Sarah Brown AM is the Chief Executive Officer of Purple House and has been helping the
Indigenous Directors to run the organisation since its inception more than twenty years ago.
In 2017 she was Hesta’s Australia’s Nurse of the Year. In 2018 she made it to the BOSS magazine’s
‘True Leaders’ list.

Sarah holds a Master of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education and a Graduate
Diploma in Health Service Management. Prior to joining Purple House, she was a remote area
nurse, youth worker and university lecturer. She loves a good Sunday arvo snooze!