Sue is a registered nurse and has worked in numerous roles as a senior clinician and executive for the last four decades. Her most recent roles include being the Chief Executive Officer, QLD for Diabetes Australia and the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer of the Northern Territory (NT). Sue led NT Health’s COVID-19 response, holding governance and accountability for policy, process, and the establishment of the National Quarantine Facility in Howard Springs.
Sue has extensive experience in implementing large and small scale transformational change and is committed to the developed of others, participating in regular coaching and teaching. She enjoys collaborating with health staff to solve wicked problems that deliver improvements to service delivery. Sue is a Fellow and a Board Director of the Australian College of Nursing and holds honorary academic appointments with Charles Darwin University and the Queensland University of Technology.