Anne has lived an average Aussie life - playing sport, spending long days on the beach, and falling in love with ocean swimming. But in 2018 she was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma and experienced first-hand the devastating effects of sun exposure.

Not content to have just survived, Anne is passionate about reducing the incidence of skin cancer by inspiring others to live more sunconscious lives. She has become a strong advocate voice combining her lived experience with a 30+ year career in marketing and advertising. She is particularly interested in influencing the media and advertising industries to change harmful tanning stereotypes.

Anne is the author of the award-winning book ‘Sunburnt. A memoir of sun, surf and skin cancer’ and is a consumer representative on the NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Advisory Committee, the Australian Skin Cancer Screening Roadmap and the Melanoma Patients Australia Consumer Advisory Group.