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Pathways National Leadership Team

Pathways spirit, the organisation’s catch cry is whatever it takes; together courageous. For this to thrive and for Pathways to deliver innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services…always, Pathways people have a certain character. This is recognition of the importance of having the right people, with the right attitudes in the right roles. It can make a huge difference to a person’s recovery journey.

The Pathways National Leadership Team is committed to championing the following attributes throughout the organisation.
•    Courage…we have always dared to be different. We do whatever it takes.
•    Innovation…we turn creative and fresh ideas into reality.
•    Imagination…we have vision. We both imagine and explore new oceans.
•    Passion…we have passion for what we do. It’s why we’re here.
•    Joy… we’re energising and fun, we celebrate.
•    Optimism…we’re positive, we’re believers, we seek challenges and see them through.
•    Integrity…we do the right thing, even when no one is watching.
•    Caring…we care - it’s the heart of what we do.

The Pathways National Leadership Team is made up of:
•    Paul Ingle, chief executive
•    Robyn Atkinson, national quality manager
•    Denise Aylward, Taranaki/Wanganui regional manager
•    Robyn Craw, Christchurch regional manager
•    Basil Fernandes, well workplace manager
•    Julie Fidoe, Waikato/Hauraki regional manager
•    Lyndsay Fortune, general manager
•    Jude Glass, Auckland regional manager
•    Michelle Glenny, Wellington regional manager
•    Annette McCosh, national housing co-ordinator
•    Ross Phillips, workforce development manager
•    Glen Simblett, national clinical support

The team gathers together every two months from around the country, to share ideas and initiatives, unite regional goals with national direction, to chart progress against the strategic organisational plan and to support each other.

	Paul Ingle Chief executive, Pathways and Keys Living Choices As chief executive Paul provides the strategic leadership and drive of Pathways as a whole. And who better than someone who knows the organisation inside out - Paul started as a Pathways support worker before moving into management. Paul is also a director of organisations such as Blueprint for Learning, Mental Health Solutions and is a long serving Platform board member. "To be truly responsive to people's needs we must be prepared for our preconceived ideas of what makes an effective support service to be challenged. The key is to continue to listen to people using our services and to create choices and opportunities that in turn enable individuals to live their dreams - whatever they may be."
	Robyn Atkinson National quality manager, Pathways Previously a Pathways service leader, Robyn has been with Pathways for many years and uses her in-depth knowledge and experience to help progress Pathways’ quality projects, policies and procedures. “Working with Pathways has given me the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally. Being a part of an innovative and passionate organisation that has strong core values and believes every person has the right to live their dreams, is a privilege. It inspires me every day.”
	Denise Aylward Taranaki/Wanganui regional manager, Pathways As a regional manager Denise leads the Pathways Taranaki and Wanganui teams. She’s involved in engaging key stakeholders across the organisation and shaping and developing regional services - ensuring Pathways is consistently delivering innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services. “To me, Pathways is about creating a positive environment for change and inspiring people to live well in the communities of their choice. It’s about supporting people to open doors. Every day I see the huge challenges that people face and overcome and I’m continually amazed at the incredible personal journeys we’re invited to be involved in.”
	Robyn Craw Christchurch regional manager, Pathways As Christchurch regional manager Robyn is involved in engaging key stakeholders across the organisation and shaping and developing regional services - ensuring Pathways is consistently delivering innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services. “I’m a southern girl. I gained my registered psychiatric nursing qualifications in Dunedin. Since then I’ve spent 25 years setting up mental health housing and support services around the South Island, including the past six years at Pathways Christchurch. I feel privileged to have been part of many innovative community mental health developments. I’ve always believed in the natural strengths that exist within a community and believe people need to feel connected to neighbours, friendships, activities, employment, and common interests with others.”
	Basil Fernandes Well workplace co-ordinator, Pathways Basil’s role as national well workplace co-ordinator is around developing and implementing Pathways’ national well workplace strategy and associated Wellness Programme and activities. It’s all about building a strong, healthy, happy Pathways culture. "Wellness is my passion. Working with Pathways for almost a decade I've been able to take on varied roles and challenges that have allowed me to not only practice wellness but promote wellbeing and make difference in people’s lives. At Pathways we make the everyday dream of healthy living a reality by recognising the whole person by taking a holistic approach to physical, spiritual, emotional and mental wellness."
	Julie Fidoe Waikato/Hauraki regional manager, Pathways As a regional manager Julie leads the Pathways Waikato and Hauraki teams. She’s involved in engaging key stakeholders across the organisation and shaping and developing regional services - ensuring Pathways is consistently delivering innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services. “I’m forever inspired by the people that choose to use our services and their achievements. With that I admire the difference Pathways makes. At Pathways outcomes matter. That means delivering innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services to each person that touches the organisation. At Pathways that’s the motivating factor. Working for Pathways is always a privilege, an honour and an inspiration for me."
	Lyndsay Fortune General manager Lyndsay is responsible for the operational running of Pathways. Many aspects of her role involve creating an environment for change and growth that ensures Pathways can best support people who choose its services. She provides direct operational support and leadership to the regional managers. "Being a part of people's journeys is a privilege.  Whether it's supporting people using services to achieve their dreams or staff to realise their potential, creating an environment for change and growth is at the heart of Pathways. The strength of Pathways' values and our people's commitment to making a difference makes Pathways a great place to work."
	Jude Glass Northern regional manager, Pathways Jude leads Pathways northern services. As a regional manager she's involved in engaging key stakeholders across the organisation and shaping and developing regional services - ensuring Pathways is consistently delivering innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services. “For me working for Pathways is a true pleasure. I’m lucky enough to work with some fantastic people and I’m constantly inspired by the wonderful things people do for each other. Every day we have the opportunity to make a real difference in peoples’ lives. Every day I enjoy hearing stories of people’s successes and how they’ve realised their dreams. It’s being able to support people to open the doors to new opportunities and seeing the change in them that inspires me.”
	Michelle Glenny Wellington regional manager, Pathways Michelle is the Wellington regional manager which sees her, like the other regional managers, involved in engaging key stakeholders across the organisation and shaping and developing regional services to ensure Pathways is consistently delivering innovative, responsive, high quality mental health and wellness services. “I started my career in mental health working in traditional institutional care. The poor treatment I witnessed concerned me and I left the mental health sector for many years. But the experience also fuelled a passion in me. I knew if I was to have a future working in mental health it would have to be with a contemporary and values based organisation. Pathways is just that. I really enjoy working for an organisation that focuses on community-based solutions and people’s real life journeys.”
	Annette McCosh National housing co-ordinator, Keys Living Choices Annette is the national manager of Keys Living Choices - a housing facilitation service operating independently under Pathways.  “I’ve been with Pathways since 1995. I first began working as a support worker, then as team leader before moving my focus to independent living as a housing co-ordinator and for the last five years the national housing co-ordinator for Keys Living Choices. During this time I’ve seen first hand people’s ability to independently map and lead their own lives. I truly believe that having a home is an essential component to supporting people’s journeys.”
	Ross Phillips Workforce development manager, Pathways Ross’ role is all about developing and implementing strategies to ensure Pathways has an inspirational, skilled and passionate workforce that is able to respond to a changing health landscape. This includes identifying opportunities for training and development and ensuring best use of workforce development resources. “With a background in service and workforce development in the mental health and disability fields, the challenge of driving workforce development for a large, successful NGO is ‘a dream come true’! My job gives me the opportunity to merge a passion for recovery with developing our most precious resource – the workforce. I’m motivated by people’s ability to effect positive change in their lives and the lives of others - regardless of our job title we can actively support and influence people to achieve their dreams.”
	Glen Simblett National clinical support, Pathways Glen role is about ensuring, from a clinical perspective, Pathways' services are the best they can be, that the professional development needs of its registered health professionals are met and that Pathways proactively identifies and addresses unmet needs. “Looking back, I’ve always been drawn towards Pathways…I just didn’t always know where I was heading! As a teenager, I took up a career in medicine because I wanted to help people to live. As a naive, young doctor, my choice of profession as a psychiatrist was about trying to help people live normally. Now, as a seasoned, middle-aged father, my choice of Pathways is about wanting to inspire people to live well. It’s always been about people and life, it’s just that over the years the connection between those two elements has changed. For the better, I believe.”