The Board

My iwi are Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, and I am Pākehā also.  I am Takata Whaitakiwātaka and Takata Whaikaha - I am Autistic and Disabled.

I am the Board of Trustees Advisor, as a representative member of the Advisory Panel at Community Care Trust. My role is to represent the Advisory Panel and to bring a lived experience and supported person's perspective to Board discussions.

My work and study background is a mixture of science and business management. I have been working in various roles advocating for and supporting Autistic people since 2023. It was as an adult that I realised I was Autistic and was subsequently diagnosed. It was a big turning point in my life and allowed understanding and insight to provide a sense-making narrative of my journey through life and its many ups and downs. I am passionate about rights, representation, validation, and support of neurodivergent and disabled people to live good lives with self-determination. In my work I promote neurodiversity affirming perspectives and the building and nurturing of the mana of disabled people and their whānau.

Among many interests, I am a photographer, a weaver, and a student of Te Reo Māori. I grew up in Te Waipounamu and live in Ōtepoti Dunedin with my husband and two teenage sons.

Mauri ora!

I have been on the Community Care Trust Board since late 2022. Having a background in disability services management, I was already very familiar with the work of CCT, and continue to be very impressed with the quality of the Services being delivered to the people we support. I was CE at Enrich+ for 9 years prior to joining the CCT Board, and worked closely with Mike Brummitt on some potential partnerships when he took over the leadership role with CCT. Prior to that I did some contract disability work, and was a Manager at PACT Otago for 7 years. I have only recently retired from contract work, where I was managing the national Office for SuperGrans SuperSkills.

I am married to Richard, and we live in Clyde, Central Otago. I am a keen e-biker, and love the many trails we have access to in the Central Otago backyard. I’m also into line dancing, which is great fun and good for the brain-foot connect! I’m also a gardener, and this is one place where I can lose complete track of time.

I’ve had experience on a range of different boards over the years, and enjoy the challenge of governance in an ever changing environment. Our role as a board team is to assist with improving the organisation’s performance, having a future focus and managing risk, but we don’t do it in isolation – we work alongside Mike and the rest of you, to enable the people we support to have great lives.

I was a practicing chartered accountant for 38 years in Dunedin, and I am now semi-retired while holding some governance roles. My wife Rachel and I have three children who have all returned to Dunedin after global travel, so we have eight grandchildren in town. Life is therefore busy with some Board appointment, the odd game of golf and time in Central Otago.

Barbara Fogarty-Perry lives in Dunedin and is married with three adult children. Her eldest son, who was born prematurely, has high and complex needs and is in a wheelchair with Cerebral Palsy. She is a parent representative on the Board and comes with a wealth of experience as a teacher, Principal and Lecturer in Inclusive Education. She has shared both nationally and internationally on parent-professional partnerships and won awards for her research and international presentations. Her particular interests are in the development of socially just and inclusive school communities that welcome, value and respond to diversity and hear student's voices.