Indigenous Advisory Council

Tracey Brand

Tracey Brand is a proud Eastern Arrernte woman, raised on Mparntwe country and has called Wadjak Noongar Boodjar home since 2020. As CEO of HOPE Community Services, Tracey draws on over three decades of executive leadership to champion Aboriginal health, social equity, and justice.

Throughout her career in the Aboriginal Community Controlled sector, with Executive leadership roles with the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, and Tangentyere Council, Tracey has been a fierce advocate for community empowerment, cultural integrity, and systemic reform. A specialist in strategic governance and health reform, she contributes her expertise across a diverse portfolio of boards, including CAHS, Social Reinvestment, WACOSS, Thirrilli, and the Communities Aboriginal Strategic Advisory Group.

Benjamin Jones

Ben is an early career clinician-academic who recently completed his PhD at the University of Oxford, supported by a Rhodes Scholarship, focusing on the implementation of rheumatic heart disease screening. He is a paediatric trainee at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, a research fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, and holds advisory roles with NACCHO and the Heart Foundation of Australia. Ben is Murrawarri man committed to advancing the health and wellbeing of First Nations children and young people.