Amanda completed her Bachelor of Nursing at the University of South Australia in 2009. In 2012, she completed her Stomal Therapy Nursing Graduate Certificate and has worked as a Stomal Therapy Nurse since. Amanda joined the Colorectal Surgery in 2017 where she worked privately for a group of 9 Colorectal Surgeons. In 2021 Amanda launched her own business developing Stoma Care Services. Amanda also runs a weekly Stomal Therapy Clinic at the Ostomy Association of South Australia and Ileostomy of South Australia. A big highlight in Amanda’s career was in 2019 when she was offered the opportunity to share her stomal therapy skills volunteering in the Solomon Islands.

Lynda has worked at the Royal Adelaide Hospital Stomal Therapy Department for more than 20 years. She has a particular interest in faecal incontinence and was awarded the SA Premiers Prize in 2014 to travel to visit St Marks Hospital in London to work in the continence clinic there. Lynda has a Master of Nursing in Continence Management and a Master of Clinical Science in Evidence Based Health Care. She currently assists the editor of the Journal of Stomal Therapy Australia.