Jane Rowan, EDFA Executive Director
Jane Rowan is the first Executive Director of Eating Disorders Families Australia and joined the organisation in October 2022. A former journalist and marketing, communications and stakeholder engagement leader, Jane and her eldest daughter, Charley, have always been deliberately open about Charley’s diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa and the effect it had on the family. She welcomed the chance to join EDFA as an opportunity to use her own experience to support, educate and advocate for all eating disorder carers.
Jane has a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Harvard Business School Online. She has previously worked for several private healthcare companies, including Addiction Sciences Qld where she established a face-to-face support group for carers of those living with substance dependency.
She sits on two non-profit Boards and is grateful for the opportunity to work with the incredible and inspiring EDFA team.
Lived experience counsellors take support into the family home
A new counselling service is providing education and support for those caring for someone with an eating disorder. Eating Disorders Families Australia’s (EDFA) new Fill The Gap counselling service is specifically designed to support eating disorder carers during the often long and exhausting years of supporting a loved one through recovery. To provide the specific..
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