Rachel Green
Chief Executive Officer
Rachel Green, GAICD is one of Australia’s leading innovators in mental health strategy and reform, digital service design, lived experience leadership and large-scale implementation.
Driven by her passion for lived experience-led design of community services for individuals and families facing mental health issues and suicide and her background in human geography and political economics as well as her own lived experience; Rachel has been involved in major mental health policy reform, strategy and implementation for over 15 years.
At SANE, Rachel led the co-design and delivery of SANE’s Guided Recovery pilot, an Australian first digital mental health program delivering statistically significant outcomes for people with complex mental health issues.
As Director of Policy, Rachel led the establishment of the National Mental Health Commission, developing the Contributing Life Framework, crafting Australia’s first national consumer paid participation policy, and producing the first National Report Card on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention in 2012.
In her role at the Black Dog Institute, Rachel directed the implementation of LifeSpan $14M multi-site suicide prevention research trial, and directed implementation support for the National Suicide Prevention trials around Australia.
Rachel designed and implemented the Australian-first trial of ‘SPARC’ – an innovative peer led suicide prevention and recovery cottage, and opened Sydney’s first peer-led Prevention and Recovery Centre, a 28 day step-up, step down residential service in partnership with South East Sydney Local Health District; and during that same year whilst managing complex residential services safely through the COVID-19 outbreak, she designed and delivered eFriend, an Australian first virtual peer warm line.
Rachel has worked across senior roles in mental health, business development and public health policy for over 15 years, working previously for then-Health Minister Nicola Roxon, and in policy advisor roles with the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Health.
Dr Rahul Khanna
Chief Clinical Officer
Dr Rahul Khanna is a practicing psychiatrist and experienced leader, researcher, educator, mentor, and start-up advisor. His primary areas of interest are psychological trauma and digital health.
In addition to several clinical qualifications and a philosophy degree, he has pursued professional development in the areas of governance, research, finance, entrepreneurship, coding, artificial intelligence, design thinking, and leadership.
At SANE, he leads the service development and evaluation team. This builds on his experience leading the extensive co-design of Transforming Trauma Victoria (leading a consortium of 13 organisations); supporting the initial design of the chronic pain platform More Good Days, and several qualitative, quantitative, and digital research projects. Together, he has been part of teams attracting almost $13 million in competitive research and project funding.
Relentless learning and genuine collaboration are central to his approach and he's always looking for new ways to make meaningful positive changes in people's lives and the systems supporting them.
Arvind Sampath
Chief Digital and Operating Officer
Arvind Sampath brings over 25 years of experience leading large-scale technology and operational transformations across Higher Education, Publishing, Construction, and Engineering sectors. Beginning his career as a software developer, Arv has since held senior roles spanning IT, finance, HR, and strategy, consistently driving innovation and performance.
He has a proven track record of delivering complex, high-impact initiatives, including overseeing the implementation of UNSW’s 10-year, $3 billion strategy. As CEO of Mentem by UNSW, Arv leveraged his strong commercial acumen to grow the business from inception to $5 million in annual revenue within just three years.
Now stepping into his first role in the not-for-profit sector with SANE, Arv is deeply committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of Australians.
Karen Hall
General Manager, Recovery Programs and Clinical Governance
Karen is a Registered Psychologist and experienced Executive manager of mental health, psychosocial disability, residential, digital health, peer and suicide prevention programs and services.
Motivated by social justice principles, Karen has led high performing multidisciplinary teams in the Youth Justice, Disabilities and Mental Health sectors, in Australia and the UK.
Karen led SANE to achieve accreditation with the National Safety and Quality Digital Mental Health Standards, becoming the first organisation in Australia to attain this certification.
As General Manager – Client Services at ICLA, Karen led the transition to the NDIS, supporting over 90 people with psychosocial disabilities to become NDIS participants and access required supports and services. In this role, Karen also doubled the Supported Independent Living (SIL) accommodation, opening six new sites in eighteen months.
Karen is a member of the Australian Association of Psychologists. Karen's strengths lie in her ability to develop, support and enable leaders in her team to ensure that people, families and the community are at the centre of the design and delivery of quality. Programs and services.
Louise Rudzki
General Manager, Communications
As General Manager, Communications Louise leads the Marketing, Communications, Fundraising and Partnerships functions at SANE.
Driven by strong storytelling, engagement, data and results and extensive experience in health and member-based organisations Lou is passionate about creating engaging communications that resonate with external audiences, and drive engagement and community empowerment.
A former journalist with more than 20 years’ experience working in marketing, communications and content development, in Australia and the UK, Louise is a values-led leader who is passionate about working for organisations that improve the lives of Australians, spending the past decade working in health not-for-profits and peak bodies. She has a proven track record of leading teams, developing and implementing strategy, building brands and delivering integrated campaigns.