Sam Huntley

Sam has over 10 years of experience working in mental health across the UK, Canada and Australia. 

Sam is passionate about shaping mental health service systems to ensure they meet the needs of contemporary communities through authentic engagement and implementation processes. 

Sam has had many opportunities to engage with a broad range of urban, rural and regional communities in the co-design of system decision support tools, health policy development and coordinated implementation and delivery of programs and services. This experience has given her important insights into regional governance and politics, the challenges of implementation and coordination, and what is needed to navigate these challenges to ensure the effective implementation of cross sector initiatives. Sam is a passionate advocate for the inclusion of lived experience in all aspects of sector redesign and development