Our board

Like most community organisations, VoCNT has a small governance team consisting of volunteer board members who represent a range of sectors and bring valuable skills, knowledge and experience to the organisation. The board takes on the legal responsibility for overseeing the organisation’s operations and ensuring a ﬁrm strategy is in place for the future.

Melinda Fleming
Chairperson

Chanel Baily
Deputy Chairperson

Dr Jane Ray
Treasurer

Gerard McGeough
Chief Executive Officer

Patron

Martin Dole
Commissioner Of Police

Ana Aitcheson
Member

Jennifer Reilly
Member

Brendan Muldoon
NT Police representative

Louise Ogden
Department of Corrections representative

Our chair

Melinda Fleming

Melinda (Mel) Fleming is the former CEO of Victims of Crime NT (2019 – 2024) and now Chair of the board. She has enjoyed a career in the community sector spanning 28 years, working in a variety of settings across Qld and the Northern Territory. For the last 18 years, Mel has held executive leadership positions within multi disciplined community services organisations, disability services, the charity sector and specialist services such as VoCNT. She has held board roles with several community organisations.

Mel is committed to effective NGO organisational governance and is passionate about people, culture and strategy . She instigated VoCNT’s journey as an accredited Sanctuary provider in 2021. Her belief in the creation of a trauma informed community at VoCNT has helped to position the organisation as the lead victim support agency in the NT.

Mel holds a position on the Sanctuary Faculty team with the Mackillop Institute, supporting other organisations as they implement the Sanctuary Model. She also has a role as victim representative on the Parole Board of the NT, and volunteers at the community level with various organisations.