Susan Alberti AC is one of Australia’s pre-eminent philanthropists, having donated millions of dollars to medical research and other charitable causes over her successful business career. On Australia Day 2016, Susan was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) Award in recognition of her eminent service to the community, particularly through philanthropic and fundraising support for a range of medical research, education and to young women as a role model and mentor. On July 2, 2018 Susan was announced as the 2018 Victorian of the Year. Susan received the Victoria Day Council Award for Community and Public Service. In November 2018 was elected as a Director of Volunteering Australia. Susan was recently nominated in the “The 50 Most Influential Aussie Women in Sport” in the Herald Sun Sunday edition on January 20, 2019. On February 21, 2019 Susan was awarded the prestigious 2018 Victorian State Government Outstanding Contribution to Sport Award.

Akec Makur Chuot grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya. Her mother Helena Yar Enoch, recently widowed and in need of medical treatment, had taken her there as a baby from their village in South Sudan. It was some years before she was able to bring together all her children – Akec's seven siblings – and some more years again before they were finally granted visas to Australia. Akec Makur Chuot made history by becoming the first woman of African descent to be drafted into the AFLW.

Romy Teitzel is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRLW Premiership and for the QLD Maroons in the State of Origin 2023. She previously played for the Newcastle Nights when they won the 2022 NRLW Grand Final and the North Queensland Gold Stars in the QRL Premiership.