Shane is a pharmacist with over 20 years’ experience working in the health care sector as a practising pharmacist in clinical, consultant and academic roles. He is the current PSA National Vice - President, and Chair, of the PSAs Policy and Advocacy Committee. Shane’s career has been diverse, primarily focussed on improving pharmacy practice through teaching, research, policy implementation and advocacy. Shane is a proprietor of three community pharmacies in Tasmania, and a director of Consultant Pharmacy Services, a group consisting of accredited pharmacists providing services to aged care in Tasmania. One of Shane’s community pharmacies was the first pharmacy in Australia to develop a model of integrated on-site pharmacy services comprising medication supply, quality use of medicines advice and medication review services employing innovative pharmacists.

Professor Lisa Nissen is Program Director for Health Workforce Optimisation, Centre for Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland. She has been a health practitioner, leader, educator, researcher, and implementation scientist in Australia for more than 25 years. Lisa’s research has led to major health system change, including the introduction of immunisation services by pharmacists throughout Australia and implementation of prescribing competencies and frameworks for health professionals nationally. More recently she led a Queensland team who implemented pharmacists’ treatment for Uncomplicated urinary Tract Infections. Her focus is on health service optimisation including scope of practice and Quality Use of Medicines. She is a Fellow of the both the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

Leanne Wells is the former long-standing CEO of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia. She now works as a health consultant specialising in primary care and health consumer affairs. She holds directorships on the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare and Coordinare, the South Eastern NSW Primary Health Network.

Peter Guthrey holds the position of Senior Pharmacist, Strategic Policy at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Peter supports policy development, advocacy activities, regulatory submissions and practice advice. Peter has driven key PSA policy work, including Pharmacists in 2023, medicine safety agenda and Australian Pharmacist. Peter has over 16 years’ experience in pharmacy policy, regulation, advocacy, communications & media, quality management and community pharmacy practice. Peter maintains practice as a community pharmacist, working in an after-hours role at Melbourne’s Ascot Vale Pharmacy, where he is a pharmacist vaccinator.