Professor Pauline Nugent’s passion and dedication to health sciences has seen her champion major changes to how our professionals are educated. As Dean of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University Pauline has been responsible for a rapid expansion in health courses and research activity. Her strong leadership role in a number of national and global nursing organisations has driven immeasurable changes to health science education.

Professor Pauline Nugent’s passion and dedication to health sciences has seen her champion major changes to how our professionals are educated. As Dean of Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University Pauline has been responsible for a rapid expansion in health courses and research activity. Her strong leadership role in a number of national and global nursing organisations has driven immeasurable changes to health science education.

Karen Cariss, CEO of PageUp People, an online integrated talent management company, helps large global corporations find people, develop and keep them. She has grown the company into an $8 million industry-leading business, with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, New York, London and Shanghai. The ambitious entrepreneur plans to expand her company’s profile even further, opening 13 more offices globally.

Co-founder and CEO of Flexicar, Monique Conheady, positioned her sustainable transport service as a cheap, green, easy alternative to personal and business car ownership. In just a few years, Flexicar grew from a pilot with two cars and ten members to a profitable industry leader with 80 vehicles and over 2,000 members. Monique hopes to integrate Flexicar with a similar scheme using bicycles into every major Australian city’s public transport system.

At just 24 years old, Tamara Jackman is Managing Director and co-owner of Underdog Training and Behaviour Consulting. With 1,200 clients nationally, Tamara is responsible for a number of innovative programs including helping pregnant mothers and new parents create a happy and safe environment for their dogs and newborn children. Tamara also hopes her work will help prevent dog bites and related deaths of young children.

Dr Emma Cassar, 32, was the first female and youngest person to ever transition from forensic psychology to an operations management role within the Victorian prison system. Innovative policy and astute decision-making over a five year period has seen Emma promoted rapidly and she now finds herself General Manager of the Women’s Prison System in Victoria with responsibility for all functional areas of the Victorian women’s prison system, managing a budget of $22.3 million.