Nursing and Midwifery Board Members

Associate Professor Lynette Cusack RN/midwife

Chair of the National Board and Health Practitioner, South Australia

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse and Midwife
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Masters Health Administration
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Diploma Applied Science – Nursing
• Midwifery Certificate

Memberships:

• Member, Australian College of Nursing
• Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: 6 May 2014 to 2 October 2020
• Presiding member, Nurses Board of South Australia: October 1999 to August 2009
• Appointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 30 August 2009
• Presiding member, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: 31 August 2013
• Deputy Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: 30 August 2009-2012; August 2012 – August 2013
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society of Nursing. Psi Eta Chapter

Reappointed as Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (two year appointment).

David Carpenter

Health Practitioner, Northern Territory

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse and Midwife
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Emergency)
• Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
• Master of Healthcare Leadership

Memberships:

• Member, Australian College of Nursing
• Member, Australian College of Midwives
• Member, CRANAPlus
• Member, Flight Nurses Australia
• Former member, Northern Territory Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: April 2015 - October 2018

Adjunct Professor Veronica Casey

Health Practitioner, Queensland

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse and Midwife
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Postgraduate Diploma, Nursing, Geriatric
• Master, Nursing Leadership
• Fellow - Australian College of Nursing

Memberships:

• Former member Queensland Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: July 2010 to September 2015
• Member Association of Queensland Nurse Leaders
• International Commissioner on Magnet ©, American Nurses Credentialing Centre
• Member Australian College of Midwives

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 3 August 2017 (2nd term of office) 

Nicoletta Ciffolilli

Community Member, Western Australia

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Jurisprudence
• Bachelor of Laws
• Nationally Accredited Mediator
• Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
• Approved Court Mediator of the Family Court of WA
• Recipient of the LEADR Award for Significant Contribution to Alternative Dispute Resolution

Memberships:

• Practitioner, Supreme Court of Western Australia and High Court of Australia
• Member, Law Society of WA’s Mediators and Arbitrators Panel
• Former community member, Western Australia Board of the Medical Board of Australia
• Former legal member, Medical Board of Western Australia
• Former member, State Administrative Tribunal (WA)
• Former member, Social Security Appeals Tribunal
• Former conference registrar, Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (2nd term of office)

Melodie Heland

Health Practitioner, Victoria

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Masters of Nursing, Grad Dip Health Administration, Bachelor of Nursing, Critical Care Certificate
• Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Executive MBA

Memberships:

• Member Australian College of Health Service Management
• Member Victorian Ministerial Advisory Council for Nursing and Midwifery
• Member Victorian Health Services Review Council

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (2nd term of office)

Dr Christopher Helms

Health Practitioner, Australian Capital Territory

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner
• Doctor of Philosophy, Nursing
• Master of Science, Nursing – Geriatric and Adult Nurse Practitioner
• Bachelor of Science, Nursing and Spanish

Memberships:

• Fellow, Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
• Member, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
• Former Vice President, Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
• Former Member, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council - Nurse Practitioner Program Accreditation Committee

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (2nd term of office)

Max Howard

Community Member, Queensland

Qualifications:

• Master Business Administration
• Graduate Cert Business
• Associate Diploma in Information Technology (systems analyst)
• Certificate IV Assessment & Workforce Training

Memberships:

• Member, Australian Institute Company Directors
• Member, Dental Technicians Board Queensland (Treasurer)
• Member, Speech pathologists Board of Queensland (Treasurer)
• Member, Logan/Scenic Rim Policy Advice Collaborative - Advice on Policy development for urban development (healthy cities) for local government
• Member, Queensland Building Services Policy Committee
• Former member, Southside Partnership Council – Connecting Healthcare in Communities
• Former member, Dental Board Australia (Queensland)
• Previous Chair, Logan/ Beaudesert Health Service District Council

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (3rd term of office)

Dr Jessa Rogers

Community Member, South Australia

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Master of Education (Guidance & Counselling)
• Bachelor of Education (First Class Honours)
• Bachelor of Creative Industries (with Distinction)
• Certificate IV in Life Coaching

Memberships:

• Member, Australian Academy of Sciences Future Earth Australia Steering Committee
• Member, AITSL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group
• Research Fellow, National Centre for Indigenous Studies (NCIS)
• Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Member, Forum for Indigenous Research Excellence
• Former Member, Education Council of New Zealand
• Former member, ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Women
• Former member, Federal Expert Committee on English Language Learning for
• Indigenous Children
• Former member, National NAIDOC Committee
• Former member, Teacher Quality Institute (ACT); Queensland College of Teachers

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018

Catherine Schofield

Health Practitioner, Tasmania

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Master, Nursing
• Bachelor of Applied Science, Nursing
• Graduate Certificate, Forensic Behavioural Science

Memberships:

• Former Chair, Tasmanian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: 2010 – 2018
• Member, Australian College of Nursing
• Member, Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
• Former Chair, Tasmanian Branch Australian College of Mental Health Nurses: 2008 – 2010
• Member, Tasmanian Lead Clinicians Group 2012 – 2014

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018

Annette Symes

Health Practitioner, New South Wales

Qualifications:

• Registered nurse
• Graduate Certificate, Health Planning
• Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing)

Memberships:

• Appointment as Adjunct Professor, Southern Cross University, School of Health Sciences & Human Sciences

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (2nd term of office)

Allyson Warrington

Community Member, Tasmania

Qualifications:

• Company Directors Diploma
• Bachelor of Business (Marketing and International Business)
• Certified Practising Marketer

Memberships:

• Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Fellow, Australian Marketing Institute
• Board Member, Cancer Council Tasmania
• Board Member, Hobart Women’s Shelter
• Former Director and Chair Audit Committee, Tasmanian Polytechnic
• Former President, Public Relations Institute of Australia (Tas)
• Former President, Australian Marketing Institute (Tas)
• Former community representative, Crime Prevention and Community Safety Council
• Appointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 30 August 2012

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (3rd term of office)

Jennifer Wood

Health Practitioner, Western Australia

Qualifications:

• Registered midwife, Registered Nurse
• Masters of Science
• Post Graduate Diploma (Midwifery)
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing)

Memberships:

• Former member, Western Australia Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2018 (2nd term of office)