Molly Carlile AM is a multi-award-winning palliative care nurse, health leader and senior executive as well as an advocate for improving community death literacy and building compassionate, supportive communities. Molly has had a wide and varied career over many years, both in senior clinical and leadership roles, and has embedded wellness, supportive care and arts in health into the mainstream cancer and palliative care environments.

Molly has been intimately involved in raising community awareness of issues relating to death, grief and palliative care with people of all ages and to this end, has been a regular guest on television and radio, has written three books (two of these for children and young adults) and two plays that toured nationally. She has contributed to policy development and has sat on multiple health service and community Boards.

Molly’s work in palliative care, leadership, wellness and arts in health has been recognised by receipt of multiple national and international awards including an Order of Australia (General Division) 2014. Molly is currently the Manager of PEPA Victoria, a program that provides palliative care education and placement opportunities for people wanting to learn more about the palliative approach to care and to build confidence in having difficult conversations, caring for terminally ill people and supporting families and colleagues.