Georgina Twomey BPharm (Hons) MBA GAICD MACP is a community pharmacist and pharmacy owner based in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland (TNQ). As Managing Director of Alive Pharmacy Group, she is responsible for overseeing clinical governance, purchasing/marketing, HR, change management, finance and strategy across a number of small businesses in the TNQ region. Georgina is the Chair of Rural Pharmacists Australia and a council member of the National Rural Health Alliance, through which she advocates for improved regional, rural, remote and indigenous health outcomes. Georgina is one of the first prescribing pharmacists in Australia. She has been working on cementing pharmacist prescribing into the community pharmacy business model in order to address increased GP waiting times and pressure on hospital emergency departments.