Board Members

Dr Storer is a Consultant Anaesthetist and long-term member of the Autism Association. He has been actively involved in leading the Board at a time of major strategic development, maintaining a keen interest in the field of disability as well as Autism. Dr Storer is also a Committee Member of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and of the Anaesthetic Departments of both St John of God Subiaco and Murdoch.

Professor Parry is a Developmental Paediatrician and Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia. He was responsible for the establishment of the State Child Development Centre in the mid-1970s and its Director until 2004. He is a past Vice-President of the former Australian College of Paediatricians, and Emeritus Consultant at Princess Margaret Hospital.

He has been much involved in medical education and public education in Australia and developing countries with particular reference to parenting and child development. He is the inaugural recipient of the Children and Young People’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Western Australian Citizen of the Year 2010 awards and was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2012. Professor Parry was appointed an Ambassador for Children by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in 2012.

Mrs Brownhill has been actively involved in the field of disability over many years. Prior to returning to Western Australia from Melbourne where she and her family lived, Mrs Brownhill represented Mansfield Autistic Services on the Victorian State Council for Autism. On returning to Perth in late 1999, Mrs Brownhill resumed her involvement with the worldwide Special Olympics movement and was a Director of Special Olympics Western Australia up until 2004. Mrs Brownhill is a Family Member of the Autism Association of Western Australia.

Mrs Rank is a senior international training specialist in industrial software. She has been a Family Member of the Autism Association for more than 21 years and is married with two children. Mrs Rank has been an active member of the Autism Association for more than two decades and has supported the association in public education, fundraising and other projects throughout the years.

Professor Landau is medical advisor to the Western Australian Department of Health. Professor Landau was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at The University of Western Australia for nine years and was Professor of Paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth. He is the founding Chairman of the Institute for Child Health Research, and has served on committees of the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee, the Australian Medical Council, and the National Asthma Campaign. Professor Landau was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1996 for his contribution to paediatrics and research in respiratory medicine.

Dr Monro has over 25 years’ experience as a chartered accountant and business advisor in Australia and internationally. He is currently a Principal in the Corporate Finance division of RSM Bird Cameron. He has previously worked for the large accounting firms KPMG and Crowe Horwath. He has also worked as the CFO for a small listed company APA Financial Services.

Dr Monro has worked in a diverse selection of industries with a particular focus in mining, manufacturing, government, property, transport, retail and primary producer sectors. His experience covers a wide range of areas including business valuations, due diligence, business planning, financial mentoring and advisory services for Indigenous entities and general financial consulting.

Mr Altus joined the Board of the Autism Association in January 2010. He is also a member of the Board of the Lutheran Church of Australia’s national financing arm and of the University of Western Australia’s (UWA) Senate Strategic Resources Committee. In 2014, he became a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Altus previously chaired the Curtin Business School Advisory Board for the School of Economics and Finance, and held a number of positions within the Western Australian Department of Treasury, including as Director of Revenue and Intergovernmental Relations. In 2003–04 he completed a secondment to UWA as its Executive Director of Finance and Resources.