Carolyn is a clinical psychologist with a focus on military and veteran mental health, resilience interventions and trauma. She is currently the Mental Health Advisor at RSL Victoria.

Carolyn has worked as a uniform military psychologist for 20+ years including on military deployments. She has conducted trauma education and research, and consulted on managing staff in challenging work environments, transition from uniform service, and veteran mental health.

Carolyn is a researcher and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Victoria University and previously worked at Phoenix Australia at the University of Melbourne.

Daniel Wood is a police Sergeant with extensive experience in frontline operations, supervision, training, and assessment. Alongside his operational role, he is a pre-professional psychology student preparing to undertake a Master’s program following the completion of his Honours degree. As a student representative committee member, he contributes a balanced perspective that blends practical policing insight with academic engagement.

Daniel values collaboration, professional integrity, and continuous learning, and is particularly committed to advancing learner-centric education to improve student outcomes. He has been recognised for excellence in frontline service and community engagement. He has coordinated the development of the police foundation curriculum, including the piloting of new student-led immersive simulation training. His Honours thesis examined how extraversion may moderate the usefulness of written linguistic markers in predicting depression.