Our Board Members
Toni Davis
Chairperson
Toni is a tongue cancer survivor keen to prevent other patients from going through what she has endured.
Toni has worked in a family business and in charities and has public relations skills. She is particularly keen to get the prevention message out there, especially in terms of the HPV vaccination.
Sue Ray
Secretary
Sue had tongue cancer over 20 years ago before radiotherapy was intensity modulated. In recent years she developed osteoradionecrosis and needed a fibula flap transplant to create a new right mandible. The successful surgery was performed by the same surgeons as in 1999! Sue is a former travel administrator.
Karen Shaw
Trustee
Karen is a UK trained nurse who moved to New Zealand in 2003. With a strong interest in oncology throughout her working career, she has been focussed on head and neck cancer over the last 7 years.
Karen sees daily, the effects of head and neck cancer on patients and their whanau.
Nicky MacDonald
Trustee
Nicky makes television advertisements and is also a graphic artist. She made our logo and brochures.
Nicky had tongue cancer and has returned to near normal five years after surgery and radiotherapy. She has been able to re-establish her business and lend her expertise to our group.
Peter Jansen
Treasurer
Pete, with 24 years of experience in the technology industry, brings his expertise to the board to assist the group with technology and governance.
Pete has supported Maureen Jansen throughout her experiences with cancer.
Maureen Taane
Trustee
Maurz (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a retailer, who also works in the music and event production industry, and is also a tech startup entrepreneur. She had radio/chemotherapy treatment in 2019 for SCC cancer at the base of her tongue and has just reached her 5 year recovery milestone.
She’s hoping to support the excellent work of the HNCSA board with fundraising and marketing expertise.
Our Volunteers
Catherine Parr
Volunteer
Catherine lives in Hamiliton and is a survivor of a Stage 4 tongue cancer. Catherine is an admin on our Facebook group, and ensures the safe running of this group.
Catherine also helps support the monthly Hamilton support meetings.
Mary Pringle
Volunteer
Mary is stepping down from our board but continues to support the charity. A chartered accountant from Orewa, Mary had a cancer in her jaw removed five years ago and has had fibula reconstruction and many more minor surgeries over this time.
She is a highly creative person, a scrapbooker, card maker and champion decorator of masks.
Tammy Von Keisenberg
Volunteer
Tammy is a long term carer of an oropharyngeal cancer patient and advocate for head and neck cancer people in general.
A registered nurse in a cardiac unit, Tammy is interested in the science and has helped many patients over the years.