Debra Lampshire

Debra is the current chairperson of ISPS NZ and is a member of the International Executive Committee. Debra works for the ADHB as a Project Manager and The University of Auckland’s Centre for Mental Health Research and Policy Development as a Professional Teaching fellow and researcher.

Leigh Murray

As a well-known whānau leader in NZ’s mental health sector, Leigh has contributed to better outcomes for whānau (including children) at a local, regional and national level in her ADHB Family Advisor role.  Leigh strongly identifies with the aims of ISPS and has brought a whānau perspective to the executive since 2010

Dr. Ingo Lambrecht

Dr. Ingo Lambrecht is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience as a clinical psychologist and clinical leader in the mental health sector. Whilst at a Māori mental health service his practice focused on the cultural-clinical interface in regards to psychosis. 

Mauricio Alejandro Olivera Villanueva

Working as a consultant psychiatrist at the Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth, Mauricio is a psychodynamic psychiatrist interested in psychoanalytically-informed approaches to psychosis and other mental disorders.

Tracey Cannon

Tracey has worked as a consumer advisor, leader and change agent in DHB and NGO services for over 20 years, with a particular interest in forensic mental health. She is a certified mental health support worker, peer support worker and trainer (Intentional peer support) and Peer Zone Facilitator.

Tracey aims to promote human rights, acceptance of diversity and broader understandings of psychosis and mental distress and brings a lived experience perspective to ISPS.

Pikihuia Pomare

Dr Pikihuia Pomare (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Pūkenga) is a registered clinical psychologist and lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University, Albany. Pikihuia has worked in Māori services with adults, tamariki and whānau in Waitematā and Counties Manukau. Her clinical and research interests include Mātauranga Māori, Tamariki and Rangatahi mental health and wellbeing, whanaungatanga and engagement in Mental Health and Māori focussed interventions for trauma and emotional distress. 

Dr Helen P Hamer

Helen has been a member of ISPS since its inception in Aotearoa. Helen has attended and presented at several national and international ISPS conferences and served on the committee on 2 occasions over the last 15 years, including planning committees for conferences and seminars. Helen acts as an Aotearoa Nursing representative for ISPS.