About Anne
Anne Doherty has spent her life navigating systems.
From boarding school to operating at the senior levels of some of the most complex and demanding organisations — families, life, healthcare systems, correctional services — Anne knows what it means to carry responsibility at scale, to navigate high-stakes politics, and to perform under sustained pressure. She knows what it means to want a career, a promotion, a position and a life all at once.
Beyond her executive roles, Anne has served as Board Chairperson of Wandi Nerida, a non-profit providing residential eating disorder treatment, and as a board member of the Butterfly Foundation. She is the creator of the Reel Health Film Festival and a recipient of the Australian AOM Award.
In 2022, Anne was diagnosed with melanoma — low grade, caught early. But even the word is enough to stop you. It stopped her. For the first time in decades, she took a genuine pause: not a holiday, not a pivot, but a real reckoning with what she actually wanted her life to look like and how she could add meaning to her life and assist others.
That pause became EMERGE — a framework for any person ready to stop drifting and start designing. How to add meaning to your life, make your life count and achieve what you want. The majority of Anne’s professional life has a background in healthcare systems and providing mental health services — but she wanted to do more. The conversation is universal.