Dr Karen May is the Director of Military and Emergency Services Health Australia (MESHA). She has worked with diverse populations across her career, with the past 10 years focused on current and former veterans, emergency service personnel and their family members. Karen’s background and experience includes social science, community development, public health, trauma psychotherapy, organizational and service delivery management, including lived experience framework development and clinical governance, advocacy for policy and practice models and research. Karen’s PhD research area focused on examining the wellbeing of children of military and emergency first responder parents with PTSD, and developing a wellbeing program for children and parents. Karen also brings her lived experience, in advocating for and supporting service personnel and families.