Prue is a Palliative Care Specialist, currently doing locum work. Previously, she worked for Te Whatu Ora and the Bay of Plenty District Health Board establishing the hospital-based Palliative Care Service in the Bay of Plenty. Prior to that, she worked for Waipuna Hospice in Tauranga. Before training in Palliative Care, Prue worked in General Practice and was a Fellow of the College of GP. In other roles, Prue has been on the Australasian College of Physicians Palliative Care Training Committee. She is a trustee of Chronic Complex Illness Support (CCIS) and is a Member of the Institute of Directors in New Zealand. Prue joined the board of Tautoko Mai Sexual Harm Support in December 2022.
Terese James Deputy Chair
Terese has been involved in the Social Sector in Tauranga for over 30 years, both in a Professional and Voluntary basis. She was a Director and Chief Executive of SILC Ltd and The SILC Charitable Trust for 25 years.
Terese has held roles in Governance since 2005, currently holding the Chair role on two local Boards and is Deputy Chair of Tautoko Mai, having been on the Tautoko Mai Board since 2019.
Terese is committed to social equity for all people and believes the skills she has developed over the past 30 years, through working in social services, are best used to support organisations who walk alongside people to resolve their personal challenges and support personal development.
Michael Luke
Michael moved to New Zealand from the USA in 2009 and is a dual citizen. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from College of the Ozarks, majoring in Business Administration and Data Processing. Recently retired, he spent his career in executive and consulting roles, primarily working with management to help them uncover access to data and to understand the value of data usage to their organizations.
Michael is currently a board member of Tautoko Mai. In the past he has volunteered as the Tauranga Intermediate School Math Team Coach, as a mentor in the SociaLink Mentoring Program for Rao O Te Huia and One Unique Mind and is the former Board Chair for Kidz Need Dads Bay of Plenty. In the USA, Michael volunteered for several charitable organizations including as a board member of the Manatee County Boys and Girls Club.
Christie McGregor
Christie was inspired to join the Board after seeing the great work being done by Tautoko Mai in the sexual harm and family violence space.
Christie is a lawyer with nearly 25 years' experience, working in New Zealand and Australia. She specialises in workplace law, and is a partner at Copeland Ashcroft, a specialist workplace law firm.
She originates from Hamilton and now lives in sunny Mount Maunganui. She has 5 children in a busy blended family.
Her background includes working in the family violance space as a lawyer as well as volunteering for a family violence organisation. She has a degree in psychology, specialising in cross cultural psychology and violence in New Zealand.
Kevin Wellwood
I’ve held leadership/corporate roles for the last 15 years and have worked with hundreds of business clients from a wide range of industry types during that time. Giving back to community is very important to me and I’m learning how to do this through both governance and applying my commercial knowledge to help businesses that provide supportive services to local communities. My mother has worked for 35 years in social services, the last 20 for Barnardo’s in rehabilitation units for youth who have committed sexual offenses. My sister is also a qualified social worker specialising in youth mental health, I believe their experiences have influenced the way I view the world and the types of organisations that I have synergy with. I hold two board roles, the other is Single Parent Services Waikato who provide social work and counselling services to single parent families (children and parents).
I am 17 years married to wife Helen and have two daughters aged 15 and 7. In our spare time we like to stay close with friends and family, travel, go hiking or bush walking, and I have a passion for classic cars.
