Ms Jane Cartwright, of Christchurch, MNZM for services to health governance
Jane Cartwright is a respected senior leader in Non-Government Organisations, District Health Boards, Primary Health Organisations and local government. As Board Chair of Brackenridge Services, she has led significant improvement in services provided to people with intellectual disabilities. She created and funded several new Health Manager roles for Consumers, Māori, Pacific and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities. She was Chief Executive of Partnership Health Canterbury PHO. As a Director of Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology/Ara Institute of Canterbury she was actively involved in the rebuild post the Canterbury earthquakes and lifting Māori and Pacific student enrolment. Ms Cartwright is Executive Officer of the New Zealand Breastfeeding Alliance.