The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has a new CEO – Ms Dea Delaney Thiele
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Ms Dea Delaney Thiele has been appointed as NACCHO’s new Chief Executive Officer. She succeeds Mr Craig Ritchie who resigned some months ago.
Ms Delaney Thiele, a Dunghutti woman, was born at the Burnt Bridge Mission at Kempsey, NSW. Her family subsequently moved to Redfern in Sydney and then on to Western Sydney where she grew up. She has lived in Canberra since 1998. Her father Mr John Delaney, was a former ATSIC Commissioner (Sydney Region). Ms Delaney Thiele is married with three children.
Ms Delaney Thiele has been actively involved in Aboriginal affairs since 1985 and is a firm believer in the right to self-determination for Aboriginal people. She has spent many years in the Aboriginal community controlled health sector and has served on a number of boards at the local, state and national levels. These include: Chairperson of the Murawina Mt Druitt Aboriginal Childcare Centre; CEO of Daruk Aboriginal Medical Service NSW; membership of the NSW Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) and NACCHO Board (including a period as its Treasurer); and Chairperson of Kamuku Building Enterprises Aboriginal Corporation. Ms Delaney Thiele has also served as a Board Member of the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and the Western Sydney Area Health Service. She holds a post graduate qualification in health management from the University of New England, Armidale and in 1998 joined NACCHO as a policy analyst.
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