Maree Davidson runs a social change, communications and strategic planning consultancy. She serves on several Boards including the Melbourne Writers Festival Board, the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues and is a Community Director of the Public Transport Industry Ombudsman Scheme.

Leading  radio personality for over 25 years, Gold 104.3's ‘Dee Dee' (Diane Dunleavy) co-hosts Melbourne's longest running Breakfast Show with Grubby (Peter Stubbs).  She's mother of Bonnie (14) and Bailey (11) and together with husband Kieran runs a family of passionate St. Kilda supporters.

Ron has worked in investment management and investment banking fields for over 30 years.  He is currently Senior Managing Director and Head of International Asset Management with Legg Mason, Inc. He was formerly Head of Americas for JPMorgan Asset Management and CEO of IOOF Holdings. Ron is also a Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria and is on the Board of Breast Cancer Network Australia.

Founder and Director of Eaden sleepwear and wife of AFL Coach Rodney Eade.

Patricia is an Australian author, television producer, and educator, best known as the founding Director of the Australian Children's Television Foundation.  In 2009, Patricia retired as founding Chair of BCNA.  She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1988.

Jackie has been working as a sports reporter for the Herald Sun since 2001 and has covered most major sporting events.  She focuses on the AFL and has a soft spot for Collingwood.

Gillian is Managing Director of The Heat Group, a company she founded in May 2000 to improve the quality of women's lives. In 2000 she was awarded the Global Entrepreneur of the Year for Australia at the Business Womens Global Summit in Washington and was inducted into the Australian Business Womens Hall of Fame in 1998.  Gillian is a breast cancer survivor and member of Breast Cancer Network Australia.

Margaret is the Vice-Chancellor and President of RMIT. Margaret holds many Board and Committee positions including the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund Advisory Committee, the Council of Australia Latin American Relations (COALAR), Executive and Chair of their Education Advisory Group and the Australian Defense Forces Reference Group on Women.

Judith is former local government councillor and Mayor, currently state Lower House
Member for Narre Warren South. Having taught at both secondary schools and university and served as a parent on school council, Judith is passionate about all children getting the best education so they have a better future. Judith is married with three children and loves barracking for the Western Bulldogs.

Carmel is the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY).  Highly regarded in the areas of refugee and migrant issues, in 1994 Carmel was awarded a Churchill Fellowship. In 2005 Carmel received the Centenary Medal and was inducted into the Victorian Women's Honour Roll in 2005.

Katrina Hall is a publicist and communications consultant who has worked with a number of arts organisations such as The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Prior to working as a consultant she was Corporate Public Relations Manager for Museum Victoria and is a mother of two.

After a career as a secondary science teacher and Director of Zoos and Museums, Gaye now undertakes a range of contract and Board work and is a Director of each of: the Western Bulldogs Football Club, Seaworks Foundation, the State Sports Centres' Trust, Zoos Victoria, the Queen Victoria Women's Centre Trust and the People and Parks Foundation.

Professor Harman is the Vice-Chancellor and President of Victoria University, Australia. She has led the university since 2003 towards a future that aims to make VU a distinctive multi-sector institution internationally and in the western region of Melbourne.

Karen Hayes has extensive general management and strategic consulting experience in Australasia, Canada, the United States and many European countries, primarily in the financial services and information technology industries. In January 2006 she was appointed to the Board of the Melbourne Football Club. Karen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and is the Deputy Chair of Breast Cancer Network Australia.

Prue is currently the HR Manager for Martin and Pleasance. Prue represented BCNA at the Liverpool Field of Women LIVE in 2008. A breast cancer survivor herself, this will be the 3rd Field of Women LIVE she has attended.

Andrea has been CEO and Director of the Victorian College of the Arts from 1995 to 2009. She has a background in cultural policy and programs at international, federal and state levels.  Andrea was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and is on the Board of Breast Cancer Network Australia.

Margaret was the Chairman of Qantas from 2000 to 2007 and was the first woman to become chairman of a top-50 publicly-listed company in Australia.  She has been a director of Qantas since 1992 and her other directorships include the ANZ since 1994 and Billabong.  Margaret is married with two children.

Rebecca James is currently Chief Executive Officer of Research Australia. She has extensive experience working within Government and has advised two Federal Health Ministers on Medicare and public health. She is a Director of the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, and Neopec - a company established to develop new breast reconstruction techniques. She has worked in industry as a consultant and has been a member of Boards and Advisory Committees in health services and health policy.