Olivia Howarth has been an Advanced Life Support Paramedic with Ambulance Victoria since 2010. She is the appointed Team Manager of Kew Branch which services the Boroondara Local Government Area and surrounding suburbs. Normally she manage 35-40 staff in varying stages of their ambulance career however of the past 12 months she hase been actively involved in Ambulance Victoria’s Emergency Management Unit supporting and focusing from an ambulance perspective on the COVID-19 response. Her interest lies in emergency management and Olivia is currently completing her Masters in Disaster and Emergency Response at Edith Cowan University. Prior to ambulance, she was a Registered Nurse working at the Alfred Hospital in the Emergency and Trauma Centre.
Olivia enjoys long walks with my husband and two dogs and she is always up for a coffee and good chat. Along with her husband they involved and support an organisation called Amari Community Development which provides education to vulnerable children in the Buliisa District – north west of Uganda. They have had the opportunity to volunteer at the school and hope to one day get back there to see how things have progressed. Olivia looks forward to sharing with us her experience and involvement in the Rotary/AV Mentor Leadership Program.