Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service

Vickie Louise is a proud Wiradjuri woman, born and raised in Griffith, NSW. Vickie Louise is the Program Manager at the Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service. Her role includes coordinating AOD service provision to Aboriginal people across the Riverina Murray Region, as well as an Aboriginal Youth Services program in Griffith, Lake Cargelligo, and Hay.

In addition to this, she sits on several Boards, including being the Chairperson of the Griffith Local Aboriginal Land Council, Aboriginal Corporation for Drug and Alcohol Network (NSW) and the Griffith Aboriginal Community Working Party, President of the Griffith Wiradjuri Preschool, Secretary of the Marrambidya Dance Group, as well as a member of the Riverina Murray Regional Alliance. More recently, Vickie Louise has sat on the APSAD First Nations Leadership Group and was a panel member at the 2024 NSW Drug Summit in Griffith, as well as facilitated a yarning circle with other Aboriginal Leaders and the NSW Health Minister regarding Workforce Issues in the AOD Sector.

Vickie Louise is passionate about her community and seeing positive changes to assist in healing through community engagement processes and the facilitation of Women’s groups, Youth Cultural Camps, and the organisation of events such as NAIDOC Week activities, Survival Day, National Sorry Day, Reconciliation Week, and other significant dates for her community.