Carrie Fowlie is the CEO of Hepatitis Australia, the national peak body representing the state and territory hepatitis organisations and the interests of 350,000 Australians impacted by viral hepatitis. Carrie has two decades of peak body, policy and social justice experience. Her collaborative work has resulted in policy, programs and law reform consistent with the evidence and the priorities of her constituencies.

Robert is the Principal Public Health Officer in the Communicable Diseases Branch of Queensland Health responsible for viral hepatitis policy and the Queensland Needle and Syringe Program. Robert initially moved to Brisbane from Aotearoa (NZ) in 2000 to take up the role of state-wide Needle and Syringe Program manager, adding viral hepatitis in 2012.

Carolyn Murray is the Director Public Health Programs, Centre Population Health, Ministry of Health NSW. Carolyn has worked in the area of HIV and Sexual Health since 1993 both as a registered nurse, a health promotion officer and a manager. In 2020, Carolyn led the setup of NSW COVID central contact tracing team. Carolyn’s current portfolio undertakes policy and implementation in the areas of Tobacco, HIV, STIs and Hepatitis.

Elizabeth Birbilis is a Senior Policy Officer, with a lead on viral hepatitis, within the Sexual Health and Viral Hepatitis team in the Victorian Department of Health. She has held this position for 5 years and has worked for the department for 27 years in various policy roles across public health.

Tom Rees manages the STI and BBV Section within the Communicable Disease Control Branch, South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing. His team is responsible for coordinating the South Australian statewide response to STI, HIV, viral hepatitis and related diseases through policy and program development, administration of state government health service funding, and coordination of expert advisory structures. He also contributes at a national level through committees such as BBVSS and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis Epidemiology and Public Health Research Advisory Group.

Jude Bevan works as a Senior Policy and Planning Officer in the Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program, Western Australian Department of Health.

Fellon Gaida is the lead for sexually transmissible infections and blood borne viruses policy and programs in the ACT. Fellon is also a registered nurse with experience across a range of specialties, including sexual health. Before joining ACT Health, Fellon held a teaching and research role at the University of Canberra

Kelly is the Director of Sexual Health and Blood Viruses for the NT Department of Health. She has a long history in SHBBV in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and in South East Asia. She lives on beautiful Larrakia country where she has held senior nursing roles in public health, remote sexual health, primary health care – in continuous quality improvement, program management for the Hep B PAST and in COVID emergency management and preparedness. She is completing her PhD and is an investigator on several public health research projects through Menzies School of Health Research. The broad focus of Kelly’s work is to improve the cascade of care for people living with chronic hepatitis B, with a foundation step of determining everyone’s status and allocating a care pathway. Her passion is building the capacity of the health workforce, with a specific focus for the Aboriginal workforce, to manage and care for people living with chronic hepatitis B and to decrease shame and stigma.