Dr Norman Swan is a multi-award-winning producer and broadcaster who created Radio National's long-running Health Report and also co-hosts the popular podcast, What's That Rash? During the pandemic, he co-hosted Coronacast, a daily podcast which at its peak had millions of downloads each month. On ABC Television he is a reporter and commentator on 7.30, Midday, News Breakfast and 4 Corners and a guest host on RN Breakfast. He is a past winner of the Gold Walkley. He created Invisible Enemies, on pandemics and civilisation for Channel 4 UK and broadcast in 27 countries. Norman has been awarded the medal of the Australian Academy of Science, an honorary MD from the University of Sydney, and in October 2022, a Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He is also the recipient of the Australian Skeptics Journalism Award 2020. On Australia Day 2023, Norman was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (AM). He has published three books in recent years: So You Think You Know What's Good For You, So You Want To Live Younger Longer and So You Want To Know What's Good For Your Kids. Norman trained in Medicine and Paediatrics in Aberdeen, London and Sydney before joining the ABC.

Professor Jenny May AM has been passionate about rural health since her first rural medical student placement in 1980 and then as a trainee rural doctor at Tamworth Hospital in 1985. Professor May’s vast and extensive knowledge working across Australia and internationally has provided multiple opportunities to contribute through research on health workforce matters. She now calls Tamworth home and has had the incredible privilege to live and work with her doctor husband and family in a number of remote and regional locations. Professor May holds fellowships with RACGP and ACRRM and has extensive experience in clinical practice, research, education and rural health advocacy. In 2016 she was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to community health in rural and regional areas, as a general practitioner, member of professional medical groups, and as an educator. With over 35 years of working and supporting rural, regional and remote health care, her appointment as the third National Rural Health Commissioner has been widely welcomed.

Eliza is the First Assistant Secretary for Health Workforce Division in the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. The Division aims to ensure all Australians can access high quality health services, including in regional, rural and remote communities, by delivering a strong, educated and well distributed health workforce. The Division delivers key initiatives that are focused on improving the capacity, quality, and distribution of health services to meet the needs of all communities. This includes initiatives targeted at growing the medical workforce in regional, rural and remote Australia, such as the Australian General Practice Training Program and the Rural Generalist Training Scheme, the Specialist Training Program, and the Rural Multidisciplinary Training Program.

Rod has been a Rural Generalist for nearly 20 years. Born in Lismore he was raised in Brisbane and was originally a research scientist before commencing medical studies at the University of Queensland. Rod’s time with ACRRM started as a medical student in 1999. After Internship in Brisbane and St George in Western Qld, he continued on the RG path as an RVTS Registrar in Theodore Qld with Bruce Chater, before completing Anaesthetic and Obstetric training in Armidale NSW and becoming a Fellow of the College. Rod has been a Senior Lecturer in Rural Medicine and Critical Care since the foundation of the UNE School of Rural Medicine. He continues to teach medical students, as well as serving as a VMO in Anaesthetics, Obstetrics, and Emergency Medicine, and as a Practice Associate of Health on Rusden. Most recently, he and wife Deborah have co-founded Observa Care, a Remote Patient Monitoring service company focused on addressing rural and remote health needs. Rod has enjoyed serving on many College committees, has been examined by the College and has been an examiner for over 15 years. He has been on Council as the NSW representative on Council for nearly ten years over the span of five Presidents. He teaches and contributes to many of the courses offered by ACRRM and has been active in building curriculum areas including palliative care and continues to assist the College in developing a new Rural Point of Care Ultrasound course. Away from College Rod has sat on boards for RVTS, RRQC, GP Synergy and its precursor, NEATS and was treasurer for RDAQ and RDANSW.

Dr RT Lewandowski is a Rural Generalist in Far North Queensland, and an ACRRM Fellow with advanced skills in operative obstetrics and endoscopy. He currently provides endoscopy services at Cairns Base hospital and obstetric and emergency services at several rural hospitals in far North Queensland. He spent the previous 8 years providing general practice, emergency, obstetrics and endoscopy services in Kingaroy (Queensland), after emigrating from the United States in 2008 where he worked as a rural doctor in Missouri for 12 years. Dr Lewandowski became President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) in October 2023, after serving for the previous year as RDAA President-elect. He is a past President of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ), and a former Director of the Rural Doctors Foundation.

A/Prof Michael Clements is an experienced Townsville based General Practitioner and multi-site practice owner with a background in health leadership and clinical and corporate governance. A/Prof Clements has accrued a wide variety of skills and special interests in his time with the Royal Australian Air Force and then with QLD Health as Director of Medical Services at Ingham Hospital before opening his private practices in Townsville while concurrently working for the QLD Rural Generalist Training Pathway as an advisor. Having worked in rural, remote and overseas clinical environments during and after his fellowship training Michael now gets his ‘rural fix’ by flying himself and other clinicians to remote towns in the Gulf of Carpentaria delivering GP clinics. Michael continues to work with the QLD Rural Generalist Pathway and is on the Board of RACGP as the Rural Chair.