Topic: Grass Roots Organising 

Kristyn is a Director of Reveille. Reveille works with membership organisations committed to helping their members make transformative change in Australia.

Motivated by a desire to impact for the common good, Kristyn has worked for over 20 years in the trade union movement as an organiser, campaigner, educator and senior leader.

In addition to paid work, Kristyn has practiced leadership within her local school community, her church, in the Sydney Alliance and is currently a board member of two not-for-profit organisations.

For over 10 years, Kristyn worked in the Australian Services Union, 7 of those years as the Branch Secretary of the NSW Services and Airlines Branch, organising and campaigning for workers rights.

Kristyn then moved to a role within the Australian Council of Trade Unions Organising Centre, responsible for working with unions to win by planning (both strategically and operationally), campaigning, developing leaders at all levels and facilitating organisational change. Her final role at the ACTU was that of Director of Leadership Programs and culminated in the NexGen organising conference in 2017.

Kristyn’s broad experience enables her to facilitate and challenge leaders to think about their work across all levels and functions within an organisation in order to achieve purpose.

Topic: Health and Climate Change Action

Catelyn is the Climate Change Officer at ANMF Federal. Co-founder and previous President of Climate Action Nurses, Catelyn is a proud Registered Nurse, humanitarian and passionate advocate for regenerative ecology. Through her work volunteering with organisations such as the Oaktree Foundation, AusAid, the Australian College of Nursing and the Climate and Health Alliance; Catelyn fervently contributes to her life mission of spreading conscious kindness. Catelyn was a 2022 Westpac Future Leaders scholar and has completed a Master of Leadership (Health and Human Services) through the University of Tasmania. She has presented on early-career nurse leadership and environmental responsibility across a range of platforms including the Planetary Health Conference, New Zealand, Australian College of Nursing National Nursing Forum and the South Pacific Nurses Forum.

Topic: Campaign Success

Alison has over 25 years of clinical experience and is a dedicated and versatile Nurse Practitioner and Paramedic. Her background includes roles in Emergency, Quality and Safety, Aged Care, and Primary Care settings, where she has demonstrated expertise in clinical care, leadership, and project management. Active in professional advocacy including current State Chair of the ACNP and membership to the Tasmanian Health Senate, Alison strives to influence policy and legislation around inclusion of non-medical models into future planning. Alison is committed to advancing healthcare practices and improving patient outcomes especially in regional and remote areas.

Topic: Campaign Success

Kerrie is passionate about helping progress health care reform in primary health care. She has worked in general practice for the past 18 years, initially as a practice nurse and for the past 13 years as a nurse practitioner. She is co-owner of Cygnet Family Practice, a general practice serving the Huon Valley. Kerrie has become increasingly aware of people not being able to access health care on the day they need it. She successfully applied for a state funded grant in 2022 to develop and implement an innovative model of care providing an Urgent and After-Hours Service. This model uses the knowledge, skills and expertise of a nurse practitioner and community paramedic. This model is currently proving to be a solution to the crisis in accessing safe, quality and expert health care in rural Australia.