National Executive Committee
The National Executive Committee is elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held during the ACNN National Conference. Nominations for Executive positions are called for prior to the AGM. All executive positions become vacant annually and are open for nominations from members, subject to conditions within the constitution.
The Executive comprises office-bearers and ordinary members. From time to time there may be additional members for specific roles as determined by the Executive.
The Executive meets via teleconference monthly and face to face twice a year.
Executive - 2020 to 2021
Appointed at the AGM on 3 September 2020
President: Anndrea Flint
Vice President: Amy Forbes-Coe
Secretary and Public Officer: Shelley Reid
Treasurer: Samantha Lannan
Professional Officer: Linda Ng
Ordinary Members: Dustylee Williams, Sarah Neale (Social Media)
President: Anndrea Flint - QLD
Anndrea is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at Redcliffe Maternity Unit. She completed a Master of Nursing Science - Nurse Practitioner at QUT
in 2016. Anndrea has worked in many roles in maternity and neonatal settings and this enables her to have a broad view of neonatal care.
The scope of her current role includes, special care nursery, birth suite, maternity ward and outpatient activity. Anndrea's current
research interests are IV cannulas in neonates, Neonatal Skin Care, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Overnight oximetry in neonates.
E-mail: president@acnn.org.au
Vice President: Amy Forbes-Coe - QLD
Amy is an English trained nurse who worked in Leicester and London before moving to Australia in 2004. Amy worked as a transport nurse for
NETS, Victoria before moving to Townsville in 2007 and undertaking her Nurse Practitioner training, becoming endorsed in 2010. Amy
has been an active member within ACNN and is the assistant secretary and involved in the NNP and LRC special interest groups. She is
the chair of the NNP Methods group within COINN, looking to explore the diversity of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) role globally.
E-mail: vicepresident@acnn.org.au

Treasurer: Samantha Lannan - TAS
Samantha is a registered nurse and midwife who has worked as a neonatal nurse for over twenty years. She has worked
in several neonatal units around Australia and has held clinical nurse, clinical facilitator and nurse unit manager positions. Samantha is
currently working as a neonatal nurse in Hobart and maintains her passion for family centred care. She was an active member of the
Queensland Branch of ACNN before taking on the role of assistant treasurer and then treasurer on the ACNN national executive committee.
E-mail: treasurer@acnn.org.au
Secretary and Public Officer: Shelley Reid -
NSW
Shelley has a background in neonatal nursing and currently works as a clinical audit and research clinical nurse specialist at the Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital Newborn Care in Sydney. She was founding editor from 1998 and for the first six years of Neonatal, Paediatric and
Child Health Nursing
and continues to work as a freelance editor. Her particular interests revolve around developmentally supportive care for the preterm
neonate, the psychological aspects of preterm infants within families, family centred care and professional aspects of neonatal nursing. Shelley
is currently a PhD candidate at the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney.
E-mail: thesecretary@acnn.org.au

Professional Officer: Dr Linda Ng - QLD
Linda has clinical experience and qualifications in Adult Intensive Care and Neonatal Intensive Care. Linda’s research focuses on
postgraduate education of Registered Nurses and its impact on nursing care as well as on retention of nurses in the industry. She has an
interest in simulation and neonatal skin. Linda is amember of The Honour Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International-Phi Delta Chapter
at Large and a collaborator in the Education, Simulation and Scholarship.
E-mail: theprofessionalofficer@acnn.org.au

Ordinary Member: Dustylee Williams - QLD
Dustylee Williams is a neonatal nurse who is passionate about leadership and sustainable healthcare. She has worked in several neonatal units across Queensland and has been involved in key quality improvement projects that have enhanced family centered care. Dustylee is an active member within ACNN and is Chair of the Leadership SIG and member of the Queensland Branch Committee. Currently she is undertaking her Executive Master of Business Administration (Complex Program Leadership) to strengthen her strategic management capabilities and develop competencies to bridge the gap between the business of healthcare and clinical practice.
Social
Media: Sarah Neale
Sarah has worked in neonatal units around Australia and currently calls Sydney home. She is passionate about supporting new and innovative ways of improving clinical care and compassionate teamwork, and has completed a Masters in Nursing – Clinical Teaching and Leadership. Sarah manages the ACNN social media accounts, and hopes to increase awareness of the work and research Australian neonatal nurses achieve, and to raise the profile of our profession.
Updated 8 September 2020