Nursing and Midwifery Board Members

Adjunct Professor Veronica Casey AM

Chair of the National Board and 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

Appointed as Chair (second term) and reappointed as a practitioner member from Queensland for a period of 3 years (fourth term) from 15 September 2023

Theresa Best

Community Member, Victoria

Qualifications:

• Graduate Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
• Bachelor of Communications

Memberships:

• Member Interim Regional Body Barwon South West Mental Health and Wellbeing - Victorian Royal Commission into Mental Health
• Trustee Melbourne Cricket Ground Trust
• Director Barwon Health Foundation
• Director Geelong Disabled Peoples Industries
• Former Director Cricket Victoria
• Member Salvation Army Advisory Board Western Division
• Former Director Australasian Birth Trauma Association

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 28 March 2023.

Alison Verhoeven

Community member, Australian Capital Territory

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts
• Graduate Diploma of Education
• Master of Letters
• Master of Business Administration
• Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors

Memberships:

• Board director, Croakey Health Media

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 19 March 2024.

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

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 12 November 2021 (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 12 November 2021 (3rd term of office)

Sonja Ilievska

Community Member, Victoria

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Economics
• Master of Business Administration
• Australian Institute of Company Directors Course
• Certificate in Internal Quality Auditing
• NSW Health Approved Cooling Water Systems Auditor
• Department of Health (Vic) Approved Cooling Tower System Risk Management Plan Auditor

Memberships:

• Graduate Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Member, Institute of Community Directors Australia
• Community Advisor, Western Health (Victoria)
• Community Member, Falls Prevention Sub Working Group, Western Health (Victoria)
• Consumer Representative, VCCC Alliance
• Member, Women’s Health Victoria
• President, Williamstown Community and Education Centre
• Board Advisor and member Governance, Risk and Audit Committee, Macedonian Community Welfare Association
• Former Co-Chair, Women with Disabilities Victoria
• Former member, Women’s Advisory Committee Hobson’s Bay City Council (Victoria)
• Former member, Joan Kirner Women’s, and Children’s Hospital Community Advisory Committee

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 23 November 2021.

Penelope Marshall

Practitioner Member, Victoria

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse and Midwife
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Promotion)
• Graduate Diploma of Midwifery Science
• Master of Health and Medical Law
• Master of Health Care Leadership and Management
• Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors

Memberships:

• Member, Australian College of Nursing
• Graduate and member, Australian Institute of Company Directors
• Australasian Institute of Clinical Governance

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 27 March 2023.

Paula Medway

Health Practitioner, South Australia

Qualifications:

• Endorsed midwife, Registered Nurse
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
• Certified Health Informatician Australasia
• Certificate IV, Training and Assessment
• Bachelor of Nursing
• Bachelor of Midwifery (First Class Honours)
• Professional Certificate in Screening, Diagnostics, Pharmacology and Prescribing for Midwives
• Graduate Diploma of Nursing Science (Clinical Nursing)
• Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
• Master of Public Health
• Doctor of Philosophy (candidate)

Memberships:

• Fellow, Australian College of Midwives
• Member, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand
• Member, Australasian Institute of Digital Health
• Member, International Lactation Consultants Association
• Member, Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand
• Member, Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Member, Healthy Development Adelaide
• Member, International Confederation of Midwives Western Pacific Regional Professional Committee
• Former member South Australian Board of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (2014-2023), Chair (2021-2023)

Three year appointment to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 2 October 2023.

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

Reappointed to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia from 12 November 2021 (2nd term of office)

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 12 November 2021 (3rd term of office)

Jennifer Wood

Health Practitioner, Western Australia

Qualifications:

• 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 12 November 2021 (3rd term of office)