Leeona West
Leeona is a proud Kalkadoon and Djunke woman and along with her twin sister and her brother she graduated from Deakin University in 2001 with a Batchelor of Nursing degree. Leeona has experience working in rural and remote hospitals, aged care facilities, primary health care centres and Aboriginal community controlled health services. Leeona has worked across Cape York and the north-west including the Gulf of Carpentaria where she was the DON of Gununa Hospital (Mornington Island). Balancing her cultural responsibilities with her clinical skills, systems approach and good governance practice has enhanced her ability as a community leader.