Lindsay Mackay ASM

Executive Director, Safety Branch

Safer Care Victoria

Lindsay Mackay ASM is a visionary healthcare leader, highly motivated and dedicated to breaking barriers and fostering inclusive excellence across the Australian healthcare system. With over 15 years of international experience in healthcare leadership, and advocacy, Lindsay has a proven track record of spearheading large-scale cultural transformations and collaborating across the Australian health care system to improve health outcomes for all.

Throughout her career, Lindsay has been a passionate advocate for inclusive leadership and gender equity. From her pioneering work as the first paramedic in Australia to work in a multidisciplinary team within a Primary Health Network, she has continually driven initiatives that improve patient outcomes while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across the health landscape.

Lindsay's purposeful journey, marked by resilience and determination, serves as an inspiration for future generations of healthcare leaders. Join Lindsay in shaping a future where excellence knows no bounds, and where every individual is empowered to realize their full potential in healthcare.

Rebecca Lundy

General Manager – Operations

ACT Ambulance Service

At 20 years old in 1994, Rebecca joined the ACT Ambulance Service.  Under the old VET sector training, she became an Intensive Care Paramedic in 1997 and spent the next several years working on road as a training and development officer.  In 2004, Rebecca cross-trained into the Communications Centre where she picked up the training program during the ACTAS Comcen reform.  This led to a pathway in education and training for the next ten years – delivering E000 call taking and dispatch training as well as being part of the team which worked to introduce ICP Clinicians into the Comcen.  Moving sideways in 2014, Rebecca took up a temporary position in the Operations Management team initially managing the Comcen and its people then moving to the Emergency portfolio looking after all frontline paramedic staff.  Following a series of events which can be best described as a Steven Bradbury moment, from 2017 she found herself acting in the Chief Officer role for short periods of time.  Just after the COVID pandemic began in 2020, Rebecca began acting in the General Manager – Operations position – a position she won outright this year.

Rebecca and her partner are very proud of their blended family of 4 kids and she spend most weekends standing on the sideline of netball, hockey and rugby league.  When not watching sports, Rebecca plays competitive softball in when her knees allow it.

Fiona Windsor

2023 Women in Leadership Scholarship Winner

Senior Team Manager

Ambulance Victoria

Years in Service: 14

Fiona Windsor serves as a Senior Team Manager at Ambulance Victoria. Her leadership has been recognised through the 2023 Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA) Women in Leadership Scholarship.

Fiona's leadership style emphasises people-focused management. She encourages teamwork and empowers colleagues to deliver clinical excellence. As a mother, she understands the challenges faced by women balancing work in the ambulance sector with family responsibilities. Fiona actively advocates for gender equality and fosters an inclusive environment. Her approachable demeanor and willingness to learn makes her an effective and respected leader.

Beyond her managerial role, Fiona contributes to community empowerment by supporting volunteer first responders in Ambulance Victoria. She ensures they have the necessary knowledge and skills to serve their communities effectively. Fiona's leadership style is characterised by humility and generosity. She leads by example, creating a positive influence within the organization. 

Teneale Duncker

Ambulance Communications Manager - NorthComm

Hato Hone St John

Teneale Duncker has over 20 years of service to Hato Hone St John.

First joining as a Cadet in the St John Youth Programme, from a young age Teneale could be found participating in community service by providing first aid support at local sporting events it was here where she was inspired to pursue a career in the Ambulance Service. 

“I first thought a Paramedic was the ultimate dream until I had the pleasure of meeting a team of Call Handlers and Dispatchers in the Communications Centre – I was in total awe and thought I’d really love to do that.”

In 2006 Teneale’s dreams came true when she successfully commenced her career as an Emergency Call Handler and well the rest is history!

Today Teneale is the Ambulance Communications Manager for the Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) Communications Centre. Teneale can be described as an approachable, values-based leader, empowering people to be the best version of themselves. Teneale is an advocate for women, empathetic to the challenges women face, particularly as working Mothers in the Ambulance Service.  

Outside of work, Teneale and her Husband along with their Seven-year-old Son and Three- year-old Girl/Boy Twins set out to experience what the world has to offer and focus on making memories and living their best life.

Belinda Callaghan

Intensive Care Paramedic

NSW Ambulance

Belinda is a dual paramedic specialist working as an Intensive Care and Extended Care Paramedic for NSW Ambulance, while also maintaining registrations as a registered midwife and registered nurse. Since joining NSW Ambulance in 2013 Belinda has worked in the Western Sydney area and undertaken many roles within the organisation, including being involved with developing the first set of maternity and newborn skills and suite of protocols and is currently developing the new maternal care guidelines. Education is one of the areas that Belinda holds a particular passion and she enjoys supporting and empowering other clinicians to provide excellent patient care. Since being awarded runner up in the Women In Leadership Scholarship in 2023 Belinda has continued to develop herself and her leadership skills and looks forward to helping to develop the next generation of leaders. Belinda is also a very proud mother to 4 daughters; Hannah (22), Olivia (20), Jessica (17) and Samantha (15).

Janet Horten

Senior Facilitator and Executive Coach

Women and Leadership Australia

Janet is passionate about growing organisations and the people who work in them. After successfully navigating her way through careers in Finance and IT, Janet became fascinated with how individuals and organisations change. Consequently, she obtained her Masters in Organisational Coaching and ran an organisational change consultancy for 5 years. Janet has come to believe that through skilled leadership, it is possible to change our work environments so that they increase both employee well-being and business performance. That is why, since 2013, she has been working with leaders (both in groups and through 1:1 coaching) to strengthen leadership potential in them and the people around them.

Janet’s style is part coaching, part facilitating, but always challenging and engaging. She believes that growth is best explored through curiosity and openness. Janet has 20 years of business development, and management experience, including 10 years in senior leadership positions. Her Industry experience spans across IT, Financial Services, Government, Professional Services, and SME and includes work in the US and across Asia.

Matthew Green

Founder

Body Guide

Matthew Green is the founder of BodyGuide, author of I'm Sick of Being Sore and one of Australia's leading voices in injury prevention. After 10+ years working with patients at his clinic in Melbourne, Matthew now helps people learn about their bodies & resolve pain, outside of the traditional appointment structure. 

Dr. Erica Kreismann

Executive Medical Director

Ambulance Tasmania

Erica believes that supporting and developing our people and teams is at the heart of true leadership and she is honoured to be a part of such a dynamic, motivated, and mission-driven team at Ambulance Tasmania. Having completed a Residency in Emergency Medicine and a Fellowship in Clinical Bioethics in New York City she landed in Tasmania 12 years ago on a bit of a rogue adventure that somehow hasn’t ended. Erica’s love for prehospital medicine developed gradually over many roles and iterations which have taken her from retrieval coordinator to Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) doctor and more recently into the role of Executive Medical Director. She believes that leading with courage and kindness is vital to our progress as a profession and that it is incumbent upon all of us to be a part of the solutions we seek. Honouring our mission, supporting each other, and extending grace is vital to combating burnout and to having a positive impact. Erica is also a Certified Executive Coach and when not chasing her 4 children around she can be found tucked away with a book in front of the fire or by following her oversized laugh.

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