Our Speakers
Abe Ropitini
Executive Director Population Health
VACCHO
Aunty Kerrie Doyle
Research Lead, Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Clinical Academic Group
Maridulu Budyari Gumal (Sydney Partnership for Health Education, Research & Enterprise) (VIRTUAL)
Darlene Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
Mallee District Aboriginal Services (Barkindji)
Nadene Edmonds
First Nations Advisor
The Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga)
Sharlene McKenzie
Managing Director
Allawaw Aboriginal Corporation (Wiradjuri)
Belinda Cashman
Director of Aboriginal Health Strategy
Western Sydney Local Health District (Wiradjuri)
Graham “Buzz” Bidstrup
Chief Executive Officer
Uncle Jimmy Thumbs Up!
Dr. Bushra Nasir
Research Fellow, Rural Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine
The University of Queensland
Geoffrey Winters
Chief Executive Officer
Just ReInvest NSW
Marion Hansen
Board Chairperson
Dandenong and District Aborigines Cooperative Ltd
Paula Morgan
Chief Executive Officer
Lakes Entrance Aboriginal Health Association (Gunai)
Vickie Parry
Executive Director
Barang Regional Alliance (Gomeroi)
Maxine Turner
Senior Project Officer, National Best Practice Unit Tackling Indigenous Smoking
Ninti One Ltd (Adnyamathanha)
David Doyle
Aboriginal Health Practitioner
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Barkindji/Malyangapa)
Trent Lyon
Exercise Physiologist/Credentialed Diabetes Educator
Diabetes Australia – Queensland (Yugambeh)
Jenny Ockwell
Chief Executive Officer
Dandenong & Districts Aborigines Co-Operative Limited (Wurundjeri-Woi Wurrung)
Glenn Pearson
Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership
Telethon Kids Institute
Suzanne Naden
Chief Executive Officer
Bungree (Yuin)
Eileen Van Iersel
National Program Manager, National Best Practice Unit Tackling Indigenous Smoking
Ninti One Ltd (Arrernte/Anmatyerre)
Gabrielle Ebsworth
Project Lead, Indigenous Health
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Rebecca Colbung
Evidence and Access Coordinator
South West Aboriginal Medical Service
Shania Eddy
Aboriginal Educator
Sexual Health Quarters (Gomeroi)
Lesley Nelson
Chief Executive Officer
South West Aboriginal Medical Service
Mark Trebley
NSW Ambulance Clinical Training Officer
Ambulance Service of NSW
Dr. Jason King
Director of Clinical Services
Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Corporation (Yued Noongar Nation)
Nathalie Hansen
Chief Executive Officer
Central and Eastern Sydney PHN
Johnathan Link
Advanced Mental Health Worker (Adult)
Gold Coast Health
Nicole Hewlett
Researcher, FASD Collaborative, Child Health Research Centre
University of Queensland (palawa)
Maaike Wallace
Lead, Aboriginal Health
North Western Melbourne PHN