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Our people

About ADHD New Zealand 

Formed in 1979, ADHD New Zealand is the largest and longest-standing non-profit organisation committed to supporting those living with ADHD in New Zealand.​ Our team is mostly made up of volunteers who offer multiple skills, providing governance, running events, sharing links to information, and supporting community connection. Our community of 50,000 plus includes organisations that provide expert help and support.

Our name 

Our registered charity name is ADHD Association Incorporated. However, we are generally known as ADHD New Zealand. We acknowledge that our name is similar to other organisations, which can be confusing. We are not connected with the ADHD Foundation of Aotearoa.

Our supporters 

Alongside our board, expert advisors and operations team, ADHD New Zealand is supported by our Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAP), volunteer support groups throughout the country,  ADHD coaches who run our regular online sessions, partners, sponsors and donors. ADHD New Zealand recieves no government funding for our operations - we exist thanks to the support of this incredible community. 

To find out more visit: About us (adhd.org.nz)

ADHD Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) 

Our LEAP panel has been meeting regularly to help us understand the constantly evolving challenges and opportunities for our ADHD community. You can find out more about it here: 

ADHD Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) 

Partners, sponsors and donors

We're grateful to our investors, sponsors and donors, whose support enable us to advance those living with ADHD with the provision of practical information and support. You can find more about them here: 

Partners, sponsors and donors 

Our board

John (he/him) has been our board secretary for nearly 19 years. He's an operations engineer at Ports of Auckland, is a practice area assessor for Engineering New Zealand and was a member of the Howick-Pakuranga Special Olympics committee. 

John (he/him) is a fundraising consultant, living in Auckland. His governance experience has included nonprofit boards in New Zealand, Australia and UK in arts, health support, and professional associations. John chairs the fundraising subcommittee.

Kevin Jones (board treasurer)

Kevin has joined our board as treasurer and chair of the ADHD New Zealand audit and risk subcommittee. With expertise in project management and scrum coaching he brings strong implementation skills to the team. 


Sarah (she/her) leads our social investment, government policy, and research subcommittee. She's a health economist and Deputy Chief Executive at the NZ Institute of Economic Research. She has extensive knowledge of neurodiversity and is also on the Board of Acorn Neurodiversity.

Katherine Mason (board member) 

Katherine (she/her) brings international corporate experience in organisational development, process improvement and communications, as well as local experience in the not-for-profit sector. She has witnessed the positive and challenging aspects of ADHD in her own family and believes people with ADHD truly enrich the world. 

Mat (he/him) has led several of New Zealand’s most innovative deep technology companies. He is co-founder and executive director of Outset Ventures and immersed in the world of entrepreneurship, start-ups and high growth ventures.

Darrin Bull (emeritus chair)

Our operations team 

Susan Ansell (national coordinator)

Susan (she/her) has extensive experience in leadership and governance in the for-purpose sector. She is passionate about the power of community and the impact that can be made when people connect and collaborate together. Susan teaches community yoga classes and is on the Board of Mentoring Foundation New Zealand.

Laura Milestone (volunteer coordinator) 

Laura (she/her) is a UK-born event management professional with a strong interest and training in somatic, body-based approaches to wellbeing. As a neurodivergent person and a mum within a neurodiverse family, she is passionate about advocating for and supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s neurodiverse community.

Anna (she/her) is a communications specialist with a focus on accessibility and reaching diverse audiences where they are. She has AuDHD and is part of the late diagnosis club. 

In her spare time she writes non-fiction, spooky stories, and books about misbehaving witches. 

Our advisors 

Sarah is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in working with children, adolescents and their families. 

Her specialist interests include Anxiety, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Tracey Rountree 

Tracey (she/her) runs our Every Day with ADHD courses, co-ordinates our Facebook moderation team and co-chairs our lived experience advisory panel. 

Brett Harrington

Brett (she/her) has been a member of our board for more than a decade. She has recently stepped back from the role but continues to be involved with ADHD New Zealand, co-facilitating the LEAP group and contributing to the Ask an ADHD Coach sessions. Brett is currently working on several notebooks on ADHD for teens, parents and practitioners.