Alison is a contemporary dual qualified Midwife, completing a postgraduate diploma of Midwifery at Curtin University in Western Australia and Master of Primary Maternity Care at Griffith University. With lived experience across Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Kenya, Africa; she is drawn to rural and remote midwifery and has a keen interest in access to safe woman and family centred maternity care, midwifery leadership, breech birth and global maternal health.
An advocate of culturally safe and midwifery-led continuity of carer close to home, Alison has played key roles in the implementation, evaluation and sustainability of Midwifery Group Practices. Alison draws on experience working in both private and public healthcare sectors, executive level leadership and governance and clinical research projects.
Alison recently visited Papua New Guinea as part of the PNG Midwifery leadership & buddy program and is the inaugural Chief Midwife in Australia at the Australian College of Midwives. Alison is committed to hearing and supporting midwives needs across all stages of their career journey and finds opportunity in even the most challenging situations. Together we can be proud of, grow and promote Midwifery long into the future.