Board Members

As an independently incorporated Public Benevolent Institution, Resthaven is governed by its own Board and reports annually to the Uniting Church, Presbytery of South Australia.

Membership of Resthaven’s Board is voluntary and by invitation. The Board is the legal authority for the organisation and is committed to high standards of corporate governance, ethical behaviour and accountability. Board members are trustees representing the interests of stakeholders, both constitutional and moral, entrusted to ensure sound management for the benefit of all. Members are bound to ethical conduct in all areas of Board responsibility and authority. Board governance focuses on wider organisational purpose, strategic direction and governance policies.

Mr Mark Porter President	Mrs Lee Sando Deputy President	Mr Geoff Tully Treasurer
Board Member since 2005 Head of College, Woodcroft College Parishioner, St John’s Anglican Church Board Member, State and National Independent School Associations	Board Member since 2001 Member, Malvern Uniting Church Aged Care Consultant with 25 years experience in senior management positions in aged care Former: President, Australian Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association (ANHECA)	Board Member since 2011 Member, Malvern Uniting Church Former: Partner, Price Waterhouse
Mr Ben Sarre	Rev Dr Malcolm McArthur	Mrs Suzanne Fuller
Board Member since 2011 Member, Seeds Uniting Church, Aberfoyle Park Director, Sarre Development & Advisory Member Pilgrim School Board since 2010 Former: Member, Resources Board, Uniting Church SA Chair, Business Development Unit, Uniting Church SA	Board Member since 2003 Member Blackwood Uniting Church Deputy Chair, Pedare College Board Former: Parish Minister in S.A., U.S.A. and U.K. Director Methodist D.C.E. Deputy Principal Goroka Trs. College, P.N.G Superintendent Edn. Dept. of S.A. Exec Officer, S.A. Council of Churches	Board Member since 2010 Member, Anglican Church Former: Aged Care Consultant with 23 years experience in aged care Director of Care, Hahndorf Aged Care Facility Commonwealth Nursing Officer Chair, ACA SA Care Management Executive.
Mr Greg Arthur	Associate Professor Dr Renuka Visvanathan
Board Member since 2011 Partner, Mellor Olsson Lawyers Member and Former Chairperson, Taxation Institute of Australasia (SA Div.) Member Law Society.	Board Member since 2011, Member, Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine, Specialist Geriatrician, Academic, Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Director, Aged and Extended Care Services, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Central Adelaide LHN, Steering Committee Member, Older People’s Clinical Network, SA Health, Member, NESTLE Australia Malnutrition Advisory Group, Member, RDNS (SA) Clinical Governance Group, Extensive research focusing on Geriatric health, culminating in over 30 academic publications.