA council 1992-1993; Treasurer 2005-2006
- AHPRA assessor 2011-12; assessment panel 2011-15
- General Medical Committee of Ashford Hospital, Adelaide 1995-2000
Competencies and skills relevant to the role:
- Australian Institute of Company Directors course, 2018 – Member (renewed, 2021)
- Familiarity with contemporary Board structures – nomination committee, skills matrix, performance reviews, EDI (equality, diversity, inclusion)
- Strategic planning experience across Board and committee involvements
- Acting Chair for Recruitment of new Board Chair – position description, recruiting, short-list, interviews, selection, engagement contract, induction
- Managing media attention: adverse coverage, social media incidents
- Financial literacy and budget reviews
- Executive and Finance committee roles
I am an engaged Board member, who prepares for meetings, completes agreed tasks, listens and asks questions. The previous and current Board and community roles have provided rich and diverse Director experience, involvement in governance review and constitutional renewal.
I was elected to the APodA Board in May, 2019. It has been a most interesting and challenging term, given a fully national Board for the first time, and the global coronavirus pandemic.
During the current Board term, I have tabled a strategic outline for sustainability (aka Green Podiatry), plans for professional guidelines, and published for members re ‘big picture health’.
As an APodA Board Director, my efforts continue to be firmly focused on the betterment of all members, the legal and ethical compliances, and the productive collegiality of Board members with the CEO, and management.