Ann has 20 years of experience as a registered nurse. She is a CDE working in metropolitan acute care, rural community health and private practice. Ann has been a member of the ADEA-VIC Branch Executive for six years and is a member of the ADEA Victoria Branch Conference Organising Committee. She has represented the ADEA as a member of a health advisory panel working with the Victorian Department of Education and Training and is passionate about diabetes education. Ann believes in the sustainability of private practice. Her focus is ensuring the CDE role is evidence-based best practice and continues to support the lobbying and support for ADEA members.

Dr Giuliana Murfet FADEA CDE is a practicing Nurse Practitioner, Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania, Bullwinkel Scholar, Chair of the Medical, Education and Scientific Advisory Council for Diabetes Australia, and Director of the International Consortium for Rural Diabetes Research. Over the past 20 years, her work focuses on diabetes models of care, workforce capability, and improving diabetes outcomes in rural and regional communities. Her PhD research underpinned the development of Diabetes Connekt, and the Diabetes Capability Framework, supporting diabetes curriculum development across universities and TAFEs. She has also contributed to award-winning diabetes microcredential programs that are building workforce capacity across Australia.