Liz is 49 years young, is married with 2 grown up children and lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Part-time work involves helping her husband with his timber yard business in Maroochydore.

Liz is profoundly hearing impaired, wears a cochlear-implant and has tinnitus. Liz is currently...

• AFDO representative on the Medicare Australia Consumer Consultative Group (CCG)
• on the National Relay Service Customer Consultative Committee (NRSCCC) (a Federal appointed position)
• previous Director and Vice Chairperson of the Board of Deafness Forum Australia
• on the Deafness Forum telecommunications Advisory panel
• the President of CICADA QLD (Cochlear Implant Club and Advisory Association)
• a member of Better Hearing Australia, ACE, ACCAN and TAV.

As a consumer’s advocate, Liz has a strong desire in helping others and is a great believer “where there’s a will there’s a way”.

Liz has won numerous awards for initiatives in the captioning industry and is a self-confessed email and Facebook junkie!