Governance

Dr Zoe Bradfield holds a joint appointment as an Associate Professor of Midwifery between Curtin University and the Women and Newborns Health Service in Perth, WA. She has previously served as the WA Branch Secretary and as a Board Director and Vice President of the ACM. Zoe has more than 20 years’ experience as a midwife in rural and metropolitan settings where she has worked across several different midwifery models. Her clinical experience has fuelled her determination to see women across Australia have equity of access to midwifery continuity of care. She has a particular passion for developing clinician researchers and runs a Graduate Research Internship as well as a Senior Clinician Researcher Training Program, supporting midwives to develop research skills. Zoe’s Doctoral Thesis explored midwives’ experiences of being ‘with woman’ during labour and birth, in a variety of models, which has further galvanised her commitment to help strengthen the midwifery profession through leadership, education and research that makes a difference.

Jodie Atkinson is a Registered Nurse and Midwife and has a Masters in Health Professions Education. She is a Midwife Educator and currently coordinates the Graduate Midwifery Program and midwifery student planning at Women and Newborn Health Service in Western Australia. Jodie is the current Chair of the WA ACM branch. She is passionate about supporting the wellbeing of all midwives and supporting and developing student and graduate midwives to work to their full scope of practice across the continuum of midwifery care in all areas, to build a strong future midwifery workforce.

Alison currently works in private practice in the ACT and NSW and has an adjunct professorial position at the University of Canberra. Her PhD examined why midwifery continuity of care works. Prior to her academic role/s she worked in NSW State government in policy, research and leadership positions. In her early and mid-career years, Alison worked in SA, Qld and NSW and was a change agent for models of midwifery care including midwifery group practice, public-funded homebirth and group antenatal care.

Amanda has been a midwife for over 35 years and has worked in a variety of midwifery clinical (including caseload), leadership, executive and academic roles. Amanda currently holds the position of Associate Professor – Midwifery and Discipline Lead - Midwifery at Griffith University in Queensland. 
Amanda is a current member of the ANMAC Midwifery Accreditation Committee and the Midwifery Advisory Group of the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery. Amanda completed her PhD in 2018 focussing on the development of critical thinking to inform midwifery decision making. She is passionate about preparing future midwives as change agents to improve care for women and babies and supporting research students to generate evidence to transform maternity services.
Amanda maintains active partnerships and dialogue with midwifery clinicians and leaders and has an in-depth knowledge and appreciation of the midwifery profession. Amanda has implemented large scale change within organisations using a collaborative decision-making visionary approach.

Sarah Kolo has nearly 15 years' experience providing accounting and financial services and managing operational environments. Sarah is a Chartered Accountant, currently working at the Royal Hospital for Women as the Director of Clinical Support and Finance. She has provided management accounting functions to facilitate decision making for various State and Territory Government departments, owner/operator small businesses and a range of national and multinational organisations. Sarah is a passionate advocate of women's health and improving access to healthcare for women of all ages. Outside of work Sarah is at her happiest when she is ocean swimming with a group of friends.