Mary Paki (Chairperson) joined the Earth Gardens Trust two years ago and has been the Chairperson for the past twelve months. She has worked in the addiction field for 18 years, with the previous nine as a Team Leader and Counsellor for the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board’s addiction service.

Wynn Barnett is a Health and Safety Advisor with the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board. Her nursing background has given Wynn a broad understanding of the complexities in the delivery of health and disability related services in healthcare and in the wider community. She has been a trustee since 1999.

Alasdair Williamson is a Research Officer with Pan DHB Mental Health & Addiction Services. In this role, he is responsible for region-wide mental health and addiction service research initiatives included in the Agenda for Action Programme of projects.