Meet our Team
The Hush Foundation would not function without the skills, support and abilities of our part-time project managers and committed volunteers. The considerable expertise of our team, many of whom have extensive experience in health, the arts and business management, helps keep the organisation on track to achieve its goal of humanising health care.
If you have any queries about The Hush Foundation; Hush Music; HealthPlays; Advocacy; Or how Hush could work with your organisation, please get in touch with us through our contact page HERE.
To learn more about the Hush board, click HERE
Benjamin Northey, Hush Music Artistic Director
Australian conductor Benjamin Northey is the Chief Conductor of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Principal Conductor in Residence of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He has previously held the posts of Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2010-2019), Resident Guest Conductor of the Australia Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra (2002-2006) and Principal Guest Conductor of the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra (2007-2010).
Ben appears regularly as a guest conductor with all major Australian symphony orchestras, Opera Australia (La Bohème, Turandot, L’elisir d’amore, Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Carmen), New Zealand Opera (Sweeney Todd) and the State Opera South Australia (La Sonnambula, L’elisir d’amore, Les Contes d’Hoffmann).
His international appearances include concerts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Philharmonia.
To read Ben's complete biography, click here.
Lucy Mayes, Engagement Manager
Lucy Mayes is an award-winning leadership development and engagement professional, a published author and sought-after presenter and facilitator. Lucy’s unique skill set draws on her training as a lawyer, social worker and company director and her work across multiple settings and sectors including corporate, education, local government, healthcare, the arts and not for profit.
Her interest in human-centered and sustainable healthcare cultures stems from the research and publication of her book: Beyond the Stethoscope: doctors’ stories of reclaiming hope, heart and healing in medicine, inspired by her GP husband's journey with burnout. The research and publication of this book sparked Lucy's awareness of the desperate need and hunger for more humanism in workplaces in general, and in the world.
Lucy also runs her own consultancy specialising in facilitation, leadership and stakeholder engagement, often working with creative approaches including the arts, horses and nature. Lucy is former Chair of the Castlemaine State Festival, Australia's longest running regional Arts Festival and is a Community Advisory Council member for the Murray Primary Health Network.
Andrew Gill, Gathering of Kindness
Andrew Gill has had an involvement and interest in public health since the late 1980’s. Working with The Quit Campaign he developed and presented health messaging to schools children and families across Victoria.
As a performer he gained insights into the experience of patients, clinicians and volunteers at bedsides and in wards.
The breakthrough way the then Victorian Cancer Council approached changing opinions to tobacco advertising in the 1960’s (to the huge success of Quit and Vic Health today ) is formative in his outlook and the possibilities to changing opinion and behaviour in healthcare.
His company Agent Creative works with corporations and brands on campaigns and projects including online, broadcast and experiential events.
Andrew believes that communicating important messages and developing programs about health and patient care is central to improving patient and staff experience.
Laura Bell, Administration Manager
Amanda Broomhall, Project Manager
Angus Appleby, Marketing and IT
Matt Hoy, Creative and Strategic Advisor
