
Australasian College of Paramedicine – ACP
Jemma
Altmeier
Advocacy and Government Relations Manager, ACP
Sydney
NSW

Australian Rural Health Education Network – ARHEN
Beth
Armstrong
Director
University Department of Rural Health South West
Bunbury
WA

Rural Workforce Agencies Network – RWAN
Peter
Barns
Chief Executive Officer, HR+ Tasmania
Launceston
TAS

Remote and Isolated Pharmacist Association Australia – RIPAA
Bente
Hart
Consultant Pharmacist
Braidwood
NSW

National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners – NAATSIHWP
Karl
Briscoe
Chief Executive Officer, NAATSIHWP
Canberra
ACT

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Rural Faculty) – RACGP Rural
John
Buckley
General Practitioner and Rural Council Member, RACGP
Coochiemudlo Island
QLD

Australasian Sonographers Association – ASA
Elissa
Campbell
General Manager, Policy & Advocacy, ASA
Melbourne
VIC

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (rural members) – ANMF
Catelyn
Richards

The Australasian College of Dermatologists (ACD)
Cathy
Baynie
Manager, Advocacy and Health Workforce – ACD

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators – RACMA
Hwee Sin
Chong
Acting Executive Director of Medical Services and
Executive Director Queensland Rural Medical Service,
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
Brisbane
QLD

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (Rural Special Interest Group) – PSA (RSIG)
Chris
Braithwaite
Manager – Pharmacist Practice Advancement
North Sydney
NSW

Whiddon
Chris
Mamarelis
CEO, Whiddon
Glenfield
NSW

Royal Far West – RFW
Claire
Taylor
Head of Strategy, Innovation & Partnerships for C&F Services, RFW
Tamworth
NSW

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists – RANZCP
Mathew
Coleman
Chair, Section of Rural Psychiatry, RANZCP
Albany
WA

Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia – PACFA
Johanna
de Wever
Chief Executive Officer, PACFA
Carlton
VIC

Optometry Australia (Rural Optometry Group) – OA (ROG)
Demi
Gertig
Strategic Program and Policy Manager,
Optometry Australia
Melbourne
VIC

Mable
Linda
Doolan
Community Partnerships Manager, Mable
Sydney
NSW

CRANAplus
Emma
Barritt
CEO, CRANAplus
Adelaide
SA

Regional Medical Specialists Association – RMSA
Steve
Flecknoe-Brown
President, RMSA
Canberra
ACT

Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited – AGPAL
Emily
Geering
General Manager for Engagement and Partnership, AGPAL
Brisbane
QLD

Rural Doctors Foundation – RDF
Jason
Vaughan
Secretary RDF
Sydney
NSW

Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited – AGPAL
Jillian
Fox
General Manager, Operations AGPAL
Brisbane
QLD

Australian Psychological Society (Rural and Remote Psychology Interest Group) – APS (RRPIG)
Margi
Johnson
Psychologist
Orange
NSW

Australian Dental Association (Rural Dentists’ Network) – ADA (RDN)
Kate
More
Chief Executive Officer, ADA
Sydney
NSW

Australian College of Midwives (Rural and Remote Advisory Committee) – ACM (RRAC)
Katherine
Neil
Education Manager, ACM
Cairns
QLD

Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty) – ACN (RNM)
Heather
Keighley
Board Member of Australian College of Nursing (Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty)
and an academic at Flinders University NT
Darwin
NT

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (Rural, Regional and Remote Committee) – ACEM (RRRC)
Nicole
Liesis
Emergency Physician
Ocean Reef
WA

Rural Doctors Association of Australia – RDAA
Louise
Manning
President of the Rural Doctors Association of Victoria (RDAV)
Castlemaine
VIC

Australian College of Nurse Practitioners – ACNP
Margaret
Nicholson
ACNP Board Director
Liverpool
NSW

Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Matthew
Fisher
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Sydney
NSW

Australian Paediatric Society – APS
Jo
McCubbin
Paediatrician
Sale
VIC

Australian Physiotherapy Association (Rural group) – APA
Ellen
McMaster
Physiotherapist,
Griffith Base Hospital
Griffith
NSW

Australian College of Midwives (Rural and Remote Advisory Committee) – ACM (RRAC)
Mia
Dhillon
Chief Executive Officer – Australian College of Midwives

Angel Flight Australia – AFA
Marjorie
Pagani
Chief Executive Officer, AFA
Fortitude Valley
QLD

Australasian College of Health Service Management (Regional, Rural and Remote Special Interest Group) – ACHSM (RRRSIG)
Karen
Patterson
Board Member
Leonards
NSW

Joint Colleges Training Services – JCTS
Anthony
Paulson
General Manager, Joint Colleges Training Services
Brimbin
NSW

Australian Counselling Association – ACA
Peta
Pitcher
Chief Executive Officer
Australian Counselling Association
QLD

Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association – AIDA
Peter
Malouf
CEO, AIDA
Canberra
ACT

Allied Health Professions Australia (Rural and Remote Committee) – AHPARR
Philipp
Herrman
Manager, Advocacy and Policy, AHPA.
Melbourne
VIC

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists – RANZCO
Phoebe
Moore
Ophthalmologist, North West Eyes
Tamworth
NSW

Rural Aid Australia
Myfanwy
Pitcher
Manager, Mental Health and Wellbeing
Indooroopilly
QLD

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Rural Surgery Section) – RACS (RSS)
Chetan
Pradhan
Consultant General Surgeon & Director of Surgery, Riverland Mallee Coorong LHN (RMCLHN) and Clinical Lead, Surgery at Rural Support Service (RSS), SA Health.
Berri
SA

National Rural Health Student Network – NRHSN
Campbell
Barnes
Medical Student
Wagga Wagga
NSW

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists – RANZCR
Richard
Ussher
Radiologist
Ballarat
VIC

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine – ACRRM
David
Rimmer
Board Director, ACRRM
Longreach
QLD

Ageing Australia
Roald
Versteeg
Chief Policy and Advocacy Officer
Melbourne
VIC

Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy – ASMIRT
Sally
Kincaid
Chief Executive Officer, ASMIRT
Melbourne
VIC

Australian Chiropractors Association (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Rural and Remote Practitioner Network) – ACA (ARRPN)
Kevin
Schwager
Chiropractor, Port Stephens Chiropractic
Salamander Bay
NSW

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine – ANZCA FPM
Brian
Spain
Anaesthetist
Darwin
NT

Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
Steffen
Faurby
CEO, RACP
Melbourne
VIC

Australian Regional Health Group (ARHG)
Steven
Muir
CEO, ARHG
Croydon
VIC

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (Rural Committee)
Penny
Stewart
Chair, Rural Committee, CICM
Alice Springs
NT

Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association – APNA
Tarek
Dale
Chief Advocacy Officer, APNA
Melbourne
VIC

Advanced Pharmacy Australia – AdPha
Susan
Trevillian
Director of Pharmacy, Northeast Health Wangaratta
Milawa
VIC

Rural Pharmacists Australia – RPA
Georgina
Twomey
Managing Director, Alive Pharmacy Group
Cairns
QLD

Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators – FRAME
Lucie
Walters
Director, Adelaide Rural
Clinical School, University of Adelaide
Adelaide
SA

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – RANZCOG
Jared
Watts
Board Director, RANZCOG
Perth
WA
