The ARONAH Board has been selected by an independent Selection Committee of eminent Australians in accordance with the process outlined by the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.
Under this scheme the Board most compose of:
- One practitioner from each of the larger jurisdictions (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia), one of which must be from a regional area.
- One practitioner from one of the smaller jurisdictions (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory or Tasmania)
- Three community members (members who have not been practicing naturopaths or herbalists)
- Information about joining the board can be found at https://www.aronah.org/board-nominations/
The members of the Board of the Australian Register of Naturopaths are:
Practitioner members
- Ms Jackie Arbuckle (Victoria), Chair
- Ms Jenny Care (Victoria, regional), Treasurer
- Vacant (Queensland)
- Ms Lisa McDonald (New South Wales)
- Ms Jennifer Driscoll (New South Wales, regional), Secretary
- Vacant (Western Australia),
- Vacant (South Australia)
- Vacant (ACT, Tasmania and NT)
Please note: There are vacancies in various states and territories as indicated above. ARONAH welcomes applications to join the board from practitioners residing in those states/territories.
Community members
- Vacant 1st position
- Vacant 2nd position
- Vacant 3rd position
Practitioner members
Jackie Arbuckle is a naturopath practicing in Melbourne. She is degree-qualified, graduating from Southern School of Natural Therapies in 2007. Jackie also has an Applied Science Degree (Human Biology) and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology, both from RMIT.
Jackie’s practice focuses in treating people with digestive problems as well as stress and fatigue. She has a special interest in iridology and uses it extensively in her practice. Jackie also lecturered at one of the Melbourne based colleges in nutrition and iridology for many years.
Previously, she worked in scientific research at Melbourne University and the Cancer Council Victoria, mainly in the area of cancer prevention.
Jenny Care (VIC, regional)
Jenny Carè (PhD, GradCertCompMed, AdvDipNat, BA (Psych)) is an early career allied health researcher at the Australian Research Consortium in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney. Her research area is health practitioner regulation in Australia, specifically focussing on the non-registered health workforce. Jenny has expertise in health practitioner policy analysis and health services research. She has contributed research expertise to several World Health Organization initiatives, including a global review on health practitioner regulation, the development of a credentialing and competency framework for allied health professions in Malaysia and a global review of the classification of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine practitioner education, qualifications and regulation.
Lisa is a qualified naturopath and passionate about our naturopathy and western herbal medicine profession continuing to be a well educated and a respected health care provider in the Australian health system.
In additional to her Naturopathy qualifications, Lisa has a Bachelor of Arts (psychology) degree and a Masters of Management. Lisa is a member of the NHAA and an Associate Member of AIMA and ACNEM. Lisa currently practices in a clinic in Sydney and has a special interest in mental health, gut health, nutrigenomics and CIRS (biotoxin illness).
Jennifer Driscoll (NSW, regional)
Bio to be advised
Community members
Vacant
Work of the board
Information on the early work of the board (including meeting schedules) can be found here