Annette Scott is the Health Service Chief Executive at Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service and has an extensive history across the health system both private and public. She commenced her career in health as a physiotherapist. After spending her earlier career as a private practitioner in solo practice in Central Queensland, she joined the Queensland public health system where she subsequently fulfilled a number of roles including direct delivery of clinical services as a senior clinician, and non-clinical roles including project management and quality co-ordination.

Annette is an Executive Leader and Board Director recognised for progressing innovative models of allied health practice within the region. She recently managed the planning and preparedness for the COVID-19 response and was the executive lead for the COVID vaccination program roll out.

In June 2021 Annette received a Public Service Medal for her services to health and a Queens Birthday Honours award for her lead role in the COVID response across the Darling Downs and South Burnett region.

She is a strong advocate for the allied health professions and has played a key role in championing health research across the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service. Annette was a key contributor to the design and implementation of Southern Queensland Rural Health.

Dr Tony Brown has practiced as a rural generalist doctor in rural and remote Australia for more than 30 years.

Tony is a highly regarded senior executive with outstanding health sector knowledge and brings a wealth of experience in delivering quality healthcare including significant skills in primary health care.

He is passionate about the equity of resourcing and the delivery of excellent health care to rural and remote Australians and improving the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and strives to improve quality and safety of care in primary and secondary health care domains. He believes that improvements will only occur through empowering our communities and stakeholders to be partners in the delivery of the services that affect them.

His life’s mission has been to address the inequity of health outcomes for rural and remote Australians and for 32 years, he has served in various rural communities in Queensland, Victoria, and the Northern Territory.

Tony was the Chair of the Queensland State-wide Rural and Remote Clinical Network and has served as a Rural Generalist with advanced skills in obstetrics and has been influential in the creation of several board-led organisations for rural medical education and training and also for the delivery of primary healthcare.

Throughout his career he has improved access to care in the rural and remote communities through using his highly developed skills in strategy, collaboration, and advocacy to build trusting relationships that deliver the necessary outcomes. He has a genuine passion and commitment to address the gap in health outcomes for remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Professor Sandy Brauer is the Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. She has over 20 years of experience at the University of Queensland, most recently serving as the Head of School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences for six years. She has a background from the Western Downs and went to school in Toowoomba.

Sandy is known for leading high performing interprofessional teams who contribute to community who undertake impactful, collaborative research, train the next generation of allied health professionals and create mutually beneficial partnership with the clinical workforce.

As an expert in neurological physiotherapy and co-leader of the Centre for Neurological Ageing and Balance Research at the University of Queensland, she aims to improve function and reduce disability through research and education that has an interdisciplinary, technology-enabled, clinician-informed and patient-centred approach. She has held international leadership roles within the profession of physiotherapy and research societies and has strengthened the development of healthcare professionals and translation of research into practice via strong partnerships with the healthcare sector, government, industry and community organisations.

Professor Glen Coleman is the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs).

Glen took up his UniSQ role after holding a variety of senior leadership positions at the University of Queensland (UQ). Glen’s research has focused on parasitic diseases of domestic animals and the scholarship of teaching and learning. He is a recipient of a national award for university teaching excellence in biological sciences, health, and related fields.

In his various roles, Glen has been called upon to conduct major program reviews, lead significant change management initiatives, investigate recruitment pathways, and implement student experience enhancements. At UniSQ, Glen has led the expansion of the University’s Allied Health programs and the establishment of inter-disciplinary student-led clinics, and the introduction of an end-to-end nursing program at Charleville.

Having a strong emphasis on enhanced learning experiences for students as well as developing work ready graduates, Glen is well placed to guide the SQRH journey toward improved rural health workforce sustainability.