Club Meeting 26 April 2017

Guest Speaker, Captain Amy Sullivan (nee Curtis) grew up in Wodonga, Victoria and  completed high school at The Scots School Albury in 2002. She undertook a Bachelor in Psychology at the Australian National University in Canberra and graduated with honours in 2006. Amy was commissioned into the Australian Army Psychology Corps in January 2007 and completed postings as a Psychology Officer to Canberra, Townsville and Sydney. In 2011 Amy deployed to rural Queensland with Operation Flood Assist providing psychological support to the flood affected community in the Rockhampton region. She deployed again on two occasions to Afghanistan in 2011 providing psychological services to soldiers based in the Middle East Area of Operations. In 2012 Amy was posted to the 2nd Commando Regiment in Sydney as the special forces psychologist. She deployed with the Commando’s to Afghanistan in 2012. She transferred to the Army Reserves in 2013 and continued working with the special forces in Sydney while completing a Masters in Clinical Psychology. Amy moved back to Wodonga in February this year and continues to work with the ADF in NSW and Victoria as an on-base psychologist and remains in the Army Reserves.