Leanne Coombe is the Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Public Health Association of Australia, co-chairs the World Federation of Public Health Associations’ Professional Education and Training Working Group and is a Technical Advisor to the World Health Organization for the Public Health and Emergency Preparedness Workforce Roadmap. She has a strong background as a health practitioner, executive manager in the Australian Government and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector, and as an international public health consultant. Leanne holds an Honorary Associate Professor position at the University of Queensland, where she was awarded two prestigious national university teaching awards.