THE LEADERSHIP TEAM
Bernadette
McEvoy
Chief Executive
With over 15 years of experience in leadership roles across multiple sectors, Bernadette brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Totara Farm Trust. Bernadette focuses on leadership development and creating an environment where persons supported, and staff can flourish. Bernadette is committed to maintaining high levels of operational excellence alongside a creative approach to problem solving. A culture of transparency, innovation and responsiveness is fostered to ensure the highest standard of support and an optimal environment for the achievement of personal goals and full access to a full life.
Operations Lead
As a qualified nurse with specialisations in intellectual disablities, high and complex needs and mental health conditions, Wendy has over 25 years of experience in the sector.
Wendy's high level of knowledge and expertise ensures that each of the people we support receive the care, support and response most suited to their particular needs at all times.
Operating across all three locations, Wendy leads our operational team to ensure that each person supported is treated as a valued individual, so that we can empower them to live their best lives.
Wendy
Mosch
Rebecca
Nash
People and Systems Lead
With an extensive background in the support of people with intellectual disabilities and challenging behaviours, Rebecca is able to expertly support a variety of people with a range of different needs.
Through the development of strategies and processes she is able to minimise associated risks for each unique situation, enabling the people we support to have positive and meaningful interactions. Rebecca provides support to our personal assistants to ensure they have all the tools needed to be able to provide high standard support to the people living in our service.
Station Road Coordinator
Kia ora, my name is Cullen, and I am the coordinator at Station Road. I have approximately four years’ experience in the health and disability sector working as a support worker and coordinator. I have completed a post graduate diploma in psychology – with this, I have taken what I have learnt and been able to apply frameworks individually and creatively to help enrich the lives of the people we support. Ngā mihi.
Cullen
Pegrum
Kamol
Barber
Kingseat Coordinator
Kamol is responsible for the coordination of our Kingseat location. Kamol has over 18 years’ experience in the sector. She started in the industry whilst living in Australia and has worked in a variety of settings including home care and residential care (whilst caring for her mother who had dementia during these periods). Kamol moved back home to New Zealand and was Service Manager for another small provider before moving across to join the Totara Farm Trust whanau. Kamol is passionate about ensuring all the people we support receive top-notch, quality care suited to their particular needs and aspirations at all times, whilst injecting a dose of fun.